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"A.J. Rawls" > wrote in message
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> Minus 40???
> Those are Alaska temps.. Someone made a grape that will grow here?
> Does it require a long growing season and can it survive with mucho
> daylight (up to 22 hours of a 24 hour period)????
>
> Later,
> A. J. Rawls
> Anchorage, Alaska, USA
>
> On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 17:31:19 GMT, (Doug Miller)
> wrote:
>
> >In article >,
(Scott B.) wrote:
> >>Hi all,
> >>I'm a complete newbie to winemaking and had a couple of questions. I
> >>am moving into a new house soon and as part of the landscaping would
> >>like to use grapevines to define the back border of our lot. The
> >>house is in southern Wisconsin. 1. what types of grapes would grow
> >>best in this climate?
> >
> >Frontenac is a hybrid developed at the University of Minnesota. It's
> >supposedly cold-hardy down to minus 40 degrees. Properly cultivated, it
bears
> >heavily, and makes *very* good wine.
>