Florida is home to several native grape species that belong to the genus Vitis. The most common and famous native grape is Vitis rotundifolia, also known as the muscadine grape. Muscadine grapes are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Muscadine grape season is starting in the Pensacola area, and some farms will let visitors get in on the action through U-Pick ...

Muscadine grapes are in season in our area. Known for their unique flavor, they are very different from the California seedless grapes at local stores. Muscadines have a stronger flavor, seeds and a ...

Want to grow grapes in the South? If so, you have two choices: Plant muscadines, or plant another type of grape and watch the vines die. Table, wine and concord type grapes rarely live for more than a ...

An unflappable person is sometimes described as being thick-skinned as a rhinoceros, but the muscadine grape might provide a more flattering comparison. Muscadines, one of four grape varieties native ...

Genetics may help grape breeders determine what will be seedless and self-pollinating even years before vines bear fruit. The ...

MUSCADINE grapes, a sweet local tradition, are plentiful on the vines at Blackwater Vineyards, 4280 Blackwater Road in Virginia Beach. Owner Baker Miller grows 15 varieties of muscadines, including ...

It’s vine time as muscadines and scuppernongs are ripening now. These sour-skinned, but spicy-sweet on the inside native grapes, often referred to as the “Grapes of the South,” are like rutabagas and ...

Fragrant baskets of muscadine grapes are now appearing at farmers markets and in grocery stores. Muscadines are our native Southern grapes. Large fruited, spicy sweet, their thick skins come in shades ...

Grapes are one of the oldest and most extensively cultivated food crops in the world. The earliest archaeological evidence of the domesticated grape comes from an area between the Black Sea and Iran.