Life Style / Wine Grapes / Iona: Native American hybrid variety (ie. Diana O.P) released for use as a wine/table grape in New York State in 1864 by Dr C. W. Grant. Currently not recommended because of its somewhat weak, unproductive characteristics, requiring care in cultivation in that it needs deep, dry, sandy or gravelly soils, doing particularly well when trained against walls or buildings. Marginally cold hardy and very susceptible to mildew diseases. Reported as ripening later than Concord. Historically interesting as one of the parents, the other being Concord, of the Diamond variety. Flavor is considered to be the finest of all labrusca grapes and the mild 'foxy' flavor allows use as a varietal white wine and in sparkling wine blends. Also is an excellent table grape with long bunch storage capacity. NB: An american database has the Naples variety listed as having the alias name White Iona. No other details as yet.
Search Google for Iona:
Technology / Television (TV) / National Spot: A form of broadcast advertising in which national advertisers, through their agency or buying service, select their target markets and stations to fit their marketing needs. The station usually has a MORE
Technology / Television (TV) / Geostationary: Satellites orbit the Earth 22,300 miles above the Equator and rotate at the same relative speed and direction as the Earth's surface. Therefore, the satellites appear stationary. There are well over 3 MORE
Business / Agriculture / National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS): Consists of all of the National Wildlife Refuges, the Waterfowl Production Areas, and certain other small tracts managed by states under cooperative agreements with the Fish and Wildlife Service. In g MORE