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Introduce a delicacy by description 300 words

Grapes are a medallion-sized fruit with a lovely shape and delicious flavor, and are one of the oldest plants in the world.

Grapes are native to Europe, West Asia and North Africa. According to archaeological data, the earliest cultivation of grapes in Asia Minor between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea and its southern coast area. About 7000 years ago, the South Caucasus, Central Asia, Syria, Iraq and other regions also began the cultivation of grapes. Greece was the first country in Europe to start growing grapes and making wine.

Grapes are found throughout China north of the Yangtze River Basin, mainly in Xinjiang, Gansu, Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and other places. Grape stems are 10 to 20 meters long. The flowers are small and yellow-green.

There are many types of grapes, with different fruit colors such as white, green, red, brown, purple and black. The fruit ripens from August to October, and grapes have been cultivated in China for more than 2,000 years, and are said to have been introduced by Zhang Qian in the Han Dynasty.

There are many varieties of grapes, about thousands of them all over the world, which can be generally divided into two categories, one is wine grapes and the other is table grapes.

Grapes are divided into oriental and western varieties according to their place of origin. China's long history of cultivation of "longan", "white", "milk", "black chicken heart" and so on belong to the Oriental variety group. "Rose" and other European varieties belong to the group. Grapes in the future world, people will certainly create more varieties.