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[Richard Harrison <rharrison922@yahoo.com>]

Melissa,

     You might also investigate a muscadine x bunch grape that Mississippi State(zone 7?) had in the late 80's or early 90's.  I saw it at the research station there then, but the tour group wasn't offered material of it at the time. Don't know if they still have it, don't know what its parentage is either. As I recall, I think it had muscadine-like foliage--but not sure about that either, now. They also had bunch grapes in their tests there as well.

      I seem to recall the name Freddie Raspberry(what a fruity name--lol) in conjunction with MSU extension at that time. You could contact MSU for further info.

                                                   Richard, NW FL

--- On Sun, 3/7/10, Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com>
Subject: [NAFEX] muscadines for the north?
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Sunday, March 7, 2010, 9:16 AM

I really like the unique flavor of muscadine grapes, but I live in zone 5. (Where I can grow plenty of other great grapes, so I shouldn't complain, but...) I read that muscadines are hardy only to zone 7, so I was resigned to being unable to grow them, but then I read about this muscadine/bunch grape hybrid:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/PP09454.html
Apparently, hybrids between the two species are usually sterile, but this one is fertile. It seems to be mostly muscadine. Unfortunately, the nurseries selling it say that it, like regular muscadines, is hardy only to zone 7.

But it got me thinking that, if one fertile hybrid is possible, more should also be possible. If someone crossed a muscadine with a really cold-hardy grape, they might produce something I could grow. Is anyone doing something like this?

Melissa
getting tired of looking at snow



     
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