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Resources for Muscadine Grape Producers

This page is sponsored by the NCDA&CS New and Emerging Crops Program (NCDA&CS Awards No: 2020-1642 & 2021-1550), the North Carolina Wine and Grape Council, and the Southern Region Small Fruits Consortium.

The 2022 Virtual Muscadine School

In the 2022 virtual muscadine school, we covered muscadine production and food safety topics in 16 webinars with experts from across the South.

Watch all webinars for free here.

Muscadine Cultivar Trial in Castle Hayne, NC

Figure 1. A variety of muscadine grapes, harveted from cultivars (September 2021) at the NC State University Horticulture Research Station in Castle Hayne, NC.

Muscadine variety/cultivar trial at the Horticultural Crops Research Station in Castle Hayne NC. The trial has two sections: One 2013 planted sections with mature muscadine cultivars (2013 planting map). And one 2021-2022 planted section with new cultivars and muscadine selections (2021-22 planting map). This trial was established in collaboration with the University of Georgia and the University of Arkansas breeding programs.

Table 1. Harvest data from September 2021. Shown are the total lbs/plant and average berry weight, Brix and pH for a range of processing and fresh-market cultivars.

Cultivar lbs/plant Berry Weight (g) Brix (TSS) pH
Processing Harvest 2021
Carlos 15.26 7 14.4 3.21
Noble 17.7 3.99 14.65 3.45
Doreen 3 4.5 16.3 3.17
Fresh Market 2021
Darlene 2.96 13.6 15.96 3.45
Ison 18.36 10.3 14.22 3.37
Jumbo 10.57 12.16 14.6 3.71
Pam 10.4 14.75 14.32 3.62
Supreme 11.1 16.08 15.13 3.59
Tara 26.47 10.74 14 3.21
Triumph 8.74 10.71 15.4 3.45

Recent Muscadine Research

Recent Presentations (pdf)

Muscadine Grape Production Resources

Muscadine Production Notes

Muscadine Dormant Pruning

Every year, we hold between three and four muscadine dormant pruning workshops in the state of North Carolina. Pruning is the most essential care you need to give to a muscadine vine.

Our workshops are usually in January in Eastern NC and in February in Western NC. Each workshop will be announced on the events homepage approximately 3-4 weeks ahead of time.

Pruning and training is best learned in the field in a hands-on workshop. Therfore we highly recommend to join one of our workshops every winter if you want to learn how to prune, train and maintain a muscadine vineyard.

However, additonally to the workshops, we offer a pruning webinar online as well as written advise on how to prune a muscadine vine. Further our YouTube channel features short clips on specific pruning issues.

Muscadine Food Safety

For more information, please visit the NCSU Food Safety Portal.

Muscadine Budgets and Economics

Written By

Mark Hoffmann, N.C. Cooperative ExtensionDr. Mark HoffmannDepartment Extension Leader, Small Fruits Specialist & Associate Professor Call Dr. Mark Email Dr. Mark Horticultural Science
NC State Extension, NC State University
Page Last Updated: 7 months ago
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