Thursday, July 5, 2012

Univ of Ark a leader in breeding of table grapes


John Clark at U of Arkansas is releasing four new table grape varieties.  They have named them:
Faith, Hope, Joy and Gratitude.  
It appears the astronomers couldn't find planets as fast as Arkansas can produce new grapes.

http://arkansasagnews.uark.edu/7196.htm
http://agfax.com/2012/06/25/arkansas-new-seedless-table-grapes-faith-hope-joy-gratitude/

A few years ago, Arkansas released a truly great grape: Jupiter--a seedless dark Muscat hybrid grape. Large oval berries, laughs at Oregon rain, ripens even in cool, short years, and is disease-free. It even has good chemistry for wine.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Wine and Your Health: Getting Real

 Here are two articles on wine and our health: 1. First article : Grapes are a superfood that lower bad chloresterol. Many of their healthy ...