To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] American Slow-Food "Hall of Fame"
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 15:28:00 -0500
On Mar 9, 2005, at 9:47 AM, Lon J. Rombough wrote:
Norton seems to be succeeding to some degree about as far as southern
Iowa. It ripens later than Concord, and hardiness is probably no more
than Concord at best.
Concord does fine here; many people grow things a lot less hardy than
Concord. The wild swings in winter temperatures lately have taken quite
a toll on some of the more tender varieties, but last year at least
there was very little damage on Concords.
How much later than Concord does it ripen? Is it later than Catawba?