Product Description
*** Muscadine vines ship from late November through April ***
*** We ship to colder states beginning in late March and early April UNLESS you request it to ship earlier.
If you live above Virginia, please tell us in the comments if you would like your muscadine order shipped ASAP or if you prefer for us to ship in April 2024.
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The Fry muscadine vine is the standard in muscadines. This muscadine produces large fruit with excellent quality and taste. The Fry muscadine has edible skin. This variety is vigorous, disease resistant and very cold hardy. Ripens mid to late season. 21% sugar.
NOTE: Female variety that must be planted within 50 feet of a self-fertile variety.
Variety Spotlight – FRY
Fry is a variety that was released in 1972 by Dr B.O. Fry. In all regards the release of this variety was a game changer. Prior to Fry there was no commercial fresh fruit market for muscadines, all of the varieties before Fry were small in size, disease issues were a concern, or the yields were not heavy enough. Fry changed everything; it was much larger than the previous varieties, and it could be picked a little on the green side and was still sweet. This marked the beginning of the fresh fruit muscadine industry, and all of a sudden muscadines became a crop that could be planted and grown commercially for fresh market sales.
In the 1970’s through the mid 1980’s, Fry represented about 75% of our plant production. The other 25% was comprised mostly of Carlos, Noble, Cowart and a hand full of others. One of the unique qualities of the Fry Muscadine is that it ripens over a prolonged period of time, we can harvest Fry for about 6 weeks from beginning to end which made the variety perfect for you pick operations as well as commercial sales. All of our newer varieties over the years can all be traced back to Fry, and we are thankful for the time our father and Dr. Fry worked together at our nursery. The Fry variety is exceptional in every aspect, just like its namesake. If you have room in your vineyard or would like to plant a few vines, I would recommend Fry.
Muscadine planting instructions and how to videos.
Available Plant Sizes:
2 Year Bare-root – The majority of the plants we grow are 2 year bare-root. The average length of the vines are 2-4′ with an excellent root system.
2 Year Plus Bare-root – These are the largest and highest quality plants that we offer. They have had exceptional growth, have an excellent root system and average 4-6′ foot in length. These vines will be very close to reaching the top wire on your trellis.
*** We recommend ***
Adding BLUE-X Plant Shelters to your muscadine vines. BLUE-X Grapevine Shelters create a beneficial microclimate for each grapevine. The increased humidity and carbon dioxide levels in the grow-tubes accelerate plant growth and enhance vine survival. This will increase vine growth up to 150% the first year and will increase fruit yields your first harvest season. As an added benefit they protect young vines from rodents, rabbits and other herbivores.
We offer the only shelter on the market today that takes advantage of beneficial blue light!
It’s a small cost but offers a big reward for your vineyard.
To order Blue-X Plant Shelters click here
