Grape cluster

Additional branches ("shoulders" or branch-twigs) are connected to the rachis irregularly and split into pedicels (short stems attaching individual berries).

[14] The latter trait is most likely an effect of a long cultivation, the newer (mostly American) varieties have imperfect flowers with varying intersex degrees.

Past this stage, the berry is overripened (typically loses the acidity, glucose content, and mechanical sturdiness).

[20] Grape cluster might refer to very diverse notions, from unity to immorality, it can also be a symbol of the gods of agriculture or fertility.

Two men that carry a gigantic grape cluster on a pole are Moses' spies[25] returning from the Promised Land,[26] this image is also frequently used in modern Israel to promote the tourism and wine.

[30] Gary Porton (1976) suggests that the grape cluster in Judaism represents the (possibly Messianic) "great man" and points to its use during the bar Kokhba revolt.

[31][32] Menahem Mor (2016) argues that a grape cluster on the Israeli coins of the Second Temple period depicts fertility and should be understood as a national, and not religious, symbol.

[33] Heraldry frequently does not make a distinction between a grape cluster and a vine charges,[34] the proper tincture of the fruit is purpure,[35] the typical meaning is direct (vineyard or wine production).

As a reminder of the harvest (and thus joy), clusters of grapes are hung in sukkah, and can frequently be seen on Kiddush and Shabbat objects.