Characteristics of Popular Muscadine Cultivars in North Carolina
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(from Whit Jones, Duplin County Cooperative Extension Agent, 2006)
| Bronze | Black | |||||||
| Cultivar |
Ripening
|
Size
|
Stem Scar
|
Cultivar |
Ripening
|
Size
|
Stem Scar
|
|
| Early Fry (F) |
Very Early
|
Large
|
Wet
|
Sugargate (F) |
Early
|
Very Large
|
Wet
|
|
| Triumph (SF) |
Early
|
Medium
|
Very Dry
|
Noble (SF) |
Early-Mid
|
Very Small
|
Wet
|
|
| Carlos (SF) |
Early-Mid
|
Small
|
Very Dry
|
Supreme (F) |
Early-Mid
|
Very Large
|
Wet
|
|
| Florida Fry (SF) |
Early-Mid
|
Large
|
Very Dry
|
Ison (SF) |
Early-Mid
|
Large
|
Wet
|
|
| Summit (F) |
Early-Mid
|
Large
|
Dry
|
Polyanna (SF) |
Mid-season
|
Large
|
Very Dry
|
|
| Tara (SF) |
Early-Mid
|
Very Large
|
Very Dry
|
Alachua (SF) |
Mid-season
|
Medium
|
Dry
|
|
| Scarlett (F) |
Mid-season
|
Large
|
Dry
|
Nesbitt (SF) |
Mid-Late
|
Large
|
Dry
|
|
| Golden Isles (SF) |
Mid-Late
|
Medium
|
Dry
|
Rosa (red) (F) |
Mid-Late
|
Very Large
|
Wet
|
|
| Doreen (SF) |
Late-Very Late
|
Small
|
Wet
|
Black Fry (F) |
Mid-Late
|
Large
|
Very Wet
|
|
| Late Fry (SF) |
Very Late
|
Large
|
Dry
|
African Queen (F) |
Mid-Late
|
Large
|
Wet
|
F – female, SF – self-fertile
References
Ison’s Nursery 2008 Catalog
Jones, W. 2006. Personal communication.
Mortensen, JA. 2001. Cultivars. Chapter 4 in Muscadine Grapes, FM Basiouny and DG Himelrick (eds), ASHS Press.