"BOB" > wrote in message hlink.net>...
> "james" > wrote in message
> om...
> > How many pounds of grapes does a "vinyard sized" muscadine vine
> > produce? And, what is the size of this "vinyard sized" vine?
> > Thanks,
> > James
> I am probably wrong, but I live on Roanoke Island, home of "The Mother
> Vine", found by Sir Walter Raleigh's colonists in 1584. IIRC it is some sort
> of muscadine or maybe a scuppernong....
> Anyway, the original plant is =still= growing. The main trunk is about a
> 40cm thick, it is trained onto wires covering an area of roughly 10 metres
> by 30 metres. The subdivision is called "Mother Vineyard". I'm told it
> produces hundreds of pounds of fruit.
> My property, 2km from the Mother Vine, was originally a farm, and a vine
> planted in 1900 which is 6 metres by 10 metres, produces about two 25 litre
> pails full every year, call it 40 kilos roughly.
> YMMV,
> Bob

James, I have 80 Muscadines (12 varieties) in my Vineyard. Each
variety has a different production rate. A lot depends on how long you
have trained the vine to grow, fertilization and proper puring. I have
some of my mature vines which will produce 20-30 gallons each year and
others will only produce 10-20 gallons. ALso, the variety has a great
deal to do with the production, some just out produce others. Hope
this helps James