List Of Varieties.

Since there are a few weeks to go before the grape vines wake from their winter slumbers it is a good time to detail the grape varieties I'm growing. They are all at different stages of development. Some have been fruiting for a number of years, some have only bagan fruiting recently, while others are young and have yet to produce any fruiting wood. Hopefully some of those will do so in the coming growing season.

I also have a number of new exciting varieties acquired as cuttings. It will be interesting to see how many of these take and how they develop over the next few years.

There are also some experimentation with training systems, pruning, proagation and other techniques. Grapeman hopes to detail these over time.

So these are the current list of varieties:

Fruiting Vines - Regent, Chardonnay, Phoenix, Madeleine Angevine, Dornfelder, Brant.

Developing Vines - Rondo, Acolon, Rayon D'or, Castel 19637, Merzling, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir. Gamay Tienturier, Perlette, Lakemont, Superior Seedless, Muscat Bleu.

New Cuttings - Solaris, Cabernet Cortis, Kyoho, Beauty Seedless, Glenora, Interlaken, Suffolk Red, Agat Donski, Auguste Louise, Gagarin Blue, Oberlin 565

As you can see twenty nine varieties in all. That's quite a collection.

Over the next few weeks I will discuss them individually, posting pictures so you can see where we are with each one and watch them develop through the various growth stages.

It will give me great pleasure to see them all develop.