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[Del Stubbs <northernlights2n@yahoo.com>]

Scroll to the bottom of this url's page to read about ripening and bagging 
grapes...
http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/hort/g06085.htm
Del

--- list@ginda.us wrote:

> Well, we went away and about half were still green, so I picked half  
> the clusters and left the other clusters on the vine.  We ate most of  
> the redder grapes that had been picked and left the stems with the  
> green grapes in a bowl on the table.  When we returned, the green  
> grapes on the table had turned red (but were not at all sweet) and  
> everything on the vine had been stripped by birds.
> 
> The grapes that we ate before we left were pleasant enough, but the  
> flavor was very mild.  Is that typical of Canadice, or did we eat  
> them under-riipe?
> 
> Sigh. . .  I have two one-week vacations, and one seems to hit the  
> grapes, the other the apricots.  It's very hard to learn ripening  
> dates to the week from descriptions. . .  At least the raspberries  
> are perfectly timed.  The fall crop has just barely begun, and I'll  
> be around to pick most of it.
> 
> Has anyone bagged grapes?  I wonder if wrapping an opaque plastic bag  
> around the cluster would discourage pests?  Would it inhibit ripening?
> 
> thanks,
> Ginda
> eastern Mass., zone 6
> 
> On Aug 16, 2006, at 11:51 PM, list@ginda.us wrote:
> 
> > This is a really dumb question, but how do I tell when my seedless
> > canadice grapes are ripe?  They have started to turn color, and are
> > getting sweet.  But I like tart fruit, and might well enjoy them
> > before they are fully ripe.  They are seedless, so I can't evaluat
> > the maturity of the seeds.  I planted the vine "blind", having never
> > tasted the grape.
> >
> > I am going away for a week soon, and want to pick as many as
> > reasonable to discourage pests (birds, squirrels, etc.) from learning
> > about them.  But I'd rather not pick all of them under-ripe, either.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ginda
> 
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Del Stubbs  http://www.pinewoodforge.com   zone 3   N. MN

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