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When we were first building (1980) Mom brought up 6 different varieties of grapes. Not yet having a yard or clear thought on how we would landscape, we simply plopped them in an E-W line onto the side of the hill and built a trellis for them. I wrote down the varieties on a paper plate which I was able to hang onto for several years, but have since lost. All I know is the bottom grape is a concord and the top is some sort of a white table grape. One was lost when a hemlock fell during a windstorm and flattened the trellis, but the rest are still alive and healthy. We are missing one support post, but that grape is holding its own so no particular reason to replace it. We initially just mowed under the trellis, but I've now under-planted with various cultivars of hardy geraniums.
Last year I never got around to hard-pruning the grapes in the early spring, although I did keep them pruned to about shoulder height during the growing season. They actually flourished with this lack of care, and I tossed grape treats into the chicken yard (directly south of the trellis) on a daily basis. This year Gary and I pruned them as hard as we ever have, really getting right down to just the nubs coming off the main vines. We shall see how they fare this year.
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