Grapes Sentence Examples

Grapes, barley, esparto grass, dry figs, almonds and zinc are exported.

Grapes similarly attacked.

Near the mountains grapes are grown, from which wine of a good quality is made.

It's all sour grapes.

The eggs are dropped into the water by the female in large masses, resembling, in some species, bunches of grapes in miniature.

On the slope of its hills grow the grapes from which the famous Armagnac brandy is made.

Pythium, Peronospore, Completoria, Vol utelta, Botrytis, &c. That such overturgescence should lead to the bursting of fleshy fruits, such as gooseberries, tomatoes and grapes, is not surprising, nor can we wonder that fermentation and mould Fungi rapidly spread in such fruits; and the same is true for bulbs and herbaceous organs generally.

Both present the appearance of diminutive clusters of grapes, at the anterior end of the kidneys, close to the suprarenal bodies, separated from each other by the descending aorta and by the vena cava where this is formed by the right and left vena iliaca communis.

The agricultural products are corn, flax, tobacco, grapes and various other fruits.

To the right of Spengel's osphradium is the opening of a peculiar gland which has, when dissected out, the form of a bunch of grapes; its secretion is said to be poisonous.

A vine, for instance, that produces bunches of grapes at each joint is preferable to one in which there are several barren joints, as a larger quantity can be grown within a smaller area.

They are not very wrong to eat too many grapes because they do not know much.

Her attitude wasn't as Alex had said, 'sour grapes', and he knew it.

Overhead she finally saw something she recognized... grapes.

Indian corn, quinoa, mandioca, possibly the potato, cotton and various fruits, including the strawberry, were already known to the aborigines, but with the conqueror came wheat, barley, oats, flax, many kinds of vegetables, apples, peaches, apricots, pears, grapes, figs, oranges and lemons, together with alfalfa and new grasses for the plains.

On the north the park is bordered by a vinery producing fine white grapes.

Fruits normally form the principal crop; the total value for 1907-8 of the fruit crops of the state (including oranges, lemons, limes, grape-fruit, bananas, guavas, pears, peaches, grapes, figs, pecans, &c.) was $6,160,299, according to the report of the State Department of Agriculture.

In the vegetable kingdom glucose occurs, always in admixture with fructose, in many fruits, especially grapes, cherries, bananas, &c.; and in combination, generally with phenols and aldehydes belonging to the aromatic series, it forms an extensive class of compounds termed glucosides.

The prosperity of the town depends chiefly on the vine culture in the neighbourhood, from which, besides the exportation of a large quantity of grapes, about 700,000 gallons of wine are manufactured annually.

Other agricultural products are sweet potatoes, cassava (manioc), yuca, yams, white potatoes, maguey, okra, peanuts, pease, all the vegetables of the hot and temperate climates, oranges, lemons, limes, bananas, plantains, figs, grapes, coco-nuts, pine-apples, strawberries, plums, guavas, breadfruit, mangoes and many others.

The number of varieties of grapes possessing some merit is considerable, but a very few of them will be found sufficient to supply all the wants of the cultivator.

The disease is characterized by the appearance of a mycelium forming white or greyish-white patches on the young leaves; this spreads quickly and attacks the older leaves and branches, and ultimately reaches the grapes.

The mycelium spreads through the green parts of the plant, attacking the leaves, twigs and unripe grapes.

The grapes which are attacked cease to grow, turn brown or white, and ultimately dry up and fall off.

This spot increases in size; in the stalks it assumes an oval shape, with its long axis parallel to the stalk, whilst in the leaves and grapes it is more or less circular in outline.

The centre of the spots on the grapes becomes darker as the disease advances, and a red line appears dividing the dark brown border into an outer and an inner rim and giving a very characteristic appearance to the diseased plant.

The fungus is most conspicuous on the grapes, but the leaves and stems From Hartig's Lehrbuch der Pfanzenkrankheiten, by permission of Julius Springer.

The disease spreads from grape to grape, so that as a rule many of the grapes in a bunch are destroyed.

The culture of silk, flax, grapes (for wine-making) and fruits and cereals in general, and the manufacture of flour and of woollen, flannel and cotton fabrics, were carried on under a rule requiring every adult to labour 12 or 14 hours each day in field or mill.

When you come to Tuscumbia to see me I hope my father will have many sweet apples and juicy peaches and fine pears and delicious grapes and large water melons.

What mean ye by saying that the poor ye have always with you, or that the fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

The chief exports are sheep and oxen, most of which are raised in Morocco and Tunisia, and horses; animal products, such as wool and skins; wine, cereals (rye, barley, oats), vegetables, fruits (chiefly figs and grapes for the table) and seeds, esparto grass, oils and vegetable extracts (chiefly olive oil), iron ore, zinc, natural phosphates, timber, cork, crin vegetal and tobacco.

The district about Parras, in southern Coahuila, produces grapes, which are principally used in the manufacture of wine and brandy.

The soil is fertile, producing wheat, maize, grapes, figs, pomegranates and wine.

Apples, pears and grapes are successfully grown throughout the central and southern sections, but peaches and cherries chiefly south of Lake Winnepesaukee.

Thus (in Flatey) the grapes of Vinland are found in winter and gathered in spring; the man who first finds them, Leif's foster-father Tyrker the German, gets drunk from eating the fruit; and the vines themselves are spoken of as big trees affording timber.

Besides lead, the exports include grapes, sugar and esparto.

Oranges, lemons, limes, figs, mangoes, grapes and peaches, besides a considerable variety of vegetables, are raised in small quantities for local consumption.

There are large vineyards in the neighbouring hilly district, and the exportation of grapes is extensively carried on.

Grapes, peaches, plums and prunes, apricots, strawberries, raspberries and loganberries, blackberries and dewberries, currants and gooseberries are also grown.

Orchard fruits are most abundant south-east of Blue Mountain, and small fruits near the larger cities, but about two-thirds of the grapes are grown in Erie county.

The reciprocal adaptations of insects and flowers demand attentive observation on the part of the gardener concerned with the growing of grapes, cucumbers, melons and strawberries, or with the raising of new and improved varieties of plants.

Should it be provided with a central path, requiring shade, Hambro and Sweet-water grapes serve the purpose well, and in favourable seasons afford excellent crops of fruit.

Sow a few kidney beans for an early forced crop. Expel damp, and assist the ripening of late grapes and peaches with fires during the day.

Where apples, pears, peaches, grapes, &c., have set fruit thickly, thin out at least one-half to two-thirds of the young fruit.

Grapes may be pruned.

Fruit is everywhere grown, and there is a special cultivation of grapes and figs in the Westland of South Holland.

This expedition, too, found "grapes and self-sown wheat," though seemingly not in any great abundance.

The pomegranate fields form a striking feature in the valley - the pomegranates of Kandahar, with its "sirdar" melons and grapes, being unequalled in quality by any in the East.

The vines are grown on artificial banks, probably for want of the necessary wood to trellis them - the grapes being largely exported in a semi-dried state.

In Essex and Kent, and along the shore of Lake Erie, tobacco and grapes form a staple crop, and wine of fair quality is produced.

Striped cloths and pekmez, a sweet paste made from grapes, are the principal manufactures; and tobacco and cereals the principal cultures.

The Fayum is celebrated for its grapes, and chiefly supplies the market of Cairo.

The black grapes are large, but comparatively tasteless.

The best-known fruits, besides dates and grapes, are figs, sycamore-figs and pomegranates, apricots and peaches, oranges and citrons, lemons and limes, bananas, which are believed to be of the fruits of Paradise (being always in season), different kinds of melons (including some of aromatic flavour, and the refreshing water-melon), mulberries, Indian figs or prickly pears, the fruit of the lotus and olives.

The grapes are either dried or made into a kind of syrup. In 1846 an American Protestant mission was established in the town.

The province is noted for its figs and grapes, the figs being of exceptionally good quality.

Grapes, which still grow abundantly in various parts, were much cultivated in ancient times.

On the lower slopes of the Cordillera there are fertile irrigated valleys which produce grapes and olives for commercial purposes, and a considerable variety of fruits, cereals and vegetables for local consumption.

The summer crops (millet, sesame, figs, melons, grapes, olives, &c.) are fertilized by the heavy " dews " which are one of the most remarkable climatic features of the country and to a large extent atone for the total lack of rain for one half the year.

Grapes are grown very extensively, and the varieties are very numerous.

This is the most fertile tract in Greece, and at the present day produces oranges, citrons, almonds, figs, grapes and olives in great abundance and of excellent quality.

Grapes, blackberries, figs and strawberries have been introduced from the United States and are grown successfully in the province of Benguet.

Meanwhile his brother Buccelin, whose army was also suffering grievously from disease, partly induced by free indulgence in the grapes of Campania, encamped at Casilinum, the site of modern Capua.

Staple products have changed with increasing knowledge of climatic conditions, of life-zones and of the fitness of crops; first hides and tallow, then wool, wheat, grapes (which in the early eighteen-nineties were the leading fruit), deciduous orchard fruits, and semi-tropical citrus fruits successively.

The supremacy of the state is established in the growth of oranges, lemons, citrons, olives, figs, almonds, Persian (or English) walnuts, plums and prunes, grapes and raisins, nectarines, apricots and pomegranates; it also leads in pears and peaches, but here its primacy is not so assured.

They were introduced by the Franciscans (as were various other subtropical fruits, pears and grapes), but their scientific betterment and commercial importance date from about 1885.

Vines were first introduced by the Franciscans in 1771 from Spain, and until after 1860 " Mission "grapes were practically the only stock in California.

Grapes are grown very largely over the state.

Dry wine grapes do best in the counties around San Francisco Bay, on unirrigated lands; while sweet wine stocks do best in Yolo, San Joaquin and the counties of the raisin grape, and on irrigated lands.

They are made chiefly from grapes, and are used to fortify wines.

It was officially estimated that in the spring of 1904 there were some 227,000 acres of vineyards in the state, of which exactly five-tenths were in wine grapes and four-tenths in raisin grapes.

Olives, chestnuts and grapes are grown, and silk-worms are kept.

Ethylene succinic acid occurs in amber, in various resins and lignites, in fossilized wood, in many members of the natural orders of Papaveraceae and Compositae, in unripe grapes, urine and blood.

It is probable that the discovery that an intoxicating and pleasant beverage could be made from grape juice was purely accidental, and that it arose from observations made in connexion with crushed or bruised wild grapes, much as the manufacture of beer, or in its earliest form, mead, may be traced back to the accidental fermentation of wild honey.

Plastering appears to have been known at an early date, and when the juice of the grapes was too thin for the production of a good wine, it was occasionally boiled down with a view to concentration.

When the grapes have attained to maturity they are collected by hand and then transferred in baskets or carts to the press house.

If pure yeast is added in this manner in relatively large quantities, it will tend to predominate, inasmuch as the number of yeast cells derived from the grapes is at the commencement of fermentation relatively small.

The proportion of sugar present in the juice of ripe grapes varies considerably according to the type of grape, the locality and the harvest.

In temperate climates it varies as a rule between 15 and 20%, but in the case of hot climates or where the grapes are treated in a special manner, it may rise as high as 35% and more.

Thus the disease known as tourne or casse is generally caused by the wine having been made or partly made from grapes affected by mildew.

In some countries, particularly in Italy, Spain and Portugal, it has been and still is a common practice to add a small quantity of gypsum to the fermenting must or to dust it over the grapes prior to pressing.

The grapes from which the stalks are partly or wholly (and occasionally not at all) removed are crushed by treading or some other simple method, but sometimes even this is omitted, the juice being expressed by the weight of the grapes themselves, or by the pressure caused by incipient fermentation.

In pursuit of historical study, Adam visited the Danish court during the reign of the well-informed monarch Svend Estridsson (1047-1076), and writes that the king "spoke of an island (or country) in that ocean discovered by many, which is called Vinland, because of the wild grapes [vites] that grow there, out of which a very good wine can be made.

The leaves shrivel, the plant ceases to grow, and the grapes that are formed also shrivel and die.

The wines are made entirely from white grapes, and the methods of collecting the latter, and of working them up Analyses of Chateau Lafite of Different Vintages.'

The grapes are allowed to remain on the vines some three to four weeks longer than is the case in the Medoc, and the result is that they shrivel up and become over-ripe, and so contain relatively little water and a very large quantity of sugar.

When the grapes have attained the proper degree of ripeness, or rather over-ripeness, they are gathered with the greatest care, the berries being frequently cut off from the branches singly, and sorted according to their appearance.

The grapes are then not crushed, but are immediately pressed, and the juice alone is subjected to fermentation.

The best qualities of wine are made almost exclusively from the black grapes.

For the same reason the grapes are collected in baskets in order to avoid excessive pressure, and are transported in these to the press house.

As a rule, three qualities of wine are made from one batch of grapes, the first pressing yielding the best quality, whilst the second and third are relatively inferior.

There is also a variety of Pedro-Ximenes, which, however, is not used for making ordinary wine, but for the purpose of preparing the so-called dulce, a very sweet must or wine, made from over-ripe grapes, which, after fortification with spirit, is employed for sweetening other wines.

The grapes are, after gathering, dusted over with plaster of Paris, and then crushed by treading in a shallow rectangular vessel termed the lagar.

There appears to be no predominant and distinct type of vine, such as is the case in other viticultural districts, but a number of varieties, mostly yielding grapes of a medium size are common to the Douro vineyards.

The process of converting the Alto Douro grapes into wine differs in some material particulars from those employed elsewhere.

The grapes are cut and then conveyed in baskets by the Gallegos (as the labourers who come specially from Galicia in Spain for this purpose are termed) to the winery.

Here the stalks are removed, generally by a machine similar to the French egrappoir, and the grapes then placed in the lagar.

The grapes are first trodden for a period varying from twenty-four hours upwards, and are then allowed to ferment in the lagar itself.

White port is made from white grapes, and a peculiarity of its manufacture is that the must is frequently fermented in the presence of the skins, which is most unusual in the case of white wines.

The grapes are allowed to become over-ripe and are then selected by hand.

This plant appears to be indigenous to the Rhine valley, and the finest wines are made exclusively from its grapes.

The vintage on the Rhine is, in order to permit the grapes to acquire the " over-ripeness " necessary to the peculiar character of the wines, generally very late, rarely taking place before the end of October.

Among the best-known wines in Piedmont are the Barolos and the wines of Asti, which are made from a species of muscatel grapes.

The finest varieties of Tokay are made entirely or mainly from Furmint grapes which have been allowed to become over-ripe in a manner somewhat similar to that obtaining in the Sauternes districts.

This is produced by placing the finest grapes in casks and drawing off the juice which exudes naturally as a result of the weight of the material.

This is produced by pressing a mixture of dried grapes and fully ripe grapes and fermenting the must so obtained.

This is obtained by extracting dried grapes with the must of ordinary grapes.

According to the amount of dried grapes (zibebs) employed, the wine is termed I to 5 " buttig."

A good deal of sweet wine is also made, particularly in the Fresno district, where, however, a large proportion of the grapes is grown with a view to making raisins.

The common, yet excellent melons, watermelons, grapes, apricots, cherries, plums, apples, are within the reach of the poorest.

Wheat, barley, rice, beans and various oil-yielding plants are grown, and melons, grapes, apples and other fruits.

Another therapeutic method is the so-called "grape cure," in which, along with a regulated diet, five or six pounds of grapes are eaten daily.

As the grapes contain a quantity of water and of salts, they tend to lessen the amount of food taken, to increase the action of the bowels, and to stimulate the kidneys.

The botryoidal formations hanging by thousands in Mary's Vineyard resemble mimic clusters of grapes, as the oulopholites resemble roses.

Strawberries and Sahara dates; alfalfa, wheat, barley, corn and sorghum; oranges, lemons, wine grapes, limes, olives, figs, dates, peanuts and sweet potatoes; yams and sugar beets, show the range of agricultural products.

The introduction of the " Concord " grape, first produced here by Ephraim Bull in 1853, is said to have marked the beginning of the profitable commercial cultivation of table grapes in the United States.

The principal natural product in this region is orchil, or Spanish moss, but by means of irrigation the soil produces a considerable variety of products, including sugar cane, cotton, cassava, cereals, tobacco and grapes.

They are also fond of grapes and other fruits, and are thus the pests of the vineyard as well as the poultryyard.

The surrounding country is chiefly pastoral, but there is a small area under vineyards, and in addition to grapes some other fruits are produced.

In 1899 the total value of the crop was $4,082,788; the value of the orchard fruit was $2,594,981; of small fruits, $1,406,049; and of grapes, $81,758.

The valleys near the sea are well adapted for agriculture; oranges, lemons, almonds and other fruit trees thrive; silk is produced in the west; and the vine is extensively cultivated, less for the production of wine than to meet the foreign demand for white Almeria grapes.

Although the cost of transport is very heavy, the exportation of grapes is a flourishing industry, and more than 2,000,000 barrels are annually sent abroad.

The exports are minerals, esparto, oil, grain, grapes and farm produce generally.

White grapes are exported in very large quantities.

The former story has been connected with the sailors' custom of hanging vine leaves, ivy and bunches of grapes round the masts of vessels in honour of vintage festivals.

Orchard fruits, small fruits and grapes are produced in large quantities, and a fruit experiment station, the only institution of its kind in the country in 1900, is maintained by the state at Mountain Grove, in Wright county.

Grapes are mainly grown in the Ozark region, and wine is produced in Gasconade and other central and north-central counties in amounts sufficient to place Missouri, California aside, in the front rank of wine states in the Union.

Other local products are carpets (silk and felt), silk goods, hides, grapes, rice and other cereals, fruits, tobacco, opium and cotton.

The grapes are among the finest in the world, whilst the fruit is produced in almost unrivalled abundance.

Large quantities of table grapes are also grown.

The town is surrounded by fine vineyards, some 3 o kinds of grapes being cultivated, and tobacco is grown.

Large quantities of peaches, grapes and small fruits are grown; the islands in the west end have a climate much warmer and more equable than the adjoining mainland, and are practically covered with vineyards.

Cultivated fruits, such as apples, pears, peaches, plums, grapes and berries, are raised in large quantities for the market.

A succession of gardens bordered the Orontes, and the vineyards were remarkable for their abundant yield of grapes.

From Beybazar come the fine pears sold in Constantinople as "Angora pears"; its muskmelons are equally esteemed; its grapes are used only for a sweetmeat called jevizli-sujuk (" nutty fruit sausage").

Under these conditions, there are grown wheat (a limited extent), grapes, oranges, olives and tobacco.

Oklahoma is already producing large crops of apples, peaches, grapes, water-melons and musk-melons, and many large apple and peach orchards and vineyards have been planted.

Among fruits, grapes and mulberries are rare, but melons and watermelons, especially the latter, are abundant.

The export of wines of the southJerez, Malaga and other fullbodied wines styled generosodid not suffer so much, and England and France continued to take much the same quantities of such wines- There is also a large export of grapes and raisins, especially from Malaga, Valencia, AlmerIa and Alicante.

The vines whose fruit is intended for table use as grapes or raisins are trained on espaliers or on trees, especially the nettle-tree (Celtis ausiralis)

Plums, grapes and the dwarf " sand-cherry " (Prunus demissa) of the sand-hills are prominent among many wild fruits.

In the privet (Ligustrum vulgare) there are numerous racemes of dichasia arranged in a racemose manner along an axis; the whole inflorescence thus has an appearance not unlike a bunch of grapes, and has been called a thyrsus.

The site has details on the research projects being carried out, which include blueberry, strawberry, grapes, vegetables and fruit fly.

She wore a bright red glass broach like a bunch of grapes.

The Nash family were fruit growers, producing grapes under huge glass cloches that could be rolled into place on a rail track.

Do the curious checkered sacks beneath his chin represent fir cones or grapes?

By and by her daughter became convalescent, and was crying continually for some grapes, tho it was winter.

Breakfast - grapes and apple slices, yogurt and a cheese croissant - arrived while Essex was still visible beneath the clouds.

Then the grapes were trodden, and the liquor fermented and allowed to settle for a couple of months.

The grapes are harvested and yeast is added to the grape juice to induce fermentation.

Or maybe swordfish loin wrapped in vine leaves with potato gnocchi, grapes and lemon butter?

However, lack of rain is not enough as of course you need sunshine and warmth to ripen grapes.

Here, workers would tread the grapes and the juice would pour into a large barrel below.

Verjuice is the sour (green) juice extracted from crab apples or unripe grapes.

It is a heady combination of crushed grapes and warm Chilean sun trapped in glass.

Pruning backyard grapevines Proper pruning of your backyard grapevines is essential to maintain vine size, shape, and yield of the grapes.

Grapes contain resveratrol, found to inhibit cancer initiation, promotion and progression.

They may include hardy kiwis [Actinidia spp ], and grapes [Vitis spp] .

It is here that the grapes for the famous dessert wine malvasia are grown along with capers and olives.

At home, consider having a meringue, an ice lolly or some frozen fruit perhaps red berries or grapes.

The grilled pineapple with sauteed grapes and butterscotch ice cream and the white chocolate and passion fruit mousse will have to await another visit.

It has long been a tradition in Mediterranean Europe for wine estates to grow olives alongside their grapes in order to produce olive oil.

Its volcanic soil has produced a profusion of tomatoes, olives, walnuts, grapes, oranges, lemons and figs.

At break times, sliced red peppers, packets of grapes and fresh orange segments are available to buy.

Leslie's great interests in wine was given full rein with his own series Grantham's Grapes.

One of the more remarkable intaglios depicts a satyr holding a bunch of grapes, in a silver ring from Weybourne in Norfolk.

Oh well, i'll just have to get shitfaced with grapes then!

Oh, but how well sour grapes can be relied upon to stir the soul!

The first is that the sugars in dried grapes do not include any sucrose or glucose, only fructose.

Crops include sugar beet, potatoes, grain, grapes, tobacco, flax, hemp and wine.

The grapes were harvested by machine and batches were fermented in a mixture of American oak barrels and stainless steel tanks.

It is made exclusively from white Chardonnay grapes from the most renowned vineyards of the Côte des Blancs.

Elliot and Joel bought giant watermelons and David bought some grapes.

Champagne is sparkling white wine made from grapes grown in the old French province of Champagne.

Made under the supervision of experienced winemaker Eric Laurent using 100% Cabernet Franc grapes, this is a typical example of Saumur Rouge.

Figure 2. The Sortex Niagara color sorter processing Chardonnay grapes at an Australian winery.

Figs and grapes degenerate in Cuba.

The d modification is of the commonest occurrence, the other forms being only known as synthetic products; for this reason it is usually termed glucose, simply; alternative names are dextrose, grape sugar and diabetic sugar, in allusion to its right-handed optical rotation, its occurrence in large quantity in grapes, and in the urine of diabetic patients respectively.

Dates, almonds, grapes, figs, peaches, apricots, olives, and in rainy years melons and cucumbers grow there without irrigation.

The importance of the information, meagre as it is, lies in the fact that Adam received from the lips of kinsmen of the explorers (as the Danes in a sense were) certain characteristic facts (the finding of grapes and unsown grain) that support the general reliability of the Icelandic sagas which tell of the Vinland voyages (in which these same facts are prominent), but which were not put into writing by the Norsemen until later - just how much later it is not possible to determine.

From all periods of the world - from medieval piety and stoical pride, Kant and Sophocles, science and art, religion and philosophy - with disdain of mere chronology, Hegel gathers in the vineyards of the human spirit the grapes from which he crushes the wine of thought.

Plums, prunes, peaches, pears and grapes are cultivated very generally over the western half of the state (grapes in the east also), but with greatest success in the south-west; apples prosper best in the north-west.

All my early lessons have in them the breath of the woods--the fine, resinous odour of pine needles, blended with the perfume of wild grapes.

Sometimes, when mother does not know it, she goes out into the vineyard, and gets her apron full of delicious grapes.

Her father wrote to her last summer that the birds and bees were eating all his grapes.

The vineyards that provide the grapes for this wine face south and the yield is limited to a maximum of 50 quintals per hectare.

Leslie 's great interests in wine was given full rein with his own series Grantham 's Grapes.

Sleepy villages relax in the sun and plump grapes ripen on the vine.

Oh well, i'll just have to get shitfaced with grapes then !

He comes looking for fruit to gather and discovers only a few pitiful bunches of shriveled grapes.

Oh, but how well sour grapes can be relied upon to stir the soul !

It is situated in the principal vine growing area with sultana grapes covering the surrounding countryside.

The Grapes is packed tonight, causing a sweltering heat aided by the fact the crowd is wrapped up for winter.

It 's made in California, exclusively from syrah grapes.

This is often taken to mean the threshing of the corn to produce bread and the trampling of grapes to produce wine.

The fruit was beautiful and we only removed 1% of leaves, unripe grapes or dried grapes.

If you do n't, you will simply get masses of tiny, useless bunches of grapes.

The grapes arrived at the wineries in a healthy condition, showing both good maturity and varietal characteristics.

Foods that need to be avoided include grapes, nuts, popcorn, hotdogs, peanut butter, and hard candy.

Be sure you steer clear of giving your child grapes, hard candy, popcorn, hotdogs, nuts, etc., and watch out for small objects that he can access.

Be sure you also give a list of foods that your child is not allowed to have, such as choking hazards like grapes, hotdogs, hard candy, etc. Of course, this list will depend on your child's age.

Fruits such as fresh pineapple, strawberries, cantaloupe, and grapes can be used.

Be sure to avoid any finger foods that might be choking hazards, such as grapes, nuts, popcorn, or large pieces of meat.

Make your own applesauce (or buy baby applesauce from the store), puree peaches or other fruits to mix with plain yogurt, or give small pieces of banana (grapes too for older babies).

Grapes are crushed to encourage fermentation.

Unlike many other fruits, grapes can ferment without the addition of sugar or other enzymes.

Yeast is added to the fermented grapes, which converts the natural sugars released by the grapes into the alcohol.

If you plan to invest in wine, while knowing about the grapes and growing reason is important, it all really comes down to the aging potential of the wine.

Climate plays a major role in the quality of the grapes used to make wine.

The regions are usually marked by a particular climate that is the best for growing that type of grape or blend of grapes that is used in that particular kind of wine.

Varietal labels are used in the United States and in countries outside of Europe to describe the kind of grapes used to make the wine.

There are about 40 different kinds of red grapes widely grown for wine around the world, ranging from the light Gamay and Pinot Noir varieties, to the popular Merlots and Zinfandels and the heavier Syrah/Shiraz.

About 50 major white wine grapes are grown around the world, with 24 grown in California alone.

Sake also falls under the category of white wines, though it is made from fermented rice rather than grapes.

Champagne and sparkling wine are mostly known in America as white wines, but they can be made from many different kinds of grapes and are more properly classified as bubbly wines.

As mentioned above, only grapes grown in the Champagne region of France are allowed to call their product Champagne.

Most white Champagne is made with Chardonnay which may be blended with other grapes.

There are also Blanc de Blanc wines, made entirely of white grapes, Blanc de Noir, made from red grapes and Rose champagne, a dark pink, rich combination of red and white grapes.

Rose is light and fruity, a popular picnic wine in Provence, while white zinfandel, made in California, is a sweet wine made from Zinfandel grapes that are picked early.

Many different kinds of desert wines are now available, including fruit wines, which are made through the fermentation of other fruits (blackberry, strawberry, cherry, cranberry, etc.) besides grapes.

The rich purple pigment, which gives the berries their characteristic color, is loaded with anthocyannins, a particular group of polyphenols which include grapes.

Acai contains as much or more anthocyannins as grapes, and is great for encouraging health, radiant skin.

It is a fact that acai berries have ten times as many antioxidant vitamins as grapes and two times the amount of blueberries.

This fruit comes from the Amazon rainforest and has more antioxidants than red wine, blueberries and grapes.

Eating acai berries would be no more risky than eating blueberries or grapes.

It's a fact that acai berries contain an exceptional amount of antioxidants, even more than grapes, blueberries and red wine.

Studies have shown that acai contains more antioxidants than grapes, blueberries or even red wine.

Fruits like the acai berry and grapes contain potent antioxidants in their rich coloring.

Grapes and vineyard motifs are excellent for the kitchen.

You may be artistic and want to paint a trellis of grape vines and grapes as a border with green, red and purple grapes.

Use a vineyard scene behind the cooktop and grape leaves or bunches of grapes in the field.

For instance, in the summer, bowls filled with limes, apples and green grapes plus small glasses filled with short ferns create a classic white and green theme that is unfussy but refined.

Berries, especially the dark berries like blueberries, blackberries, black grapes, and the like are very high in antioxidants.

Spanish colonial settlers brought citrus fruits, olives and grapes for making wine.

Then, put it back and make a better choice, such as some grapes or other nutritious food.

If you don't feel like cutting up celery, washing grapes or other fruit when you are ready for a snack, do it ahead of a time.

Your parents will wonder why there are grapes in the pickles, or milk.

Great examples include bananas, grapes, pears, apples, and fresh berries.

Serve a cold salad with sliced, curried tofu, chilled noodles, vegan mayo, celery, grapes, and craisins on lettuce leaves.

Choosing fall fruits and vegetables to use as accents, such as ripe grapes, gourds, pumpkins, apples, nuts, and other colorful produce.

There are the Allure Glass Grapes Place Card Holders, the "It's About Time" Champagne Bucket Timer, or the set of two champagne flutes.

Grapes are good for wine themed weddings, and cranberries provide a bright punch of color on a dark tablescape.

Players select cards from the 100-card deck and have to answer questions like, "Can white wine be made from red grapes?" or "In the Bible, Noah gets drunk on wine."

If you're getting married at a winery, don't feel like you need to have grapes on your invitation.

Weddings and wine often go hand-in-hand, regardless of whether your theme is wine and grapes, taking place in a vineyard, or if you even like the drink itself.

A simple centerpiece for a long, rectangular table is to use faux grapes and vine.

For example, crab apples can be used as an unexpected and attractive filler for your flowers, or you might choose grapes to augment purple wedding flowers.

You can expound on the theme by adding apples, grapes, and pears, depending on your color theme.

Nuts, stalks of grain, or bunches of grapes can also be used in the cornucopias.

Henry Fonda received his first Best Actor nomination in 1940 for The Grapes of Wrath.

The most important consideration when cooking for your dog is there are many food types that dogs cannot have - for example, chocolate, onions, raisins and grapes, just to name a few.

Like many other fruit crops that grow on vines, grapes also need warm temperatures and plenty of sunshine to ripen.

Grapes are especially susceptible to powdery mildew.

Learning how to grow grapes can be a simple affair or a lifetime passion.

Are you looking for a multipurpose decorative vine to shade your patio, or are you hoping to grow enough grapes to get into wine making as a hobby?

The ways in which you want to use your grapes dictate how involved or simple learning how to them can be.

Grapes have been cultivated for thousands of years.

Archaeologists tell us that the huge vats in Egyptian tombs contained wine fermented from grapes.

Many ancient civilizations relied upon grapes or a by-product of grapes for sustenance.

Grapes actually form on what is called second-year wood, so it will be about two years from the time you plant your grapes to the time when you can harvest fruits.

Grapes need to climb, and a trellis or other fence is essential for their growth and development.

Choose the variety of grapes to grow based on what you want to do with the fruit.

While some varieties such as Concord are multipurpose and make fine table grapes as well as grapes for jams and jellies, other grape varieties are especially suited for juicing, wine making, table grapes, or drying into raisins.

Grapes come in a wide variety of colors, too.

You can grow black, purple, red or white grapes.

Nurseries and garden centers usually carry grapes that are suited to your local region, so choosing plants locally helps by pre-selecting varieties that will thrive in your location.

Grapes can be grown in most temperature climates.

All grapes need full sun, defined as six hours or more per day of direct sunlight.

Grapes are particularly fussy about drainage, which is why many gardeners recommend planting grape vines on a sunny slope.

They like tasty grapes as much, if not more, than people do!

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Before the planting season begins, learn how grapes grow to ensure you give them a head start.

Fresh grapes from your garden make sweet treats all summer long when grown properly.

However, when you are planting grapes in your garden, you need to provide the support structure for the grapes.

You can create a trellis for the grapes out of wood 2 by 4's or you can purchase a premade trellis.

This keeps the grapes off the ground and away from critters.

There are various factors to consider before selecting grapes to grow.

If you want them to do well, you need to learn a few more facts about how do grapes grow.

Local growing conditions and soil type play a big role in the success you can have growing grapes.

Even if the growing season is short, grapes can do well if the right varieties are selected.

Do choose a grape variety that will produce the type of grapes you want for the needs you have.

Choose a trellis system based on the type of grapes you select.

Concord grapes, for example, droop downwards and therefore need a high trellis to allow them space to grow downwards.

Many plant grapes on a hillside to allow excess water to drain away.

Grapes do best when they are positioned in full sun, which means they should have direct sunlight most times of the day.

In order to know which type of grapes to purchase, check with your local plant nursery.

In addition, your local nursery can help you to improve soil conditions to ensure your grapes do well.

Most varieties of grapes take time to grow.

You will need several growing seasons before you will actually see the mature vines produce grapes.

For these reasons, organic pesticides are often a necessary part of growing grapes.

Allow grapes to grow and produce fruit, but do not harvest too soon.

However, the color change is not an immediate indication that the grapes are fully-grown.

The best way to know when grapes are fully-grown is to use a device called a refractometer.

If you plan to make wine with the grapes, a sugar content of 24 percent is necessary to create the alcohol in the wine.

Whether your interests lay in wine and grapes, or foxes and hens, look for tile images that spark your imagination.

Since Black Hills gold refers to the tricolor gold and the motif of the grapes and grape-leaves rather than a specific type of mined gold, many jewelers may claim to sell Black Hills gold jewelry.

The world of organic wine is a little murky because to be certified organic the grapes must be grown using organic methods and the wine itself must be produced without adding chemicals or anything that isn't natural.

Wines labeled 100 percent organic are made with certified organic grapes, produced in an organic fashion, and limit the amount of naturally occurring sulfites that make it to the bottle.

A label that just says "organic" that means that up to 5 percent of the grapes or other ingredients in the bottle may not be organic.

You might also see labels that say the wine was made from organic grapes, but the wine itself is not certified organic.

This label can be used if the wine is made from at least 70 percent organic grapes.

It pays to take some time to investigate the organic wine world and try a few different wineries and grapes before settling on your favorite.

Wine grapes traditionally are very heavily sprayed with pesticides and other chemicals, so choosing organic wine keeps those chemicals out of your system and out of the environment.

Different varieties of grapes may be grown because there is more emphasis on what the earth is able to grow rather than forcing a certain variety through chemical means.

The grapes on the "Dirty Dozen" list are those that are imported.

Domestic grapes have a rating of 43, not great, but not bad enough to make the list.

Imported grapes ,on the other hand, have a rating of 65.

Like grapes, strawberries are very susceptible to mold and are therefore one of the most heavily chemically treated fruits in the country.

During the growing process, grapes are subjected to chemical pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers.

These are usually not washed off before processing, which means that the chemicals still present on the skins of the grapes will now be present in the wine itself.

Organic wine must be made from certified 100% organic grapes.

In order to increase acidity, they may use grapes in various stages of development.

Wines made with organically grown grapes are wines that must follow organic guidelines during the growing process.

This allows for high quality grapes with fewer chemical residues and less expense.

There are certain foods that dogs shouldn't eat like grapes and chocolate.

We chose this wine because one of our group had heard special praise for the grapes from the Pisoni Vinyard and because Wine Specator had given it such a high rating.

The vineyards grow primarly Chardonnay grapes, as well small amounts of Aligoté and Pinot Blanc.

Emperor and king Charlemagne originally planted white wine grapes on the Corton hillside sometime in the 8th century.