Sweet Jenny

Muscadine

Size

Very Large (~16.2g, ~29mm)

Shape

Round

Flavor

Very good flavor and berry quality; high sugar (~15.2% soluble solids)

Texture

Bronze skin; mostly wet stem scar (only ~30% dry)

Ripening window

Midseason (even ripening across the cluster)

Best uses

Home fresh eating (large showy berries); not recommended commercially due to inconsistent yield

Pollination

Female flowers - needs a self-fertile pollinator nearby (e.g. Cowart)

Tree size

High vigor vine

Notes

Released by Ison's Nursery, 1986 (US Plant Patent #7265, now expired); pedigree 11-2-2 x 12-12-1. Yield swings year to year (~30-70% of a crop, ~50% average) - the main reason it's not grown commercially. Slight leaf disease and berry rot susceptibility.