> Well, we went away and about half were still green, so I picked half
> the clusters and left the other clusters on the vine. We ate most of
> the redder grapes that had been picked and left the stems with the
> green grapes in a bowl on the table. When we returned, the green
> grapes on the table had turned red (but were not at all sweet) and
> everything on the vine had been stripped by birds.
>
> The grapes that we ate before we left were pleasant enough, but the
> flavor was very mild. Is that typical of Canadice, or did we eat
> them under-riipe?
>
> Sigh. . . I have two one-week vacations, and one seems to hit the
> grapes, the other the apricots. It's very hard to learn ripening
> dates to the week from descriptions. . . At least the raspberries
> are perfectly timed. The fall crop has just barely begun, and I'll
> be around to pick most of it.
>
> Has anyone bagged grapes? I wonder if wrapping an opaque plastic bag
> around the cluster would discourage pests? Would it inhibit ripening?
>
> thanks,
> Ginda
> eastern Mass., zone 6
>
> On Aug 16, 2006, at 11:51 PM, list@ginda.us wrote:
>
> > This is a really dumb question, but how do I tell when my seedless
> > canadice grapes are ripe? They have started to turn color, and are
> > getting sweet. But I like tart fruit, and might well enjoy them
> > before they are fully ripe. They are seedless, so I can't evaluat
> > the maturity of the seeds. I planted the vine "blind", having never
> > tasted the grape.
> >
> > I am going away for a week soon, and want to pick as many as
> > reasonable to discourage pests (birds, squirrels, etc.) from learning
> > about them. But I'd rather not pick all of them under-ripe, either.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ginda
>
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