These spicy-sweet thick-skinned grapes are an old Southern favorite and are found growing wild throughout the lower South. They thrive with little care, and the vines can remain productive for 100 years! Modern breeding has brought us a wonderful range of varieties: wine grapes for the home vintner and jelly maker, plus delicious fresh-eating varieties, some as large as golf balls!

Muscadine Varieties (Vitus rotundiflora)

FEMALES-- NEED POLLINATION

FRY Very large bronze grape (up to 1 3/8") with excellent quality even before fully ripe. Very large clusters and super sweet. 21% sugar. Ripens late September. Needs pollination. Zones 8-10. $11.99 2 gal (2-3ft).

HIGGINS Heavy producer of very large bronze grape with pink to reddish-bronze skin. 17% sugar. Ripens early to mid September. Needs pollination. Zones 7-10. $11.99 2 gal (2-3ft).

HUNT Excellent quality black grape with medium to large sized fruit. This is the one to compare all other grapes against. 17% sugar. Ripens early to mid September. Needs pollination. Zones 7-10. $11.99 2 gal (2-3ft).

JUMBO The name says it all. A huge black grape with an especially vigorous vine. 16% sugar. Ripens September into October. Needs pollination. Zones 7-10. $11.99 2 gal (2-3ft).

SCUPPERNONG Excellent flavor, great production. Small clusters of bronze fruit. 17% sugar. Ripens mid September. Zones 7-10. $11.99 2 gal (2-3ft).

SUMMIT Thought by many to be better than Fry as a commercial grape. Red-bronze fruit is 1 inch in diameter. Excellent fresh eating grape. 20% sugar. Ripens early to mid September. Needs pollination. Zones 7-10. $11.99 2 gal (2-3ft).

SELF-POLLINATING

ALACHUA Premier fresh eating and wine grape. Medium size black grape is sweet and juicy. Excellent production. 18% sugar. Ripens September-October. Self-fertile. Zones 7-10. $11.99 2 gal (2-3ft).

CARLOS One of our best pollinator grapes. Produces lots of small, 1/2 inch bronze fruit. Excellent for jelly and wines. 16% sugar. Ripens mid to late September. Self-fertile. Zones 7-9A. $11.99 2 gal (2-3ft).

FLORIDA FRY Florida's answer for the Fry grape's problem with summer dieback. Bears heavy crops of large bronze grapes. Very sweet, excellent for fresh eating. 20% sugar. Ripens mid to late September. Self-fertile. Zones 8-10. $11.99 2 gal (2-3ft).

GRANNY VAL If you want high yield this is the one. The heaviest producing variety, it yields multitudes of high quality bronze fruit. 16% sugar. Ripens mid to late September. Self-fertile. Zones 7-9A. $11.99 2 gal (2-3ft).

NESBITT A black fruited variety from North Carolina. Ripens over a month-long period. Flavor is a delicious Concord flavor with a spicy fox-grape twist. 20% sugar. Ripens mid to lateSeptember. Self-fertile. Zones 7-10. $11.99 2 gal (2-3ft).

NOBLE Florida red wine grape. Makes beautiful dry red wine. Blend with Southland for a pink chablis, very productive. 18% sugar. Ripens mid to late September. Self-fertile. Zones 7-9A. $11.99 2 gal (2-3ft).

SOUTHERN HOME Excellent red wine grape if you're inclined. Hybrid of a muscadine and a bunch grape. Beautiful, oak-shaped leaves. Fruit is almost black. Patent #9454. 18% sugar. Ripens from August to November. Self-fertile. Zones 7-9A. $15.99 2 gal (2-3ft). Limited quantity.





SOUTHLAND Excellent pollinator grape for the females. Lots of small, 1/2 inch, black fruit. Excellent fresh or for juices and jellies. 18% sugar. Ripens mid September. Self-fertile. Zones 7-10. $11.99 2 gal (2-3ft).

SUNRISE Our own find. This variety is very large, up to 1 inch in diameter and sweet. Yellow bronze color with a crispy, almost bunch-grape flavor. Skins are thin. Ripens in late August. Self-fertile. Zones 7-10. $11.99 2 gal (2-3ft).

TARA Large bronze skinned variety with a spicy sweet flavor. Great fresh or juiced out. Good disease resistance. 17% sugar. Ripens mid September. Self-fertile. Zones 7-9A. $11.99 2 gal (2-3ft).

WELDER Medium sized bronze variety that's great for juice or wine making. So prolific and with such an extended harvest time that you'll get 3 harvests of grapes! 18-19% sugar. Ripens August-September. Self-fertile. Zones 7-9. $11.99 2 gal (2-3ft).

Bunch Grapes (Vitus spp. hybrids)

BLACK SPANISH Do you love red wine, red grape juice or red grape jelly? Then the Black Spanish is for you. Large clusters of small bluish-black grapes. Resistant to Pierce's disease. Self-fertile. Zones 8-10. $11.99 2 gal (2-3ft).

BLANC DU BOIS Blanc Du Bois was developed by the University of Florida as a white table grape and for wine production. Since it's release in 1987, it has found a large following in the Florida, Louisana and Texas wine industry. It's also great for juices and jellies. Large clusters of white (light green) grapes. Resistant to Pierce's disease. Ripens in July. Self-fertile. Zones 8-10. $11.99 2 gal (2-3ft).

Leaf Grapes (Vitus spp.)

BASHEER LEAF GRAPE Do you love food cooked in grape leaves but can't find fresh grape leaves? Well, thanks to Norm Madsen and Kathy Lewis, we now have the Basheer Leaf Grape and you can grow your own grape leaves! Originally the plant had been in Dawn Azar's (Norm's late wife) family and was brought from New York to south Florida by Basheer Lattof. Dawn’s mother, Elaine Lottof-Azar, maintained the plant in her south Florida garden for several years and gave Dawn & Norm Madsen a cutting to grow in their Tallahassee FL garden. Self-fertile. Zones 7-9A. $13.99 2 gal (2-3ft).

STUFFED GRAPE LEAVES - Here’s the family recipe that has been passed down through the years.
  - Gather full size leaves in the summer before they mature and become tough.
  - Cut a V out of the leaf to remove the tough stem.
  - Blanch leaves in boiling water until they become water soaked.
  - Rinse in cool water.
    Stuffing mix is a mixture of lamb, rice and allspice. Wrap mixture up in leaves using the egg roll style of wrapping. Bundle wrapped stuffed leaves in bundles of 6 and tie with a string. Steam them for 50 minutes. Pull out and douse bundles with lemon juice. Steam for an extra 10 minutes. Eat or freeze for future use.

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