The University of Georgia Muscadine Field Day and growers’
meeting will be Saturday, Sept. 24, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the
Georgia Experiment Station in Griffin, Ga.

Commercial and Backyard
Growers

The field day and meeting will include useful information for
both commercial growers and backyard gardeners.

Researchers from the UGA College of Agricultural and
Environmental
Sciences will be among the speakers. Others will include
researchers
from Florida, Arkansas and North Carolina State and growers from
Georgia and North Carolina.

The speakers will tell how to grow, package and market
muscadines.
They will also unveil some processed muscadine products. And Pete
Andersen of Florida will introduce “Polyanna,” a
self-fertile
variety with purple fruit.

Taste Panel and Vineyard
Tour

Of special note to commercial growers will be the Georgia
Muscadine
Association business meeting and a session looking into a
regional
association and marketing effort.

The field day favorites will be back, too. Don’t miss the
taste
panel of muscadines or the tour of the Dempsey Farm
vineyards.

The cost of the field day is $15 if you register before Sept.
10 and $20 after that. The fee covers all handouts and
refreshments.
To learn more, or to sign up, call (770) 229-3477.

Create Your Own Home
Vineyard

For information on how to start and care for your own home
muscadine vineyard, check the University of Georgia College of
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences’ website for the
publication
titled “Home Garden Muscadines” at http://www.ces.ug
a.edu/pubcd/L225-w.html.

(Photo by Sharon Omahen, University of Georgia College of
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.)