I hope this is the right place to post myself introducing message… I would like to thanks Scott for welcoming me and say good evening everyone (here’s 9,00 pm:-), my name’s Luca and I’m a new user from Italy. I congratulate everyone for the nice atmosphere in this forum! I registered because I’m interested in grape, grape breeding and crossing. I like the prospect of trading and, although I have already pruned many of the following varieties for this year, I could possibly send cuttings of the following vines:
- Varieties with one or two individuals:
Moscato di alessandria, nebbiolo, Norton, White strawberry (Isabella - hybrid), Three times grape (very rare), Poloskei Muskotali, Black strawberry (Black Isabella - hybrid), Philip (rare hybrid), Sultanina Rosa (rare), Muscat Bleu, Moscato di Scanzo, Moscato Bianco, Moscato bianco Frontignano biotype , Muscat Adda, Moscato Rosa, aromatic Malvasia of Candia, Regina (not sure about this!), Moscato di Saracena, Brachetto, Moscato di Terracina, Moscato d’ Hamburg, Uva Ruggia (very rare), Priè Blanc (alpine rare variety good for ice wine), Bacò, Uva di Palestina (aka Promised Land - “meter grape” ) - very rare (it’s the biblical vine), Solaris (hybrid), Sublima Seedless, White Clinton (hybrid).
- Variety with more than two individuals:
Arneis, Viognier, Bronner (hybrid), Regent (hybrid).
I cross grapes since about 8 years. I’m actually working on crosses between muscat of alexandria x seedless varieties, and muscat of alexandria X downy mildew resistent varieties. For the next season I would like to try these crosses: nebbiolo x american/european vine, Viognier x a Muscat. I would also like to to go on with the previously written crosses. I actually still have no cross plant in fruiting phase because in the first 3/4 years of attempts I made huge mistakes in pollinating. In the last 3/4 years I got from 15 to 40 seeds for season, so I hope to be on the right track…
I would go crazy with joy if someone would have a vitis acerifolia to trade with one of my vines… unfortunately I have not very much space in my garden and this is a problem also because when I go back to Sicily in holiday time (I was born there), I go aroung in the villages looking for forgotten ancient vines (many times owners neither know how rare is what they have!).
Other plants I have are: Pomelo Sarawack, Newhall Orange, Smirne ficus carica (still little), Nico apple from Etna Vulcan (warm good resistant - still little), “bella di cesena” Peaches, Mirto, Apricots, Goji, Portugal white ficus carica, Red Delicious Apple, Kaiser Pear, cherry trees, persimmon, Feijoa, Sicilian “common” banano, hazelnuts.
I’m also interested in truffles, but my ground unfortunately is not suitable and moreover I would like to find a california gold banano bud,
In my routine time I’m a teacher and a theatre author, and… that’s all! Thanks for your attention!
) my adventures in grafting and orcharding. I live in Blue Hill Maine, and have about 200 apple trees in the ground, of ~30 varieties (mostly english cider fruit along with a few local varieties).
