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as needed. Insecticide sprays were not ap plied. Vines were spur-pruned in February or March. Anecdotal testimony from Arkansas (John son R, personal communication) and Mis souri (Harris J, personal communication) showed that it can be productive in the upper South region, perhaps on a commercial scale, and is best suited as a blending wine grape. It was tested in California, but yields were too low to compare with other red-pulped culti vars like Rubired (Cousins P, personal com munication). A single vine in Oklahoma at the Oklahoma State University Cimarron Valley Research Station has grown vigorously and produced fruit (Table 1). Soluble solids concentration varied from a high of 18.9 to a low of 14.5. Titratable acidity levels were also higher than desirable. This may indicate, along with the low soluble solids recorded in 2022, that the fruit was not at peak ripeness at harvest. The cluster size was much larger than those mea sured in Mississippi, and that came with a concomitant smaller berry size as well. The second location, at the Mississippi State University Beaumont Horticultural Unit, had twelve vines planted in 2015 from which data were collected in 2019 and 2020 along with other bunch grape and muscadine cultivars (Table 2). The experimental design was completely randomized with 6 replicate vines. Cluster weights were based on 5 clus ters and berry weights from 10 berries.
Figure 2. Vigorously growing OK392 (‘Mamont Noir’) at the Oklahoma State University Cimarron Valley Research Station in Perkins, OK (above) and at the Mississippi State University Beaumont Horti cultural Unit in Beaumont, MS (below).
‘Doreen’ vines which were spaced at 6.1 m between vines and 3.7 m between rows. Fungicide and herbicide control was done Table 1. Averages of OK392 (‘Mamont Noir’) fruit quality measurements collected during two 138 seasons at the Oklahoma State University Cimarron Valley Research Station in Perkins, 139 Oklahoma. 140 Year Soluble solids (%) Titratable Acidity (g/L) pH Avg berry Wt. (g) Avg cluster Wt. (g) 2019 18.9 NA i NA NA NA 2022 14.5 12.0 3.22 1.7 101.9 i Data not collected. 141 i Data not collected. Table 1. Averages of OK392 (‘Mamont Noir’) fruit quality measurements collected during two seasons at the Oklahoma State University Cimarron Valley Research Station in Perkins, Oklahoma.
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