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DELIVERED SEPTEMBER 2024 Orion Grape Vine, Eating, White, Outdoor, WINE + DISEASE-FROST-DROUGHT RESISTANT + LARGE CROP **FREE UK DELIVERY + FREE 3 YEAR LTD WARRANTY**

Orion grape vine
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Orion grape vine disease resistant
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Orion eating grape vine
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Orion disease resistant grape vine
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Orion grape vine
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 £24.75 
Available Options:
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OPTION 1  
DELIVERED SEPTEMBER 2024
OPTION 2 (+£5.00)   
DELIVERED SEPTEMBER 2024


Orion Grape Vine Options

Option 1 : 30cm-45cm tall. The seasons slow starters.
Option 2 : 60-150cm tall. The best the season has to offer.
Option 3 : 150-200cm tall. Usually a season older than Option 1 and 2.

Orion grape vines have good disease resistance, are heavy cropping with frost and drought tolerance once fully established. If you leave it to grow wild, it would reach around 5m tall and 2m wide.

Listed as an ideal grape vine for sub optimal conditions which means less than ideal soil and weather conditions. It does not mean suitable for a window box on the Ben Nevis Mountain Rescue Hut.

Considered a modern grape, not because it sold all its vinyl records and went digital, but because it was recently bred in Germany by Dr Gerhardt Alleweldt in 1964.

Often used for wine making in several parts of the UK from the Midlands down so consider growing under glass or in a poly-tunnel if further north and matures around September to October time. The wines apparently ripen quickly so early bottling is advised.

The Orion Grape vine was created by crossing Optima and Villard Blan. We assume the name of Optimal Villain was not a good choice for marketing reasons. It is grown commercially in Southern parts of the UK.

As it has good disease resistance, it is a good choice for the organic gardener. The catalogue lists the wine as easy to drink which we find odd as any wine is good after the first glass.

General Vine Information

During Winter most vines do a very good impression of looking dead. We don't mean they have arranged their own memorial and headstone but that the branches look very dry and beyond sprouting new growth. One nursery owner even put a new batch of vines on the compost heap thinking he had been conned, only to find them throwing out new growth some time later. If Spring is unusual weather wise, then it can be up to late June before you see any new growth and a hard winter can also effect your crop and die back is normal. Using agricultural fleece might help.

All vines are at least 2 years old and grafted onto a root stock that will be 3 years old. This is to improve vigour (growth and fruit production). The vines are pruned back several times a year and can easily put on several metres of growth in a season. They might fruit in the first year, local conditions allowing, certainly the second. 

Seedless grapes will take longer to get started and you may have to wait until the second or third season for a full flush of fruit. 

Bred to be Phylloxera resistant.

Vines will last 100's of years if looked after and outdoor vines can be successfully grown outdoors as far North as Yorkshire (depending on weather conditions).Indoor grapes have been grown in a Greenhouse in Aberdeenshire.

Give them as much sun as possible, keep ventilated and humidity down. This applies to indoor and outdoor grapes.

Despite your best efforts, you will most likely encounter a Grape vine issue at some point, especially with global warming giving us wetter summers. As little as a week of continued warm and wet weather is enough for those little fungus monsters to get in and wreak havoc.  The three you are most likely to encounter are downy mildew, powdery mildew, and grey mould. 

Your best action is preventative. Keep the site moisture levels down. Water the base, not the leaves. Keep the leaves spread out to allow light and air in to dry them out. Vines under glass need to be well ventilated. Consider heating the greenhouse for long periods of cloudy weather to keep humidity down.

If you do get it, remove the affected leaves and destroy.

Freezing Grapes
With temperatures going through the roof, cool and healthy Summer snacks will be in demand. First, remove grapes from the stem, place in a colander and rinse off. Dry the grapes and place on a baking tray covered in wax paper. Place in the freezer and when solid put into a plastic sealed bag ready for next years sweat-fest. 

Other Grape Vines To Look At  

Autumn Royal Seedless, thin skin when ripe, juicy and larger grapes compared to other seedless varieties. Indoor Black
Bacchus Considered the best white wine variety for the UK. Outdoor White
Black Hamburg A reliable and excellent quality sweetwater type producing large bunches of high quality dessert grapes. Very popular. Indoor Black
Boskoop Glory Award, reliable and disease resistant. Good for beginners. Indoor Black
Brandt Grown mainly for its spectacular autumn leaf colour but still a respectable red wine grape Outdoor Red
Cabernet Sauvignon Small black grapes for wine, self fertile and disease resistant. Indoor Black
Chardonnay Eating and wine making, sweet vigorous grape. Indoor/Outdoor White
Chasselas Doré De Fontainebleau Eating and wine making, very sweet. Indoor/Outdoor White
Chenin Blanc Ideal UK dry wine making grape. Indoor White
Crimson Seedless Heavy crops that set later than average. A very popular variety. Outdoor Red
Flame Heavy crops, fast growing, seedless, very popular, desert grape Indoor/Outdoor Red
Dornfelder A good hardy red grape combining heavy crops of very edible grapes as well as having stunning autumn leaf colour. Pick Sept-Oct. Outdoor Red
Gamay Makes fruity red wine or fruit juice. Indoor Black
Lakemont Seedless Big sets of yellow oval fruit with muscat flavour. Thin bunches for larger fruit if needed. Resistant to mildew/downy mildew. (USA, 1972) Outdoor White
Muscat Alexandria Second early white Muscat of high quality producing large succulent dessert grapes. Indoor

White

Muscat Artonel A strong Muscat variety. Indoor

White

Muscat Bleu This is the modern mildew resistant outdoor blue/black eating grape of choice. Outdoor Blue/Black
Orion Disease, frost and drought resistant and heavy crops. Good for poor conditions. Outdoor White
Perlette Large crops of large seedless grapes that are very crunchy. Outdoor White
Phoenix A large berry producing a fine Muscat aroma.Heavy yielding, ripening early October turning yellow when ready to pick. Dessert and wine. Outdoor White
Polo Muscat Good quality hybrid table/ wine grape. Slight Muscat aroma with balanced sweet and acidity. High yields of early ripening yellow-green fruit.Pick Sept. Outdoor White
Regent Large blue-black grape matures to a true black in good summers, sweet refreshing flavour. Red leaves adding value as a climbing shrub. Outdoor Blue/Black
Strawberry Intense rich flavour with a strong hint of strawberry, very productive and easy to grow. Pick and eat in late Sept. Outdoor Golden Bronze
Superior Seedless Obviously seedless and great for eating as considered very sweet. Outdoor White
Vanessa Seedless, suitable for North UK and very popular. Outdoor Red
Vroege van der Laan Very disease resistant, suuitable for North UK and good for the beginner. Outdoor White

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