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[Kevin Moore <aleguy33@yahoo.com>]

I guess it's not a muscadine after all. It must be a seedling volunteer of something else. Lon has written books filled with what I don't know about grapes. I never paid much attention to them. Maybe this vine is worth propagating after all. For rootstock if nothing else. It has plagued me for more than ten years, and despite my best efforts to kill it, it is disease free and has even managed to set fruit. I may try to root some cuttings to grow elsewhere.

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From: Kieran &/or Donna <holycow@frontiernet.net>
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 10:36:16 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] muscadine question

The first question is, is it a muscadine?  Muscadines have small leaves and smooth bark compared to other grapes.  No real lobes on the leaves, just a serrated edge.   

    If it's a muscadine, here's the question I want to know for myself.  Can I graft a good tame variety to wild male vines?  We are near the northern border of muscadine territory, so I have been good to the wild plants in hope some will fruit for me.  Some bloomed last year and never made one grape. I never got around to taking a close look to sex the blossoms.  There are plants off in the woods that drop fruit, so I know the female vines are worth having.  Donna