[NAFEX] muscadines for the north?
Sherlock Terry
sherlocksmith at gmail.com
Tue Mar 9 12:43:21 EST 2010
Lon and Richard,
Thanks for the clarification. Now I'll have to taste some muscadines at some
point!
-Sherlock
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Richard Harrison <rharrison922 at yahoo.com>wrote:
> Sherlock,
> Muscat is not to be confused with muscadine. Muscat is a bunch grape.
> Richard,
> NW FL
>
> --- On *Tue, 3/9/10, Sherlock Terry <sherlocksmith at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Sherlock Terry <sherlocksmith at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] muscadines for the north?
>
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 10:42 AM
>
>
> Melissa,
>
> I thought that I remembered reading on the list a ways back that Jupiter, a
> seedless muscadine (cross?), was rated to zone 5 or thereabouts. I was going
> to try it with additional cover in zone 4.
>
> Here's a link to the description:
>
> http://www.smallfruits.org/BunchGrapes/production/Archives/bgproc_archive07.htm
>
> -Sherlock
>
> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Lucky.Pittman at murraystate.edu<http://us.mc353.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu>
> <Lucky.Pittman at murraystate.edu<http://us.mc353.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu>
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> Melissa,
>> The University of KY fruit specialists here(just
>> north of the KY-TN border,70 mi. NW of Nashville)
>> warned me off of muscadines 15 years ago, claiming
>> that temps of 10F would nuke them.
>> However, I have it on good faith that there are wild
>> native muscadines growing and fruiting in Land
>> Between the Lakes, just 30 miles west of me.
>> If I were inclined to try my hand at grapes again,
>> I'd probably try to pick 2 or 3 muscadine varieties
>> rated by Ison's as most cold-hardy, but I probably
>> won't try 'em again anytime soon.
>> Zone 5 - a pure muscadine probably wouldn't have a
>> chance.
>>
>> Lucky Pittman
>> Hopkinsville, KY
>>
>>
>> ------- Original Message -------
>> >From : Melissa Kacalanos[mailto:mijwiz at yahoo.com<http://us.mc353.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=mijwiz@yahoo.com>
>> ]
>> Sent : 3/7/2010 9:16:53 AM
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>> Cc :
>> Subject : RE: [NAFEX] muscadines for the north?
>>
>> I really like the unique flavor of muscadine grapes,
>> but I live in zone 5. (Where I can grow plenty of
>> other great grapes, so I shouldn't complain, but...)
>> I read that muscadines are hardy only to zone 7, so I
>> was resigned to being unable to grow them, but then I
>> read about this muscadine/bunch grape hybrid:
>> http://www.freepatentsonline.com/PP09454.html
>> Apparently, hybrids between the two species are
>> usually sterile, but this one is fertile. It seems to
>> be mostly muscadine. Unfortunately, the nurseries
>> selling it say that it, like regular muscadines, is
>> hardy only to zone 7.
>>
>> But it got me thinking that, if one fertile hybrid is
>> possible, more should also be possible. If someone
>> crossed a muscadine with a really cold-hardy grape,
>> they might produce something I could grow. Is anyone
>> doing something like this?
>>
>> Melissa
>> getting tired of looking at snow
>>
>>
>>
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