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18-06-2003, 10:32 AM

in article , david at
wrote on 18/6/03 9:23 am:

I grow two vines here (NW Brittany - cf W of England climate) outdoors,
against a wall, and they are tremendous: Chasselas for white grapes, Aladin
for black. Everyone round here uses Chasselas.
Aladin is resistant to several diseases, especially mildew (the French call
it mildiou - is it blight?), otherwise you have to treat them periodically.
I am told that greenhouse vines are even more subject to this problem than
those where the air circulates better.
If you plant after July you will miss the growth spurt, I think.
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The very best white grape IMO is the original Guernsey grape called Cannon
Hall. It's pretty hard to find now but we got ours from Reads, IIRC. It
came two years ago and was very tiny so we've had no fruit yet but I can't
wait!
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Sacha