Stocks vary widely in their resistance to attack and there is a numerical scale due to Ravaz in which 0 corresponds to zero resistance and 20 represents absolute immunity...

Ever since the great plague of the phylloxera in the 19th century, the ground was permeated by those destructive aphids and it remained quite impossible to grow the old-style vines...

The University of California began to take a serious interest in viticulture In the fall of 1880 the legislature appropriated $3,000 for research in enology at Berkeley, including the construction of a brick cellar on the campus...

When the Agricultural Society recognized the need of serious research and supervision for the entire wine industry in 1861, Col...

Winemaking in California has never been an unsupervised industry The first vines were brought to the Pacific shores by Cortez...

I took a hike with my son a few days ago Little did I know that within a few hours time (the bulk of the time was the actual hike), we would have a gorgeous, homemade harvest wreath that truly rivaled anything I have seen in the trendy stores and catalogs...

Blackberries were perceived by the ancient cultures as being a wild plant, and historical accounts for a backyard culture of blackberry bushes are few...

Historically, muscadine grape vines and the resulting fruit were discovered and recognized as a very important horticultural product, found growing in huge populations and proportions in the United States from Delaware southward along the Atlantic Seaboard...

If you find yourself bored with the usual assortment of flowers and shrubs in your latest landscape design, maybe it’s time to do a little experimenting by adding VINES to your garden...

Growing grapes in the backyard or garden can be a rewarding experience It can also be quite a failure if not done properly...

A favorite memory from my childhood memory pool Is being underneath my aunt's grape arbor, it was cool Clusters of juicy purple and white grapes hanging down Under Aunt Irma's grape arbor near Patterson town That memory made me want to have some grapes to eat So I built a grape arbor where I could escape the heat The three vines I planted were frail and very small I wondered if they would even grow at all My grape arbor covers over 700 square feet To watch those vines grow was quite a treat After three years of patiently waiting for a harvest I finally ate my own grapes, they were the best Every year I prune and trim those hanging vines I believe my grapes could make some fine wines Some of my grapes are large as a golf ball Juicy and sweet, they're mighty fine I'm telling y'all The Lord has said you can't pick grapes from thorns The beautiful grape arbor on my little farm adorns You can tell a tree by the fruit it makes My grape vines produce real fruit not fakes Copyright 2005 Irvin L...