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Friday - August 20, 2010

From: Dunnellon, FL
Region: Southeast
Topic: Vines
Title: Jelly from wild grapes with a few peppervine berries from Dunnellon FL
Answered by: Barbara Medford

QUESTION:

Thank you for your quick response to my question. Due to your answer, I am going to make jelly from this juice.

ANSWER:

You are very welcome. We used to make jelly from Mustang grapes picked off fences in Central Texas and would be interested to hear how it goes.

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