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Concord Grape Seedling
Concord Grape Seedling
North America’s favourite all purpose grape since 1849, when Ephraim Bull of Concord, Massachusetts selected it. He considered it the best of 22,000 wild grape seedlings which he had planted! Concord can be used as a table, juice or wine grape and makes excellent grape jelly. These vigorous, hardy and productive vines produce medium sized clusters of large dark blue or purple slip skin grapes that are flavourful and highly aromatic with a large seed. Late season.
1-2' sapling vine.
Planting:
- Full sun is important to provide the heat required to ripen the fruit.
- Virtually any type of support structure will do, provided it is sturdy. Grape vines grow quickly and get quite heavy.
- Spring planting is recommended to give the young vines the most time to get established before their first winter.
- Each vine needs about 6 feet of space.
Growing:
- To harvest, clip full clusters off the vine with pruning shears or heavy scissors. Handle clusters carefully; remove any discolored, injured, or undesirable berries; and then cool them as soon as they are picked. Storing grapes in a refrigerator is preferable to a cellar or other cool place where temperatures fluctuate.
- Flowers are self-fertile and pollinated by wind and insects.
- Flowers are initiated on young canes. It is possible to get fruit one year after planting.
- The first two or three years, each early spring, apply compost around the base of the vines.
Read more here: https://www.mckaynursery.com/concord-grape#:~:text=You%20can%20plant%20in%20April,the%20ground%20can%20be%20worked).&text=Dig%20a%20broad%20and%20deep,top%20of%20the%20graft%20stem.
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