Say What???

Don't like reading research reports? Scientific papers even put me to sleep - and I write them! Here are some articles on the practical side of our research that you can discuss with your fellow growers over coffee or in the polebarn on a rainy day.

Fall 2005

For All You Berry Weight Enthusiasts!!, 10/6/05 (pdf file)

Concord Berry Weight and Juice Soluble Solids Still Busting the Trend, 9/29/05

Summer 2005

Concord Berry Weight Continues to Climb, 9/14/05 (pdf file)

Veraison Berry Weight, 8/22/05 (pdf file)

Concord Berry Weight Update, 7/08/05

Fall 2004

What the Sun Giveth the Rain Taketh Away - Weather Recap of the 2004 Growing Season, 9/29/2004 (pdf file)

Fall 2003

Luke's Mechanical Thinning Trial Results, 10/14/2003 (pdf file)

Leaf Photosynthesis Rate, 10/10/2003 (pdf file)

Concord Berry Weight and Brix Update, 10/7/2003 (pdf file)

Summer 2003

Fredonia Lab Weather Update, 9/22/2003 (pdf file)

Current Berry Curve and Brix Accumulation in Concord, (pdf file), 9/9/2003

Current Berry Weight, Crop Estimation, and Thinning (pdf file), 7/31/2003

Current Berry Growth Information, 7/21/2003

Concord Crop Adjustment: Theory, Research, and Practice - 6/13/03 (pdf file)

2003 Spring Weather - 5/22/2003

Nitrogen Cycles in the Vineyard - 5/15/2003

Fall 2002

Berry Development Update - 9/26/2002

Concord Berry Curve Information & Concord Brix Accumulation - 9/24/2002

Summer 2002

Berry Development Update, brix accumulation in Concord from a thinning experiment and The Response of the vines to the rain - 9/19/2002

Berry Development Update - 9/11/2002

Update on Vine Water Relations and Current Berry Growth Information (includes figures/charts!) - 9/10/2002

Berry Development Update & Current GDD & Precipitation Chart - 9/5/2002

Current Berry Curve Information - 9/3/2002

Berry Development Update - 8/29/2002

Current GDD & Precipitation Chart - 8/14/2002

Current Current Vine Water Status - 8/13/02

Current Current Vine Water Status - 8/6/02

Current GDD & Precipitation Chart - 7/31/02

Berry Weight Information for 2002 Crop Estimating - 7/16/02

How are Concord vines doing with the lack of rain? - 7/16/02

Spring 2002

Current growing degree day accumulation for 2002 - 5/28/2002

Summer 2001

Fruit Development After Veraison - 8/27/2001

Drought Stress Update - 8/16/2001

The Water Stress Continues! - 8/9/2001

Let it Rain! - 8/3/2001

2001 Berry Weight in Crop Estimation - 7/19/2001

Yield Components for 2001 (Strike Three!) - 7/10/2001

Spring 2001

Nitrogen Question - 5/10/01.

A Cracked Soil is Better Than a Clay Pot - Soil Temperature and Oxygen in Springtime Concord Vineyards 4/13/01.

Winter 2001

Mechanical pruning research: then and now. 1/31/01 (Using a machine to prune Concord vineyards is NOT a new concept. See how current research compares to past projects.)

More than one way to skin a grapevine. 1/17/01 (Balanced pruning, minimal pruning, mechanical pruning with and without manual follow-up, thinning, bud number, crop load: where is the answer? Find out why they are ALL right.)

The need to improve vine size in Northeast vineyards. 1/3/01 (Sick of 4 tons/acre? Think about growing vines instead of fruit for better yields.)

Fall 2000