I have some "elderberries". They have the best flavor! Elderberries make the best jellies, cobblers and wine...or anything you can think of to use berries in. This is my favorite berry plant. I would like to trade for your "apricot tree".

I try to cut them down every year, but man do those things grow fast! And thick vines! Some are as thick as my wrist and grow so high up in the trees there's no way I can reach them. But...I'll find a place for the new ones and keep a good eye on them. Thanks. ;) V.

They need LOTS of sun, and it needs to be sprayed in June for the grape rust. If you see spots of brown on the leaves, that's the rust. If you get this rust, you won't get many grapes, most will shrivel up and rot, and the birds will get the rest. It also needs a very HEAVY frame for support. Love those grapes!!! :0 arum

is there any indication that a previous owner actually planted them ... as compared to shooting out a birds butt??? .. like location ... siting.. etc ... if bird sown ... they are most likely not true to form ... and odds are in favor of it NOT being a quality fruit ... if planted by someone.. one would think they would have selected and bought a named variety .... so you might get something like a worthy fruit ... like a concord ... i too inherited a 35 year old clump of grapal nightmare at my first house ... lol ... the problem with success with grape.;. is what you plan on doing with a couple bushels of very short lived ... unfreezable fruit ... you either make jelly.. or wine .... and back then... i was not going to do either... [BTW.. it was pre WWW so i didnt have any handy information] had i not ended up moving.... it would have been put to death ... as there was a month to 6 weeks... where fermenting.. rotting fruit... was a nightmare.. including all the stoned birds ... wasps.. and bees ... there is a very active fruit forum ... you are in the wrong forum for a production crop ... there are very specific pruning guidelines ... timing.. etc ... if you google vineyards pruning.. you would probably be staggered by how far grapes are cut back .. ON PURPOSE ... and its not a fast.. not easy job.. especially the first time.. you try to tame a monster like this ... and i would start my analysis on whether i wanted to save this thing.. by figuring out if its in full sun .... where grapes grow best ... it may have been.. 20 years ago.. when planted.. but i see a lot of trees around it now.. and even even you worked them to perfection ... you may never get a great crop ... sooooo .... decide if you are interested in learning.. in working.. etc ... then location .. then proper pruning... including a good tree saw and hand pruners .... it might be a lot easier to cut it flush to the ground.. and round up the stump ... like i was planning .... and dragging it to the burn pile and being done with it ... oh.. you could probably make about 20 wreaths out of the cut vine ... it might be much easier ... if you want to dabble in grape ... to kill this one.. and mail order some good grape stock ... and plant it in a proper site ... you might get good.. quality fruit inside a year or three ... as compared to working your tail off on this one.. and not getting fruit for years ... good luck ken