Honeyflow Farm    U-Pick Grapes
4939 Mill Rd.    PO Box 275 - Dryden, Michigan 48428 - (810) 796-2344 (Message & Fax)

Ripening Information for Week 7, October 16, 17, 18, 2009 - LAST WEEKEND TO PICK CONCORD GRAPES - LOTS LEFT - WE ARE CLOSING THIS SUNDAY ON Oct 18.

Open Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays only - 9:00 am to 6:00 pm

COMMODITY PRICES
U-Pick Grapes
1-19 lbs. .80/lb.
½ bu (20 lbs.) or more .73/lb.
5 bu (200 lbs.) or more .65/lb.
10 bu. (400 lbs.) or more .58/lb.

(An average person can pick from 1 to 3 bu/hr - bring lots of friends)

2 bushel (80lb)
makes 5+ gal wine

Click here for a printable page that can be taken with you to the vineyard.

Special Note - 2009 - WE HAD A LITTLE FREEZE THE OTHER DAY THAT REMOVED SOME OF THE LEAVES ON THE VINES - THE GRAPES ARE JUST FINE AND NOW THEY ARE A LOT EASIER TO SEE!

LOTS OF CONCORD LEFT IN THE BACK VINEYARD ROWS 83 TO 86

 

Juice and Jelly Grapes (With Seeds) CONCORD IS READY!

Price has been picked out.
 Price Grape Page Rows 6 & 7
NY Muscat is gone.
 Muscat Grape Page Rows 10 & 50
Lots of Delaware are ripe now - best picking for white wine grapes.
 Delaware Grape Page Rows 68 to 70
There is still Buffalo left.
 Buffalo Grape Page Rows 3, 4 & 47
Marquis will have first crop next year.
 Rows 8 & 9
Niagara had a lot of winter damage but there is a small amount ready now.
 Niagara Grape Page

Rows 58, 59, 71, 72, 87 to 89 South
HUGE CROP OF CONCORD IS RIPE NOW! 8+ ROWS TO PICK! BEST PICKING IN THE BACK - ROWS 83 TO 86
 Concord Grape Page Rows 1, 2, 48 & 49
Steuben is ripe if you pick the black clusters.
 Steuben Grape Page Row 5

 

Seedless Grapes - You must go to the far ends of the rows.

Some Canadice is still left - better picking at the far end of the row.
 Canadice Grape Page Rows 16 to 19
Einset is gone.
 Einset Grape Page Rows 27, 28
Suffolk Red had severe winter damage, They were not even pruned - but there a some in the row if you want to walk a bit.
 Suffolk Grape Page Rows 22 to 26
Himrod is mostly picked out.
 Himrod Grape Page Rows 20 & 21
Few Venus grapes are available this year.
 Venus Grape Page Row 30
Reliance is ripe now - much better picking at the far end of the row .
 Reliance Grape Page Rows 13 & 14
Lakemont is mostly picked out.
 Lakemont Grape Page Rows 11 & 12

 

Red Wine Grapes - Good time to make a great Concord Wine!

Most of the Foch is gone but I did find a few more bushels that just ripened up.
 Foch Grape Page Rows 42 to 46
Most of the Baco is gone.
 Baco Grape Page Rows 55-56, 51-54 & 64-67
Frontenac grapes have been picked out.
 Frontenac Grape Page Rows 73 to 77
A lot of DeChaunac grapes have been picked out.
 DeChaunac Grape Page Rows 51 to 54, 64 to 67
     

 

White Wine Grapes - A lot of white grapes have been picked - but still some left - easier to see now - try some Delaware

Horizon is ripe now.

 Horizon Grape Page Rows 35 & 41
A lot of St.Peping is gone but there are sill a few bushels left.
 St. Pepin Grape Page Rows 61 to 63
Some Seyval may still be left.
 Seyval Grape Page Rows 31 & 32
Vignoles are ripe now.
 Vignoles Grape Page Rows 38 & 39
Lots of Delaware are ripe now - best picking for white wine grapes.
 Delaware Grape Page Rows 68 to 70
Geneva#5 is ripe now.
 Gw-5 Grape Page Row 15
There still may be some Cayuga left - most is gone .
 Cayuga Grape Page Rows 33 & 34
Niagara had a lot of winter damage but there is a small amount ready now.
 Niagara Grape Page Rows 58,59,71,72,87 to 89 South
Chardonell is probably gone - but you can check.
 Chardonnel Grape Page Row 60
The Generic white wine grape are ripe now.
 White Wine Grape Page Row 37