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[Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

Wow!  Red flame is nearly flavorless, although very sweet.  

is Mars also partly muscat?
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Ginda

...... Original Message .......
On Fri, 22 May 2009 09:21:40 -0400 Scott Smith <scott@cs.jhu.edu> wrote:
>There is a grape tasting in the recent CRFG newsletter and I was surprised 
to see both NY Muscat and Muscat Hamburg near the bottom (Muscat Hamburg 
was at the bottom in fact).  What I think this says is these dark-skinned 
muscat grapes do not fit the mold of what most people think is a grape 
these days.  Jupiter was not in the tasting but my guess is it would have 
done better due to greater firmness and less muscat flavor, but it still 
would not have been near the top.  I had been recommending muscat grapes to 
people since they are my favorites, but these ratings made be pause a bit 
on that.
>
>Scott
>
>PS here are the actual ratings if anyone is curious:
>
> 1 Red Flame 
> 2 Fantasy 
> 3 Reliance 
> 4 Suffolk Red 
> 5 Interlaken 
> 6 Himrod 
> 7 Venus
> 8 Muscat St. Vallier 
> 9 Golden Muscat 
> 10 Cardinal 
> 11 Marquis 
> 12 Captivator 
> 13 Jefferson 
> 14 Brilliant 
> 15 Buffalo 
> 16 Iona 
> 17 Alden 
> 18 NY Muscat 
> 19 Mars 
> 20 Herbert 
> 21 Muscat Hamburg
>
>
>
>Jupiter is firmer, and the vines are more productive than NY Muscat, but 
NY Muscat has more muscat flavor. -Lon Rombough
>
>
>
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