Talk about your favorite grapes

[Richard]

@Sophia2017

Could you talk about your favorite grapes?

Here’s mine …

Gold Monukka Table Grape

Gold Monukka is a seedless table grape I selected from the Wolfskill National Repository several years ago. It has parentage Ontario x Black Monukka. It is somewhat disease hardy and bears loose clusters - both of which are good factors for southern California coastal and near-coastal regions. As the name indicates, it has a golden color when ripe. Last Fall I planted out a cutting at the south end of my vine trellises. These are five connected T-type, 8’ tall and 16’ wide. Here it is to date: …

Black Monukka Seedless Grape

Here’s my Black Monukka in training on the north end of my T trellises. It’s a great table grape variety for my area, plus it is used in the production of raisins. [image]

Hybrid Grape Southern Home

I bought this muscadine/grape hybrid last Spring of 2015. I planted it and it has only been given the basics such as an occasional watering. From my past experience it appears to be as hardy and trouble free as our muscadines. The pictures have a few observations. Like to hear your comments and or comparisons.Thanks, Bill [image] [image] Correction to picture text: It has a large amount of fruit buds not fruit. Don’t count your chickens until they hatch or something like that.