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Marylyn_TX
Houston, TX (Zone 9a)
August 11, 2009 4:25 PM Post #6934650
| Quoting:The Japanese prefecture auctioned off 48 bunches of 'Ruby Roman' grapes at an average price of 27,000 yen (about $245 USD). It was the culmination of 14 years of cultivating these "dream grapes", with tomato-red skin and noteworthy size ( a single 'Ruby Roman' grape can measure nearly 3 cm in diameter.)
I hope the buyers saved the seeds after they ate the grapes! |
melody
Benton, KY (Zone 7a)
 August 11, 2009 4:33 PM Post #6934687
| We had some similar grapes one time at a Vietnamese wedding reception. I doubt that they paid that much for them, but each grape was the size of a ping pong ball. I've never seen anything like them before or since...I'm sure that they had them flown in from somewhere. |
Jiny
Tokyo
Japan (Zone 10a)
August 22, 2009 11:31 PM Post #6977212
| Yes in Japan we have a very large variety of grape and wonderfully sweet, usually retail for about 10 dollars for
a small bunch. They really are the size of a ping-pong ball! (Pione grape) grown in Okayama prefecture.
pajonica |
melody
Benton, KY (Zone 7a)
August 23, 2009 1:00 PM Post #6978711
| Thanks for the information. I would have loved to ask at the time, but the language barrier did not permit much more than the most basic of communication. We were honored to have been invited. |
Jiny
Tokyo
Japan (Zone 10a)
August 23, 2009 1:33 PM Post #6978810
| Your more than welcome. Just in case someone is thinking SEEDS! Their seedless. 
pajonica
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melody
Benton, KY (Zone 7a)
August 23, 2009 1:44 PM Post #6978848
| yup...I noted that at the time. (they were marvelous, by the way) |
Jiny
Tokyo
Japan (Zone 10a)
August 23, 2009 2:05 PM Post #6978942
| My two year old son eats them like sweets! We never get a look in.LOL
pajonica |
Tallulah_B
(Susan) Calgary, AB (Zone 3b)
September 3, 2009 5:36 PM Post #7021465
| How do they propogate - by stem cuttings?
~Susan~ |
melody
Benton, KY (Zone 7a)
September 3, 2009 5:42 PM Post #7021483
| I think grapes are propagated like roses. Either cuttings or grafting on to a rootstock. |
dahlianut
Calgary, AB (Zone 3a)
September 24, 2009 7:03 PM Post #7100122
| LOL Pajonica you know us too well. The first thing I thought of was seeds. |
