backyardener: If I were you I'd contact Dr Fallahi directly and ask him if there is any way to collect cuttings when they prune this winter. I used to do exactly what he is doing. He won't mind you calling and there is a good chance he will oblige. If not he got his plants somewhere. Maybe he can lead you to a source of either plants or cuttings. This is worth doing. I got my cuttings from Dr David Ramming USDA grape breeder Fresno CA. Dr Fallahi is not testing most of the cultivars you mentioned because they are second and third class grapes. I've grown most of them over the past 30 yrs. Princess, Summer Royal, and Autumn Royal are vastly better eating quality. I'm sure some that Dr Fallahi has are great as well. Lon Romberg, who you can find on the web sells many grapes. Check him out. Another thing, see if Univ of ID is having a grape or fruit field day anytime soon. Get your foot in the door there. It can help you on more fruit than grapes. Call your fruit extension agent or ag extension agent. In a small fruit industry like ID, you can get an inside contact somewhere if you try. Join the ID fruit growers association, find a commercial grower who is testing/growing grapes and offer to buy cuttings from him, etc, etc. The Fruitnut

You are probably going to see that all the old Univ. of Florida and younger Mississippi State Univ. PD-resistant bunch-grape releases are hard to find by mail order, and harder still to find already rooted (i.e., not merely cuttings). I searched a year or two ago myself and am still looking for some of them. If no one else answers, in the next few days I may be able to find record of where I got my "Conquistador" a year or so back. Unfortunately the very limited number of cuttings available this winter from it are already promised.

We grew 200 of them two years ago most did not handle our heat to well in mid summer our Black Monukka did better during the summers here. We stuck to the tried and true type that consistently perform here, Flame/Ruby/Thompson and the Monukka

They should be in full sun, (at least 6 hours of direct light) for best fruit production. Less sun means fewer grapes. When I lived in Michigan, I dug huge holes for my grape vines and filled them back in with a mixture of roughly 3 parts bagged topsoil, 1-2 parts sphagnum peat moss and about 1 part composted manure. (all available @ Home Depot) Then I mixed a root stimulator (or Miracle Gro will do.) into buckets of water, poured it in the holes, stirred it all up and planted the vines in it. They grew like crazy, much faster than my friend's grapes who didn't amend his soil like I did. They also bore fruit years before his did. I planted white, red and concord grapes at the base of a pergola that covered our deck. It made beautiful dappled shade all summer and even kept us dry under light rain. They all cross-bred and made the sweetest most beautiful reddish purple grape you ever tasted. The flesh was very sweet while the skins were quite tart. They were wonderful. We looked forward to their rich unique flavor with anticipation every Fall. Best of luck with yours as well!