I spoke with Greg Ison today and was told that he will ship me one vine of Paulk which should arrive in a week or so. It will be about 20 inches tall and will require babying to get through winter. He stated that he has set aside a couple hundred Paulk vines for individual sales. I can’t say if he will ship any more this year, but if you want a vine, you should be able to get them next fall.
I would also like to have Paulk mainly due to it being self fruitful. If you review the ison spec sheet it doesn’t appear to be any better quality fruit than Supreme or Black Beauty. One item stood out to me on the down side was the brix level of only 19. This is only based on my opinion but you might be better off with S or BB.
Yes but it is self fertile. I have supreme and I love it. I have what is supposed to be BB but I think not because it is average. I neede another sel fertile to put on this trellis with supreme.
After watching my self fertile Lane set a big crop of berries recently and wondering if my Supreme and Black Beauty would pick up enough pollen I’m leaning toward adding Paulk. I guess this is long winded way of saying I was mistaken and that if I had room for more muscadine vines Paulk would now be at the top of my list. Looking forward to hearing how well it performs. Bill
Paulk is still pretty hard to get. I got ONE from Ison’s this year. Several of the ones on Facebook say their Paulk has died and mine has suffered but seems to have turned the corner and growing okay right now. At least it’s putting out some new tiny leaves.
No kidding, I’m planting mine along my cattle panel fence lines. I’m squeezing them between my pecan and chestnut trees. It will be many years before these trees reach a point to impact the muscadine. For me, they are the most consistently flavorful fruit I currently grow.
Nobody has it. Isons had a limited quantity. There are plenty that would be just as good. Best to talk to somebody who has tried a new fruit first as the marketing hype will always say it is the best.