Ms. Connie Fisk    
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Extension Associate
Department of Horticultural Science

Muscadine Grapes, Kiwifruit

Duplin Cooperative Extension Center
165 Agriculture Dr. / PO Box 949
Kenansville, NC 28349

910-296-2143

910-296-2191

connie_fisk@ncsu.edu

Primary Job Responsibilities: 

Responsible for providing training and support for extension agents and growers of muscadine grapes produced for fresh market, wine, juice, and value-added products.
Courses Taught: HS 590F Special Topics: Fruit Quality, Fall Even Years
Recent Publications:

Fisk, C and A Krings.  2009.  Clarification of the typification of Michaux names in eastern North American Vitis (Vitaceae).  Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 3: 739-740.

Fisk, C, B Bloodworth, B Cline, and W Jones.  2008.  Propagating Muscadine Grapes.  NCSU AG publication 698W.  8 pages.

Fisk, C.L., AM Silver, BC Strik, and Y Zhao.  2008.  Postharvest quality of hardy kiwifruit (Actinidia arguta ‘Ananasnaya’) associated with packaging and storage conditions.  Postharvest Biology and Technology 47: 338-345.

Fisk, CL, MR McDaniel, BC Strik, and Y Zhao.  2006.  Physicochemical, sensory, and nutritive qualities of hardy kiwifruit (Actinidia arguta ‘Ananasnaya’) as affected by harvest maturity and storage.  J Food Sci, 71: 204-210.

Fisk, CL, BC Strik, and Y Zhao.  2006.  Iodine staining of starch in ‘Ananasnaya’ hardy kiwifruit is not useful as an indicator of harvest maturity.  HortTechnology, 16: 655-658.

Mainland, CM and C Fisk.  2006.  Kiwifruit.  NCSU HIL 208. 

Poling, EB and C Fisk.  2006.  Muscadine Grapes in the Home Garden.  NCSU HIL 8203.
Groups I Advise: NC Muscadine Grape Association (NCMGA)
Muscadine Grape Growers of North Carolina
NC Wine Growers Association
NC Wine & Grape Council
NC Muscadine Festival

Meetings:

 NCMGA Annual Meeting and Bus Tour, first Fri of August
NCMGA Winter Meeting, date varies – see http://www.ncmuscadine.org
Field Days: Muscadine Field Day, Castle Hayne Research Station, mid-September
Small Fruit Field Day, Sandhills Research Station, mid-June
List Serves: musc-mg, posted as needed during growing season to get information to Agents and growers on current crop stage, problems we’re getting calls on, management recommendations, etc.
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Additional References:

Muscadine Grapes
Effect of Pruning Severity on ‘Carlos’ Muscadine Grape (Vitis rotundifolia) Yield, Quality, and Disease Incidence, S Romelczyk, NCSU MS Thesis, 2007.

Grapes: Organic Production, R Dufour, ATTRA – NCAT, 2006. 

Muscadine Grape Budgets, C Carpio, C Safley, and EB Poling, 2006. 

Muscadine Grape Production Guide for North Carolina, EB Poling, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, 2003. 

Muscadine Grapes, FM Basiouny and DG Himelrick (eds), ASHS Press, 2001.

Muscadine Workshop for Cooperative Extension Agents, Southern Region Small Fruits Consortium, 2006. See Powerpoints here.

North Carolina Winegrape Grower’s Guide, EB Poling (ed), North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, 2006. 

Southeast Regional Muscadine Grape Integrated Management Guide, B Cline, Commodity editor; P. Brannen and P. Smith, Senior editors,  Southern Region Small Fruits Consortium.  Updated annually.

Kiwifruit
Growing Kiwifruit, B Strik, PNW Extension, 2005.

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