Table 2. Relative susceptibility of table grape varieties to low-temperature injury, disease, and leaf damage resulting from sulfur applications.

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Variety
WH
BR
DM
PM

BOT

PHOM
EU
CG
ALS
SULFUR

Alden

4

?

+

++

++

?

?

+

++

No

Buffalo

4

?

++

+++

++

?

?

+

?

No

Canadice

4

+++

+

+

++

?

?

++

++

No

Catawba

5

+++

+++

++

+

+++

+

+

+

No

Concord

5

+++

+

++

+

+++

+++

+

++

Yes

Concord Seedless

5

?

+

++

++

?

?

+

?

Yes

Edelweiss

5

?

+

++

++

?

?

+

++

?

Einset Seedless

4

+++

++

+++

+

?

?

+

++

?

Fredonia

5

+

+++

++

+

?

?

+

+

No

Golden Muscat

4

?

++

++

+++

?

?

+

?

No

Himrod

4

+++

+

++

+

?

?

+

+

No

Interlaken Seedless

3

+++

+

+++

++

?

?

+

+

No

Kay Gray

6

+

+

+

+

?

?

+

?

?

Lakemont

3

++

+

++

++

?

?

+

++

No

Mars

4

+

+

+

+

?

?

+

++

?

Marquis
4
++
++
++
+
?
?
+
?
No?

N. Y. Muscat

4

?

+

+++

++

?

?

+

+

Yes

Ontario

4

?

+

++

++

?

?

+

++

No

Price

3

?

+

+

++

?

?

++

++

Yes

Reliance

4

+++

++

++

+++

?

?

+

+++

?

Remaily Seedless

3

+++

++

++

+

?

++

?

+

?

Saturn

2

++

++

+++

++

?

?

++

?

?

Seneca

3

+

+

+++

++

?

?

++

+++

Yes

Sheridan

5

?

+

++

+

?

?

+

?

?

Steuben

5

++

+

+

+

?

?

+

++

No

Suffolk Red

3

?

+

++

++

?

?

++

++

Yes

Swenson Red

5

?

+++

++

++

?

?

+

?

?

Van Buren

5

?

+++

+

+

?

?

+

?

Yes

Vanessa

4

+++

++

++

+

+

?

+

++

?

Venus

4

+

++

+

+++

?

?

+

+

?

Yates

4

++

+

++

+

?

?

+

?

No

NOTE: WH = Winter hardiness, 1=too tender for all but a few select sites, 2=tender, 3=slightly hardy, may be grown on better sites, 4=moderately hardy, 5=hardy, and 6=very hardy, worthy of trial on cold sites, BR = Black rot, DM = Downy mildew, PM = Powdery mildew, Bot = Botrytis, Phom = Phomopsis, Eu = Eutypa, CG = Crown gall, ALS = Angular leaf scorch, Sulfur=sensitivity to sulfur spray injury.

Portions of this table were excerpted from the 1991 Pest Management Recommendations for Grapes, a Cornell Cooperative Extension Publication.

Key: + = slightly susceptible or sensitive, ++ = moderately susceptible or sensitive, +++ = highly susceptible or sensitive, ? = relative susceptibility or sensitivity not established.