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Thank you so much for my John Downie crab apple it arrived today well packaged(shredded paper now in compost bin nothing wasted).It arrived just in time to be planted before it got dark and now is being rained in.Ordered on 25th delivered on 28tth well done.
Mrs Rita Rogers, Carshalton
Supplied as a containerised vine grafted on S04 rootstock approximately 2 feet (60 cm) tall including pot.
Available from APPROXIMATELY early JuneA spicy peppery/raspberry/strawberry-flavoured grape that is blue-black in colour.
The most widely grown red wine grape in the world, usually producing wine with a high alcohol and sugar content. Regularly used to make Rhône, Châteauneuf-du-Pape or Priorat but can be used for making rose and white wines as well as red.
Grenache is highly recommended for home-made wine as it produces good results fairly easily. It can also be used on its own or blended with other varieties. It has a high sugar content when left to fully ripen. The buds appear earlier in the season and fully ripen late. AlthoughGrenache prefers a hot, dry location (often found in Spain), it is also quite good at withstanding poor soils and windy locations.
Also known as Garnacha Tito or Garnacha Tina, this grape thought to have originated in Spain but no one is really sure.
How To Plant, Grow & Train Grape Vines
Detailed advice on siting, planting and training grape vines - both outside and under protection. Includes basic pruning advice.
Not So Sour Grapes
An article on the basics of growing grapes written by Paul Peacock that appeared in the June 2007 issue of Grow It! magazine.