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["Christopher Mauchline" <mauch1@aol.com>]

Well, the clusters of grape flowers look like a miniture bunch of 
grapes (held upright instead of hanging down).  The cap of the flower 
comes off and in "perfect" grape flowers the stamen touch the pistil 
and fertilization occurs.  Are "Beta" grapes perfect flowered?  Are 
these Beta grapes?  In nature the male and female flowers of grapes 
are actually on seperate plants.  Mostly, only cultivated grapes have 
male and female flowers in the same flower.  

If the grapes are getting past the fertilization stage, and actually 
forming small, green grapes, then I would guess disease.

Chris Mauchline
SE PA, zone 6

--- In nafex@egroups.com, "Helga and Bert Dunn" <helbert@i...> wrote:
> Hello all,
> Please give an answer to this lady's  problem. She lives about 100 
miles N of the Peace River area of Alberta- a very cold area in 
winter.         Many thanks           Bert
> 
> Bert Dunn   RR4 Tottenham   Ont    zone 4b
> www.hardygrapes.tottenham.on.ca
> 
> 
>  
>       I am sorry if I confused you with the term fragrant blossoms. 
I must make 2 corrections. First of all, the term fragrant blossoms 
refers to my Beta grapes, not the Valiant grapes as the Valiant are 
only 2 years old. Second, rather than fragrant blossoms, I should 
have said miniature clusters of grapes. What they appear to be are 
tiny grapes, about the size of a pin head each, which are close 
together and resemble clusters of grapes. Are they, perhaps, actual 
grapes not blossoms? If so, how can I get them to grow into regular 
sized grapes? They are very tiny, smell lovely, are green in color, 
and then simply shrivel up. I wonder if the soil I'm using is correct 
to produce normal sized grapes? Any suggestions you can give me would 
be very much appreciated! Connie


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