What is Ripe this Weekend? Grape Ripening Information - Find out what is ready to pick and what it will cost.
Ripening Information
Open Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays ONLY - 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
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Vineyard Notes for 2016 Picking Season
Great Crop of Grapes this Year!
Our Retail Vineyard and Honey Farm in Dryden, Michigan will open on Friday, September 2
We are open from 9 to 6, every Friday, Saturday and Sundays (only)
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NOTE - Some vines are still recovering from the Arctic Climate Event that happened a few winters ago - winters of 2013-14 & 2014-15. Those winters killed many of the trunks on the vines and they had to grow new shoots. Some rows did not have as much renewal cane growth last year and have less crop. (Grape clusters grow from last years canes) Most of the vines did fine and have a full crop this year.
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COMMODITY PRICES
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U-Pick Grapes COMMODITY PRICES U-Pick Grapes
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(An average person can pick from 1 to 3 bu/hr - bring lots of friends) 2 bushel (80lb)
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Click here for a printable page that can be taken with you to the vineyard.
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Our Seedless Grapes are Mostly Gone
Best Picking this week is
Niagara (white) and Concord (blue)
(click on the Grape Page Link for more variety info)
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Canadice is ripe now but really needs to be picked - pick in the netted areas where the birds did not damage them - just lift the netting up. |
Canadice Grape Page |
Rows 16 to 19, & 29 |
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Einset is gone. |
Einset Grape Page | Rows 27 - 28 |
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Reliance is gone.
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Reliance Grape Page | Rows 13 - 14 |
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Still lots of Niagara! Best picking is in rows 88-89 |
Niagara Grape Page |
Rows 58, 59, 71, 72, 87 to 89 |
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Buffalo is mostly gone, but I am sure you can find a bag or two. |
Buffalo Grape Page |
Rows 3, 4, 47, 88, 89 |
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St. Pepin is very high sugar and falling off the vines - pick it now. |
St. Pepin Grape Page | Rows 61 to 63 |
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Lakemont is gone. |
Lakemont Grape Page | Rows 11 & 12 |
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Marquis is gone. |
Marquis White | Rows 8 & 9 |
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Suffolk Red is gone. |
Suffolk Grape Page | Rows 22 to 26 |
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Himrod is gone. |
Himrod Grape Page | Rows 20 & 21 |
Jelly Grapes
Best Picking this week is
Niagara (white) and Concord (blue)
(click on the Grape Page Link for more variety info)
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Price has been picked out and its gone. |
Price Grape Page | Rows 6 & 7 |
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Delaware is being converted to Niagara! No crop this year. BUT THERE ARE SOME NICE CLUSTERS OF NIAGARA IN THESE ROWS! |
Delaware Grape Page |
Rows 68 to 70 |
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Buffalo is mostly gone, but I am sure you can find a bag or two. |
Buffalo Grape Page |
Rows 3, 47, 88, 89 |
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Still lots of Niagara! Best picking is in rows 88-89 |
Niagara Grape Page |
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Concord are ripe now! Best picking in rows 1-2 & 48-49. |
Concord Grape Page |
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Steuben is ripe now. |
Steuben Grape Page | Row 5 |
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Ny Muscat gone. |
Muscat Grape Page | Row 50 |
Click here for a printable page that can be taken with you to the vineyard.
Red Wine Grapes
We still have lots of Frontenac, Concord and some DeChaunac & Foch
(click on the Grape Page Link for more variety info)
Frontenac is mostly gone but you can still dig out a few bushels. Remember the DeChaunac have green trunks and the Frontenac have red trunks. (Some people like to keep them separate) |
Frontenac Grape Page
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Rows 73 to 77 |
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Dechaunacis mostly gone but you can still dig out a few bushels. Remember the DeChaunac have green trunks and the Frontenac have red trunks. (Some people like to keep them separate) |
DeChaunac Grape Page | Rows 51 to 54, 64 to 67 |
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Concord are ripe now! Best picking in rows 1-2 & 48-49. |
Concord Grape Page | Rows 1, 2, 48 & 49 |
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Foch is mostly gone but you can still dig out a few bushels. |
Foch Grape Page | Rows 42 to 46 |
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Baco is mostly gone. |
Baco Grape Page |
Rows 55-56
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White Wine Grapes
Niagara and Cayuga are best for whites this week!
(click on the Grape Page Link for more variety info)
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St. Pepin is very high sugar and falling off the vines - pick it now. |
St. Pepin Grape Page |
Rows 61 to 63 |
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Huge amount of Cayuga is ripe now. They will just jump into your pails - they are begging you to take them home. |
Cayuga Grape Page | Rows 33 & 34 |
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Still lots of Niagara! Best picking is in rows 88-89 |
Niagara Grape Page |
Rows 58,59,
71, 72, 87 to 89
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White Wine - is ripe now - still some left |
White Wine Grape Page | Row 37 |
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Horizon is very ripe and still some left. |
Horizon Grape Page | Rows 35 & 41 |
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Seyval is ripe now - still some left. |
Seyval Grape Page | Rows 31 & 32 |
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Vignoles is getting very high sugar and wants to be picked. |
Vignoles Grape Page | Rows 38 & 39 |
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Delaware is being converted to Niagara! No crop this year. BUT THERE ARE SOME NICE CLUSTERS OF NIAGARA IN THESE ROWS! |
Delaware Grape Page | Rows 68 to 70 |
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GW-5 is ripe mid September. |
Gw-5 Grape Page | Row 15 |