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[Tom Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi Bert,

In the past you have said that the best way to check ripeness in grapes is 
taste.  But do all
grapes in a cluster reach the same taste/ripeness, at the same time?

Being a grape novice, I see a lot of color variation between grapes in a 
bunch.  Also,  how
"ripe" are your grapes in your zone (generaly speaking_?  My Eona's are like 
green peas, while
Vanessa and St Croix are much closer to harvest (days away).

Thanks,
Tom

Helga and Bert Dunn wrote:

> Good morning
> Ripening at the present-
> Named Varieties--Desert King, white Adriatic, Chicago Hardy
> Suitcase varieties-Mississauga, Savice, New Jersey, Albion #2
> I leave them outside until all the leaves fall off (like deciduous trees),
> then into the rear of my garage
> In  early March , in spite of very little light and about 50-55'F they start
> to send out green shoot/leaves. A few have berbas although they have to date
> not ripened.
> I built a trolley cart out of an old Bar B Que frame and bought two metal
> trolleys. If the day is nice I shove them outside, bring in at night 'til
> weather is decent.
> Cheers        Bert
>
> Bert Dunn   RR4 Tottenham   Ont    zone 4b
> www.hardygrapes.tottenham.on.ca
>
> see also http://www.littlefatwino.com/bertslist.html
>
> THINK BLENDING, NOT VARIETALS
>
> -- Original Message -----
>
> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 8:54 AM
>
> > bert:
> >
> > what varieties ripen on the tree for you? when do you put them out in the
> spring & put them back
> > in the garage in the fall?
> >
> > mIEKAL
>
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--
Thomas Olenio
Ontario, Canada
Hardiness Zone 6a