They tend to show up in stores in early fall, and GraperyРІР‚в„ўs website indicates theyРІР‚в„ўre in season from August 10 to September 10. (So yeah, theyРІР‚в„ўre still pretty good for you.) When (and where) can you buy Cotton Candy grapes?Р”Р„ll grapes are in season (and at their tastiest) from May to October, and Cotton Candy grapes are no different. The grapes themselves have about 12 percent more sugar than your run-of-the-mill table grapes, but far less than raisins. According to Cain, the grapes have almost no tartness, and the uncommon grape varietals they cross-bred were selected for their vanilla-like flavor. Surely they add chemicals to make the grapes taste so sweet, right? Wrong. How do Cotton Candy grapes taste like cotton candy? He and his team developed the Cotton Candy grape by hybridizing two existing grape species (kind of like a pluot, which is a cross between a plum and an apricot).Р’В It took aroundР’В 100,000Р’В tries withР’В test tube plants beforeР’В they happened upon the cotton-candy flavored grapes. Horticulturalist David Cain wanted to bring back the natural flavors of grapes, which heР’В believed had been stripped away by decades of breeding fruit to withstand shipping and storage. But back to Cotton Candy grapes: According to NPR, they came about not as a nod to junk food, but the opposite.

ThereРІР‚в„ўs also Tear Drops, which are extremely juicy and look like fingers, and Moon Drops, which are tubular and highly flavorful.

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