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As previously reported we are researching/breeding grape varieties suitable for SE USA thatresist pierce disease that prevents successful bunch grape culture in many areas and states.
Th9s year no disease noted on the mother vines and fruit report below:
Stover(once sold by nurseries for homeowners) goodcrop green juicy seeded grapes about size of a concord flesh is medium soft skin not tart and is edile seeds small we swallow them. would be good juice/jam but low acid for wine but fine for juice.Is one of the pollensources for our breeding experiments
CARIBE: queen of the varieties. never offered by a nursery vigorous vines, heavy fruiting grapes size of a red globe seeded,thin green skin..low acid but sweet.zero wild grape flavor rather like vinifera taste.main breeding parent for us here but have others not yet fruiting to evaluate. I may later offer pure CARIBE vines for sale.why never offered by a nursery is a mystery but they generally only sell varietiesof anything'average homeowners" ever heard of.Caribe is superb table grape and juice, low acid for wine I suspect but fine for processing, skins thin and edible
commercially available bunch grapes do lousy here even"PD"resistant ones like coquistador.
we are currently testing EVEREST a nursery available one reportedly like a giant seedless concord.unsure its PD resistance however
Th9s year no disease noted on the mother vines and fruit report below:
Stover(once sold by nurseries for homeowners) goodcrop green juicy seeded grapes about size of a concord flesh is medium soft skin not tart and is edile seeds small we swallow them. would be good juice/jam but low acid for wine but fine for juice.Is one of the pollensources for our breeding experiments
CARIBE: queen of the varieties. never offered by a nursery vigorous vines, heavy fruiting grapes size of a red globe seeded,thin green skin..low acid but sweet.zero wild grape flavor rather like vinifera taste.main breeding parent for us here but have others not yet fruiting to evaluate. I may later offer pure CARIBE vines for sale.why never offered by a nursery is a mystery but they generally only sell varietiesof anything'average homeowners" ever heard of.Caribe is superb table grape and juice, low acid for wine I suspect but fine for processing, skins thin and edible
commercially available bunch grapes do lousy here even"PD"resistant ones like coquistador.
we are currently testing EVEREST a nursery available one reportedly like a giant seedless concord.unsure its PD resistance however
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