Description
Witch Fingers is a Grapery trade name for IFG Twelve, the long-fingered grape also sold as Funny Fingers and Tear Drops. David Cain of International Fruit Genetics bred it in 2002 by crossing Calinda with an elongated seedless selection from the University of Arkansas. The reddish-black berries are about 40 mm long and only 13 mm wide, moderately crisp and mild-flavoured, with no more than soft seed traces.
Characteristics
Grapery trade name for the cultivar IFG Twelve; reddish-black seedless table grape; very narrow, elongated, pointed berries about 40 × 13.5 mm and 4.4 g; moderately crisp, mild flavour; long, loose bunches of about 480 g; vigorous vine; early season, mid to late July in California
Growing Tips
In patent trials near Delano the vine was vigorous and productive. It is usually spur-pruned to two-bud spurs, but the patent notes it may need cane pruning. Bunches are naturally loose, so no gibberellin thinning is needed. It ripens early, in mid to late July there. As a licensed variety, it is not available to home gardeners.