maxine in ri wrote:
> On Mar 24, 12:11 pm, Sheldon > wrote:

>>
>> I love concord grapes, I used to grow them. Mostly I used them to
>> make frozen grape juice concentrate.. made a wonderful summer drink
>> mixed with seltzah
>>
>> It sure isn't concord grape season here in concord grape country, NY.
>>
>> http://www.nationalgrape.com/02b_ccd.shtml
>
> I wonder if that's the grape we have growing wild around here. We
> always called them "fox grapes' and they make great jelly.
>
> maxine in ri


Yep. what you have is Concords that have sprung up in the wild.

When we lived in RI on the CT border I got many a case of
poison ivy on my arms from picking wild grapes for jelly
before we actually planted out own vines. The wild vines
always seemed to grow mixed in with the poison ivy vines in
abandoned farmyards and along country roads.

Did I ever mention the time I was looking for vines in the
fall to make grapevine wreaths? I saw some lovely vines a
few hundred feet from the road across the street from a
dairy farm. There appeared to be quite a bit of black dirt
between the road and the vines, but I cheerfully tromped
across it only to find myself knee deep in nearly liquid cow
manure. I got back to the car quickly and wrapped my legs
in newspaper from the trunk. It was a messy, smelly ride
home.

Shortly thereafter we moved to Colorado where NOTHING edible
grows wild. :-(

gloria p