You can’t travel far in Northeastern North Carolina without passing a home with muscadine grapes growing in the backyard. Many of those vines we see have been growing for decades and the care of them ...

It’s vine time as muscadines and scuppernongs are ripening now. These sour-skinned, but spicy-sweet on the inside native grapes, often referred to as the “Grapes of the South,” are like rutabagas and ...

I grew up with muscadine grapes. I liked them as a kid and still enjoy them today. In my opinion, they are a southern late summer and fall treat. Not everyone shares in my fondness for this native ...

Dear Roger: I plan to add another grape vine to my collection this year. Where can I buy good muscadine grapes, and what variety do you suggest? - A caller from Roseboro Dear Caller: One consideration ...

Perhaps no other fruit is better adapted to South Carolina’s climate than muscadine grapes (Muscadinia rotundifolia). A cousin of table and wine grapes, muscadines are much more tolerant of our heat, ...

There's problem, though. Many people have a hard time getting past the thick skin and bitter seeds of the muscadine. Not totally unexpected for a fruit that takes its name from the smell of a male ...

Raymond Haak planted his first grapes in 1969, when his wife, Gladys, gave him two vines for their 10th wedding anniversary. "That was 47 years ago," he says. "I put them in the ground and began to ...

I remember my mom used to go down the country roads and pick wild grapes for jelly making. I believe she called them Mustang grapes, but that is too much of a stretch for me to claim I remember the ...

It's muscadine grape season. This Southern grape variety is not the favorite type of grape for many, but if you are health conscious you may give it a try. The muscadine is a thick-skinned, seeded ...