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World Table Grape Situation and Outlook United States total fresh market grape production in 2001 is about unchanged from a year ago at 815,992 metric tons. expected to be about even at 803,000 tons.
French prunetrees: refuge for grape leafhopper parasite L.Ted Wilson 0 CharlesH. Pickett Teresa A. Bates Prune treesplanted next to vine- yards allow early-season buildup ofAnagrus epos,an important parasite ofthegrapeleafhopper.
Dipartimento Scienze Ambientali e delle Produzioni Vegetali, Marche Polytechnic University, 60131 Ancona, Italy (E.C., L.L., O.S., B.M.); and Dipartimento Scientifico Tecnologico Facoltą di Scienze, 37134 Verona, Italy (T.P., A.S.)
Although many species and sub-species of grapes are indigenous to Texas (10), early commercial production efforts in Texas failed for several reasons. Yields were generally less than commercially acceptable because of poor vineyard management and poorly adapted cultivars (9).
Vitis vinifera grape varieties were first cultivated in Caucasia in perhaps 6000 B.C. Cultivation progressed into Egypt and Phoenicia in about 3000 B.C. By 2000 B.C., viticulture reached Greece, and by 1000 B.C. it reached Italy, Sicily and North Africa.
This talk given at the Coachella Valley Table Grape Seminar covers the best cultural treatments, plant characteristics, and production achieved in trials to date. The varieties covered are: Sweet Scarlet, a mid-season red sedless Muscat flavored table gr...
Harold Olmo, a grape breeder and viticulturist who played a key role in the development of the California wine industry starting in the 1930s, died June 30. He was 96. Olmo's death has been widely reported in national media, including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Seattle Times.