Muscadine, Southern Fox Grape, Scuppernong, Bullace

We grow at least 6 varieties of Muscadines, from light bronze to black. We look forward all summer to the end of August when we can fill ...Read Moreour senses with that wonderful sweet aroma and flavor. Like many southerners, we have good memories of sharing them under the arbors of our grandparents, and learning how to eat them using our teeth to keep the seeds in the hulls while squirting the juice and pulp into our mouths.
It is interesting how alike and how different the various varieties are. Some come in a little earlier or later than most and we are glad to have extended the season a bit. Almost all are pass along vines, and we are in the process of propagating one from an old family farm. Our least favorite came from a big box store.
The season seems to be ending too early this year - think the raccoons share our fondness for them. We do have some wild vines on the edge of the yard that I wish they would concentrate on!
The vines are pruned heavily in February and we have never failed to have an abundance, for jellies, preserves and best of all eating out of hand.

These plants are native in southeast Louisiana. There are many places where you can find the fruits on the ground, though I don't recomm...Read Moreend eating them from the ground, as they are usually chewed by squirrels, pecked by birds, or hollowed out by insects. On occasion, you may get lucky and find one untouched, thought it is still a good idea to wash it.

They can also be trained up certain trees for a unique appearance. A one or two decades old muscadine grown up a tree with lots of irrigation can produce a very twisted, tropical liana look, even with occasional aerial roots.

Be careful with young trees, however, as the vine can overpower and stunt the tree's growth if not cut at the ground at least twice a year. This can be tiresome, but rewarding, because the muscadine grows back differently every time.

My FAVORITE grape of all time! I have NEVER purchased grapes in any kind of market because they are so horribly inferior to the Scuppern...Read Moreong.
I was shocked at the response that claimed that it was not a worthwhile plant! As a 7th generation Florida native, we had no idea that there was any other kind of grape!
Yes, the skin IS thick, which keeps the fruit viable in our hot weather and is a fabulous deterrent to most insects. Also, it makes the BEST jams and jellies, not to mention Muscadine wine!

Apparently, it's just another one of the florida delicacies that yankees (yankee=north of the Volusia county line) can never appreciate.

Muscadines will grow unprompted and unpruned. They are a indigenous fruiting vine and in my opinion, the ONLY grape worth eating!

Got a volunteer growing in the mess that is my neighbors shrub/property line. Fruits are great when left to get really ripe, making wild...Read More muscadine jelly for the first time this year, Got some cultivated varieties in another location larger sweeter fruit, for wine. The wild vine is a blessing for us and the critters, when I find new plants springing up I simply share them with a neighbor.