Grape Iona - Kahikatea Farm Certified Organic Nursery and Permaculture Farm

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Vitis vinifera

Heavily producing vine of pinkish-purple exceptionally sweet-flavoured tables grape of medium size. Mid-late season (late March/early April for us in Hawke’s Bay). Said to be good for coastal areas, indeed our original plants are special to us as they came from cuttings from Aaron’s parents’ plant at their house on the Mahia Peninsular.

Grapes have been cultivated by humans for over 8000 years. The berries grow on deciduous vines and in the right climate, are easy care and can be managed in many different ways. Everyone will be familiar with the wire structures and pruning regime of vineyard grapes which are highly ‘tamed’. Here we use grapes predominantly for shade, having several different varieties growing on our wrap-around verandah, and we just let them ...