None are likely to cooperate without an occasional dusting of fungicide.Īs name brands in the beverage world, most of these New World grapes rate about as high as RC Cola. But the seedless black grape Jupiter, Mr. Table grapes like Canadice, Himrod and Vanessa ($6.95 per vine at Miller Nurseries) are seedless and suited to grow in the Northeast. Some gardeners like grapes in nondrinkable form. Miller Nurseries, (800) 836-9630 or, sells Cayuga ($7.15) and many old American varieties, near Geneva, N.Y., where Cornell scientists developed the grape in the early 1970s. Often, “it can go without any spraying at all.” At his Saint Croix Vineyards, he makes Frontenac gris into semisweet white wine.Ĭayuga White is another grape with a dogged nature and a sweet side in a white wine. “It’s very easy to grow, and quite disease-resistant,” he said. Seaway also stocks Frontenac gris ($6.50), another grape introduced by the University of Minnesota and the viticulturist Peter Hemstad.
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