We picked our first harvest of elderberry yesterday. It was a heavy harvest on the Bob Gordon cultivar, with a lighter harvest on the Wyldewood cultivar. Now the real work of seperating the berries from the umbels begin. … [Read more...] about Elderberry harvest
Archives for August 2009
The juice chemistry for the Cayuga White grape sample taken this morning was 19 degrees Brix (sugar), 3.06 pH and .891 % Tartaric Acid. … [Read more...] about Cayuga White juice
Here is the grape juice chemistry results for degrees Brix (sugar), pH and TA (acid) for berry samples collected August 5, 2009. Grape Juice Chemistry 5 August 2009 Cultivar ⁰Brix pH TA Cayuga White 17.7 3.08 1.106 Chambourcin (bc) 14.9 2.87 1.695 Traminette (south) 13.6 2.68 2.243 Traminette (north) 12.8 2.71 2.629 … [Read more...] about Grape juice chemistry
Randy, Jeremy and Steven kept track of the yield from three selected reference trees in the Redhaven Peach block. We did have some freeze injury in the spring. Here are the 2009 results. Redhaven Peach Tree Weights (lbs) 2009 Reference Tree Row# … [Read more...] about Peach reference tree yield
The peach harvest has come and gone. The Redhavens this summer were absolutely beautiful and tasted even better. Thank you to everyone who made the trip out to the fruit dock. We greatly appreciate your loyalty and patience to purchase our fruit. Next up... Apples, Pears and maybe some Grapes too. Make sure your fall harvest get-togethers are complete with fruit from our … [Read more...] about Goodbye Peaches, Hello Fall