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Title: Notice to Nurserymen of the Naming and Release for Propagation of Eudora Muscadine Grape

Author
item Stringer, Stephen
item Spiers, James
item Shaw, Donna
item GRAY, DENNIS - UNIV OF FLORIDA

Submitted to: Germplasm Release
Publication Type: Germplasm Release
Publication Acceptance Date: 2/10/2007
Publication Date: 2/10/2007
Citation: Stringer, S.J., Spiers, J.M., Marshall, D.A., Gray, D. 2007. Notice to Nurserymen of the Naming and Release for Propagation of Eudora Muscadine Grape. Germplasm Release.

Interpretive Summary: not applicable

Technical Abstract: ‘Eudora’ is a new purple skinned muscadine grape for the fresh market jointly developed and released by the University of Florida and the USDA-ARS Thad Cochran Southern Horticulture Laboratory, Poplarville, MS. Notable attributes of ‘Eudora’ include vigorous and productive vines producing medium-large flavorful berries with edivble skins and relatively crisp pulp. Berries within individual clusters of ‘Eudora’ tend to ripen uniformly, making it suitable for hand harvest of ripe clusters ‘Eudora’ has pistillate flowers and thus, requires pollination by self-fertile cultivars.