The vines become quite visible this time of year as the leaves begin to turn yellow. There is a wonderful specimen, teeming with grape clusters, quite close to where I live that has climbed 12 - 15 feet up through a very accommodating tree. However, the vine is on the side of an extremely busy road and there is no possible way that I could safely get out of the car to photograph it. So I had to be content with this Oakville vine. But because this vine was more accessible, I was actually able to taste a wild, California grape for the first time ever. Yummy!
4 comments:
VG: I can smell them clear-across the country:-)
Those dangerous roads cause a forfeiture of more good photos than I can count!
Describe the taste, please.
I want to compare it with the Northeast natives.
NHW: Yes, traffic can get in the way of good photographic opportunities.
Tomasso: Well, the grape was still a bit tart (ate a plump one), just grapey really...no foxy character.
What is the NE native called, Vitis Tomassii?
Hah!
There are four (or is it five?) Northeast natives:
Vitis labrusca, rotundifolio, aestivalis (sp), riparia...
and some of the grape varieties people know and consider natives are actually hybrids: catawba, concord, and more.
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