Honeyflow Farm "Tales from the Farm"
4939 Mill Rd.    PO Box 275 - Dryden, Michigan 48428 - (810) 796-2344 (Phone & Fax)

Week 1  Sept 2 to Sept 4, 2005
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 .60/lb.
5 bu (200 lbs.) or more .54/lb.
10 bu. (400 lbs.) or more .46/lb.

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

1 1/2 bushel (60lb)
makes 5 gal wine

 (*** Means easy picking this weekend)

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Juice and Jelly Grapes (With Seeds) -
*** Price (Black) - Rows 6 & 7 - Ready this weekend
*** Seneca (White)- Rows 8 & 9 - Ready this weekend
Buffalo (Black)- Rows 3, 4 & 47 - Ready this weekend
Delaware (Red) - Rows 68 to 70 - Week 2 or 3 - good crop
NY Muscat - Rows 10 & 50 - OK now but better next week - good crop
Niagara - Rows 71 & 72 - Ready week 2 or 3 - good crop
Concord (Black)- Rows 1, 2, 48 & 49 - Ready week 3 or 4 - excellent crop
Steuben (Black)- Row 5 - Ready week 3 or 4 -good crop
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Seedless Table Grapes - LOTS OF SEEDLESS READY NOW!
*** Canadice - Rows 16 to - 19 - Ripe now - good crop
***Reliance - Rows 13 & 14 - Ripe now - good crop
Einset - Rows 27, 28 % 36 - Ripe now - very small crop
Suffolk Red - Rows 22 to 26 -Ripe now - small crop
Himrod - Rows 20 & 21 - Ripe now - very small crop
Lakemont - Rows 11 & 12 - Week 2 - good crop
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Red Wine Grapes
*** Marechal Foch - Rows 42 to 46 - Ripe Now - excellent crop
Baco Noir - No Baco this year - They did not survive the winter.
DeChaunac - Rows 51 to 54, 64 to 67 - Some now - but better next week - excellent crop
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White Wine Grapes
Horizon - Rows 35 & 41- Ripe now - good crop
St. Pepin - Rows 61 to 63 - Better next week - week 2 - good crop
Seyval Blanc - Rows 31 & 32 - Week 2 - small crop
Vignoles - Rows 38 & 39 - Week 2 or 3 - small crop
Delaware - Rows 68 to 70 - Week 2 or 3 - good crop
GW-5 - Row 15 - Week 2 or 3 - good crop
Cayuga White - Rows 33 & 34 - Week 2 - very small crop
Niagara - Rows 71 & 72 - Week 2 or 3 - good crop
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