I grow Concord. Yummo. :-)

Barbie

Conquistador has grown very well for a friend of mine that lived in Windemere until recently (he passed away). If that's a variety that you are interested in, then I would go for it. I think that he said Conquistador didn't fruit as heavily but he liked the flavor.

FWIW, I have a Daytona & boy! is it ever vigorous - I rarely fertilise or even prune - it's on its own. Sadly tho, possums stripped all the fruit this year before it was even ripe = (

It is a seeded pink variety from a cross w/ muscadines, I believe, so the skins are thicker & puckerish when raw, but flesh is oh-so-sweet when ripe & the skin slips off easily. They don't have that distinctive muscadine flavour either. I use them more for cooking than fresh eating (pies, fruit crisps, etc.) - the skins aren't bitter when cooked.

HTH

Thanks for the info everyone.

Wardog,

Before planting bunch grapes look up Pierces disease. Varieties like Concord may grow here for awhile but will eventually contract Pierces disease and will decline and die. There are a few Pierce resistant varieties you could try.