From: "William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Black Monukka Grape Opinions
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 10:19:45 -0500
Wow! Red flame is nearly flavorless, although very sweet.
I'm not very familiar with grape varieties, but since I started growing
Concord grapes a few years ago, I haven't been able to enjoy grocery
store grapes of any kind. And it's exactly as you describe, they are
very sweet, but nearly flavorless. It's like eating sugar water inside a
grape skin.
It may be just personal taste, but I didn't notice this so much before I
had the Concords. I guess I thought that sugar water was what a grape
was SUPPOSED to taste like (except for the tiny wild grapes of my
childhood, that made such wonderful juice). And yet, I can't get some
people to even try my grapes,... because they've got SEEDS!
Last year, I planted one each of Swenson Red, Allwood, Kay Gray, and
Jupiter, so I'm anxious to see how those will compare.
Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)
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Now, we and the Earth's climate are locked in a relationship familiar to
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