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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Italia was a commercial muscat table grape.  It isn't necessarily  the best muscat, but it holds it's flavor in shipping better than other muscat grapes.  It requires a fair amount of heat to ripen as it's relatively late.  Also, it is seeded in a time when everyone wants seedless grapes.  If you grow your own, there are other muscat grapes with better flavor.  Most do best in a dry growing season, such as on the west coast.  The new "Jupiter" is an American hybrid seedless muscat, and NY Muscat is a very good seeded type.  There are photos of both linked to the listing of each variety on my website.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003. 
For all other things grape,   http://www.vitisearch.com
A video about The Grape Grower : http://cookingupastory.com/index.php/2008/04/18/the-grape-grower/
On Jul 15, 2008, at 10:45 AM, Steve Whitcher wrote:

I am interested in acquiring 25 'Italia' Grape plants. 

I have read that 'Italia' is the most popular variety in the world, 
but I have not found it available anywhere in the US.  Why?


- Steve Whitcher 
 com 
Certified ISA Arborist
WSU trained Horticulturist
Member of Plant Amnesty
and Western Cascade Fruit Society

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