!PLEASE NOTE! As of July 3, 2023 any plants order will be treated as a pre-order for Spring 2024

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KAY GRAY

$9.00

In stock for Spring 2024

 

4-11 9.00$/plant

12-49 6.00$/plant

50-100 4.00$/plant

>100 Please contact us

 

1 year old potted plants, in 2″x2″x4″ pots

Description

KAY GRAY (E.S. 1-63)

(Interspecific hybrid: includes Vitis Vinifera 31,3%, Vitis Labrusca 37,5%, Vitis Riparia 31,2%)

 

GREEN-GOLDEN SEEDED TABLE GRAPE

 

  • Green to golden green berries, with a sweet and fruity flavor
  • Medium, juicy, slightly crisp and tender berries
  • Non slipskin berries
  • Small, medium-compact to compact, cylindrical and uniform clusters
  • Hardy to zone 4b, up to approximately -32°C (-25,6 °F)
  • Ripening period: midseason, end of September in zone 4b. Requires 1100 DJC 10°C (Degree-Days Celsius base 10°C)-or 1980 DDF base 50°F- to mature fruit
  • Very vigorous vine
  • Very disease resistant
  • The buds at the base of the spurs can be infertile. Long pruning is recommended (long spur lengths)
  • Ideal to eat fresh or to make juice
  • Can also be used to make a neutral wine, for table use or blending purposes and in exceptional years, it can have a flowery nose and stand on its own as a varietal wine
  • Self-pollinating

 

Origine:

 

  • Bred: Elmer Swenson
  • Cross: E.S. 217 (Min 78 X Golden Muscat)(flower) X Open pollination (pollen) probably Onaka pollen, an old cultivar from South Dakota that was growing next to the E.S. 217
  • Released in 1981
  • Origin: Osceola, Wisconsin (USA)

 

Kay Gray

 

Le Kay Gray tient son nom du nom de la femme de l’ami d’Elmer Swenson, Dick Gray, ancien directeur du Minnesota Freshwater Institut de Biologie.

 

Elmer Swenson a utilisé le Kay Gray comme parent pour le Brianna et le Louise Swenson.

 

KAY GRAY

LIVRAISONS 2023: les commandes seront envoyées chaque lundi à partir du lundi 22 mai 2023. Les plants sont envoyés par transporteur (Poste Canada, ou autre…), la réception se fait 2-3 jours ouvrables plus tard pour le Québec, 4-5 jours ouvrables plus tard pour le reste du Canada.

RAMASSAGE CLIENT 2023: les ramassages se feront à partir du samedi 20 mai 2023, directement chez Vignes Chez Soi, pendant les heures d’ouverture et sur rendez-vous uniquement.

Ripening period

 

Ripens very early: mid-August, end of August

Mid-season: mid-September in zone 5, end of September in zone 4

Fresh eating | Jellys & jams | Juice | Wine

 

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