Description
Grape is a Vitis type plant from Vitaceae family. There are approximately 15.000 cultivars of grape. Most known types according to regions that cultivate grapes in Turkey:
- In Blacksea Region; Aydın Karası, Çekirdeksiz, Razaki, Tavşan Yüreği
- In Thrace Region; Değirmendere Karası, Çavuş, Razaki, Meşküle
- In Central Anatolia; Aküzüm, Avukçu, Balbal, Amasya
- Eastern and Southeast Anatolia; Ağın, Çavuş, Besni, Hoozkarası, Bamba, Marzıvat
- In Aegean Region; Beylerce, Çekirdeksiz(Seedless), Bornova Misketi, Çal Karası.
- Its vines can grow meters. Grapes can be black, green, yellow and red in colour. It has to be produced in arid climate and in southern slopes.
1200 of 15.000 existing types of grapes is produced in Turkey. Aegean region comes first in terms of grape production and vineyard area. %30 of the grapes that are produced in Turkey are used as table grape, %35 for drying up, %30 for grape molasses, soujouk and stum making and lastly %5 used for wine making. Seedless grape export in Turkey constitutes %95 of total grape export. 4 million tonne of grape is produced in approximately 480.000 hectare area in Turkey. Turkey is situated 6th in terms of grape production. 270.000 tonne of the total grape production is exported to abroad. İzmir, Manisa, Trakya, Gaziantep, Elazığ, Erzincan provinces respectively take the lead in grape production in Turkey. Grape is used in many different ways in food sector.
Grape can be made grape molasses, stum, vinegar, compote, jam and wine. Raisin is a very good nutrition and energy source. It is helpful to stomach and intestine problems. Additionally quercetin substance that is present in the seed of the grape is good for vessel health and it is a haematinic material. For this reason seed of the grape should not be thrown away and should be consumed with its seed. Apart from food sector it is also very important for skincare products.
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