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Grape grower Tony Kooyumjian has sensors in his vineyards that sound alarms in his house when temperatures fall to just above freezing during the growing season. He said some farmers burn hay or light smudgepots to keep the frost at bay.
STILLWATER, Okla. Oklahoma grape growers will soon have a new educational opportunity thanks to Oklahoma State University-Stillwater, OSU-OKC, Tulsa Community College and the Oklahoma Grape Growers and Wine Makers Association.
Vocabulary List # 2 Terms for Grape Growing and Wine Making wine = the fermented juice of grapes used as an alcoholic beverage and in cooking, religious ceremonies etc.
Cause: Uncinula necator, a a fungal disease common to all areas of the PNW. The disease tends to be more severe on the westside of the Cascades but is a chronic problem in arid districts where over-the-canopy irrigation is used for early-season frost protection or watering.
GENE detectives say that the grape that produces the Californian red wine Zinfandel does not originate from southern Italy as most people believe. It is probably the offspring of an unidentified Croatian grape. Grape varieties are developed by hybridising different "parent" vines.
Disease control is a must for Georgia bunch grape producers. In 1968, growers lost one to five tons of grapes per acre to rot. The cost of disease control is only a small fraction of this loss. Controlling diseases on grapes is not difficult, provided you follow strict disease control practices.
History of Grape Growing in the Eastern United States By Fred Elmer Gladwin 1931 Reproduced in 2007 fromthe original work whichwas publishedin elevenparts in Rural New Yorker in 1931. Fred Elmer Gladwin (1877-1940) was a well regarded expert in viticulture.