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JSCADINE AND BUNCH GRAPE
John A. Mortensen,
Table 1.
Sixteen muscadine grape cultivar choices for various purposes
and uses.
Expected Uses
White Red U-Pick Fresh Juice, Home Gardens
Variety Wine Wine Bronze Black Mkt. Jelly Bronze Black
Alachua X X
Albemarle X
Carlos X X
Cowart X
Dixie X X XY X
Doreen X XY X
Fryz X
Golden Isles X
Granny Val X X X
Jumboz X
Nesbitt X X X
Noble X X
Southland X
Summit X X
Triumph X X
Welder X XY
ZFemale variety: requires a self-fertile muscadine nearby for good fruit
set (25 ft or less). Self-fertile varieties bear fruit well without a
different variety nearby.
YBlend juice with Noble for color.
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CULTIARECOIMMENDATIONS FOR FLORIDA
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Table 2.
Ten self-fertile bunch grape cultivars worthy of trial in PD-affected areas for
various murvoses and uses.
Expected Uses
White Red U-Pick Fresh Juice, Home Gardens
Variety Wine Wine Purple White Nkt. Jelly Purple Red White
Black Spanish X X
Blanc Du Bois X
Blue Lake X X
Conquistador X X X X X
Daytona X
Lake Emerald X
MissBlue X X
Orlando Seedlessz X X
Stover X X X
Suwannee X X X
Zuse of Orlando Seedless for white wine is not adequately tested, but a possibility.
Table 3.
Rootstock cultivars recommended for the 10 scion
varieties of bunch grape listed in Table 2.
Rootstock Variety
Scion Variety Tampa Dog Ridge Lake Emerald
Black Spanish Yes Yes No
Blanc Du Boisz -
Blue Lakez
Conquistador Yes Yes No
Daytonaz -
Lake Emeraldz -
MissBluez
Orlando Seedless Yes No No
Stovery Yes Yes Yes
Suwanneez---
zNo grafting required under most soil situations.
YStover performs best when grafted on Lake Emerald or Tampa in upland
Florida soils; in flat land on beds use Tampa or Dog Ridge. In high pH
soils grow Stover as ungrafted plants.
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