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  • From: "delannw" <delannw AT dlogue.net>
  • To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: growing grapes
  • Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 06:39:33 -0500

ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=unicode" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Phil,&nbsp; you really ought to contact your extension service and see what their recommendations are for your area.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">There is also an interesting article on growing muscadine grapes in Kitchen Gardener magazine </FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">&nbsp;<A href="http://www.kitchengarden.com">www.kitchengarden.com</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">If your winters are as brutal as they are in central Illinois then you are going to be somewhat limited in what you can grow.&nbsp; In general, the <EM>viniferas</EM>&nbsp; do not do well in my area.&nbsp; They are a little to prone to disease problems and winter bud kill.&nbsp; </FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">I could probably get the names of some reputable nurseries&nbsp;that would have bare root or containerized grape plants.&nbsp; My husband used to work in that area.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Del Williams</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Farmer in the Del</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Clifton IL</FONT></DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV></BODY></HTML>


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