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  • From: Anton Callaway <marillen@earthlink.net>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] restoring wild grapes
  • Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 08:53:34 -0500 (GMT-05:00)

There shouldn't be a problem in letting wild grapes grow near your cultivated
ones. If a wild vine was very sick, I'd get rid of it, but, in general, the
wild grapes will be far healthier than the cultivated.

Anton
Zone 8 NOrth Carolina
rabbits girdling everything the deer didn't kill


-----Original Message-----
>From: mike engle <speigletown@hotmail.com>
>Sent: Feb 17, 2011 7:34 PM
>To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>Subject: [NAFEX] restoring wild grapes
>
>
>Background: 70+ years ago, my great-grandfather had about 100-150 Concord
>grape vines that he hired some Italians to take care of. When they became
>too old and gave the house to my grandparents, they stopped growing the
>grapes.
> Today, there are a few wild grapes growing in two locations, one about 50
> feet from that original location, and the other maybe ~5000 feet away.
> This year, I am planting five other varieties of grapes on the original
> location. A relative of mine just passed away, but he mentioned that he
> wanted to bring those grapes back to grow for himself.
> My questions: I assume I don't want wild grapes growing too close to
> non-wild grapes? So should I cut down these wild grapes? But as a tribute
> I would like to get a couple of vines of these original grapes back into
> non-wild status. Is this possible, and is there a best way I should go
> about this?
>
>Michael Engle
>Troy, NY - 5
>
>
>
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