SC - Historical varieties

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/4/01 10:34:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
jenne at mail.browser.net writes:

<< what do we make of the mentions that grapes were grown for table
 and for verjuice in England, where wine-grape-growing was impractical?
  >>

Since grapes used for verjuice are , by definition, unripe grapes. The 
cooler, wetter climate of England, while making it difficult to grow grapes 
to maturity for  wine making on a large scale would have little or no impact 
on the production of unripe grapes.

Ras