The First Wild Grapes of the Season / myLot

Pikeville, North Carolina

April 25, 2023 7:09pm CST

This is a wild grapevine of native North Carolina grapes. We don't know for certain if they are muscadine or scuppernong as the birds and other critters eat them up before they mature. Perhaps a myLotter who knows their grape leaves can tell me. We also have wild grape vines growing in our woods. Some years the birds and beasties don't get all those grapes. I haven't tried them. Maybe someday. Have you ever tried wild grapes?

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@DaddyEvil (137142)

• United States

26 Apr 23

I don't know the different types of native grapes. We had some growing on our farm when I was a kid. Mom always sent us out to gather them as soon as they started getting ripe. We had to fight the birds for them. Mom made them into jelly. We also had tame grape vines that dad planted. Those we ate right off the vines.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25812)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

26 Apr 23

What I've been told is that both muscadine and scuppernong have a very sweet taste, with muscadine being sweeter.

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@DaddyEvil (137142)

• United States

26 Apr 23

@DWDavis The wild grapes of my childhood were sour. Maybe they're a different kind. I don't know.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

26 Apr 23

I have years ago when I lived in the country. They’re grapes if they are ripe now. Muscadines ripen in the late summer if I remember correctly.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25812)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

26 Apr 23

K and I have thought about putting netting over the vine to protect the grapes from the birds. After careful consideration of the work involved, we decided to let our winged friends have them.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

26 Apr 23

@DWDavis I didn’t know birds ate grapes.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

28 Apr 23

@DWDavis Of course birds have to eat something. I’ve often wondered how birds survive the winter.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (85681)

• United States

26 Apr 23

I don’t believe I have ever come across wild grapes, unfortunately.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (86820)

• United States

26 Apr 23

Yes we used to eat so many as children that we made ourselves sick.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (95722)

• Marion, Ohio

26 Apr 23

They are usually good. Just watch for them to ripen

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25812)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

28 Apr 23

I'll have to work up my courage and give one a try this year.

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James Higgins

@JamesHxstatic (29270)

• Eugene, Oregon

26 Apr 23

No, but I'm sure we have them here in Oregon along with over 300 vineyards.

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rsa101

@rsa101 (37968)

• Philippines

26 Apr 23

I have never seen wild grapes. I thought they are all the same and in different varieties but I did not know there are wild grapes. What is the difference between those that are grown in farms?

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25812)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

28 Apr 23

Here in NC, we have two native grapes, Muscadine and Scuppernong, and either can be found growing wild.

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