OT New Grape OT

[pflaming]

If you like grapes, the thomcord grape, is now on the shelves. It is a cross between the ever popular Thompson Seedless, a light green grape and the Concord grape. The Concord is a great grape but had seeds, so much of that crop went into jams and Jellies.

The Thomcord is SEEDLESS and very tasty. Try it, you'll like it. This is also the BEST and LAST month for California peaches and nectarines. They are very good this year. I have fresh sliced peaches and wheaties for breakfast every day in the summer time.

[55 Fargo]

Paul, planted this grapvine last summer,were lucky they even winter up here. They are created o handle cold climates.The grapesare small, but taste not bad. Lots of people grow Concord grapes up here to make wines and jellies.

Parts of Canada, BCs okanagan valleyand Ontarios Niagra area, growmany nice grapes,adn all kinds of fruit, much milder climates than here in Manitoba.

[pflaming]

Rockwood, I don't think the cold of the winter will hurt a grape vine, if in question, put a thick layer of newspaper around the grape stalk, the cover with a good matt of straw/hay. But the touchy time is BLOOM time. Now grapes do bloom, if that bloom is killed there will be no grapes. So protect those blooms. Grapes too small, when the grape clusters are small, cut off at least 1/3 of that cluster and the energy will then be taken by fewer grapes and be larger and remove about 1/3 of the total number of clusters.

Fruit trees are similiar, with peaches and Nectarines there should be at least 8 inches between each small peach: too many little peaches, not enough sap to fatten them all up.

[55 Fargo]

Rockwood, I don't think the cold of the winter will hurt a grape vine, if in question, put a thick layer of newspaper around the grape stalk, the cover with a good matt of straw/hay. But the touchy time is BLOOM time. Now grapes do bloom, if that bloom is killed there will be no grapes. So protect those blooms. Grapes too small, when the grape clusters are small, cut off at least 1/3 of that cluster and the energy will then be taken by fewer grapes and be larger and remove about 1/3 of the total number of clusters.

Fruit trees are similiar, with peaches and Nectarines there should be at least 8 inches between each small peach: too many little peaches, not enough sap to fatten them all up.

Thanx Paul, there is even a rare wildgrape in this region.

It gets mighty cold here, have seen lots of -30 to -35, and windchills to -44.

I cover the base with flax straw, this is year 2, planted a small store bought specimen last summer....