Grape Plant Named 'Compassion'

#Latin name: Vitis L. hybrid.

#Varietal denomination: ‘Compassion’.

#The new and distinct cultivar of table grape named ‘Compassion’ is described herein. The new cultivar originated from a hand-pollinated cross of ‘Ark. 2349’ (female parent; non-patented; non-released) and ‘Ark. 2304’ (male parent; non-patented; non-released) made in 2002. The seedlings fruited in the summer of 2006 in a vineyard near Clarksville, Ark. and one was selected for its potential as a table grape for utilization in the Mid-South and other areas of similar climate. The original vine was tested as Ark. 2932. The new cultivar is a green (white), seedless table grape which provides a significant advancement in fruit crispness and firmness beyond previous Arkansas developments along with having an exquisite fruity flavor and limited fruit cracking or skin splitting in the Arkansas environment.

#The accompanying photographs show typical specimens of the new variety in color as nearly true as it is reasonably possible to make in a color illustration of this character. The plants shown in these photographs are 10 year old vines.

#FIG. 1 is a photograph showing typical cluster of healthy fruit, near Clarksville, Ark.

#FIG. 2 is a photograph showing the leaf abaxial view, near Clarksville, Ark.

#‘Compassion’ differs from its female parent ‘Ark. 2349’ in that ‘Compassion’ is seedless, has fruit cracking resistance, has greater yield potential and is green rather than red.

#‘Compassion’ differs from it male parent ‘Ark. 2304’ in that it has fruit cracking resistance, better plant health and larger clusters.

#The following is a detailed description of the botanical and pomological characteristics of the subject grapevine. Color data are presented in Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart designations, 1986 version, second edition.