Thanks for the links, GB. I'll check them out. Good to know about Orlando, I think I'll steer away from that variety just to be safe. Florida seems to have done some nice work on developing PD resistant table grapes, so I'm considering these varieties as well: Norton/Cynthiana Darlene Black Beauty Late Fry I'm going to also look into Lake Emerald and Stover. Haven't found much info on either of these two varieties for table grape taste and disease resistance, so more searching is in the works. I also found a great link on home grape growing from Oregon State University Extension Service. It is document EC 1305. Really well written with very nice diagrams and drawings. You can download it by clicking on the "View it Now" link on this page. Very helpful for someone new to growing grapes on a home hobby basis. Very basic, with excellent drawings. I'm kind of a visual learner, so this document has really helped. Also, there are a couple of great videos from Dave's Garden on YouTube about how to prune grapevines, both spur and cane pruning that were really excellent. Patty S. Here is a link that might be useful: Growing Grapes in Your Home Garden

Yes, We did. The vines had berry Shrivel too, what makes me think of not enought water too... I changed the schedule of my sprinkles.. and it seems to be getting better, but the affected leaves are not getting better.. I assume it might die. I've contacted a person from the university PD's project and we will run some tests.. thanks

I've got a muscadine vine and two Fredonia vines growing in New Braunfels. They're all fairly good producers, despite my lax attention to good viticultural practices. By late summer they're afflicted by a variety of ailments (I'd assume Pierce's disease is among them) but nothing's ever been able to keep the vines from coming back even more vigorously the next spring. You shouldn't have any problem with the muscadine, but I'm not sure how long your muscat will last even with vigilance.

I've seen tons of newly planted olive orchards in the SE as an economic crop. I think OR/WA has also seen huge plantings recently happen. Worse is most are high density or SHD plantings for just pure profit. Trees already have declining production and require replanting in only a few years; a disease would just exacerbate this.