Dr. Wilker is planning to add apple juice to distilled apple spirits to produce a type of apple liqueur this year. … [Read more...] about Spirited apple juice
Archives for October 2012
The field crew is harvesting black walnuts for a research trial directed by John Avery, Fruit Grower Advisor, in cooperation with Hammons Black Walnuts company in Stockton, Missouri. The nuts for each grafted variety are collected, hulled, bagged and labeled. Hammons will extract and weight the nut meats for yield … [Read more...] about Black Walnut Harvest
GDD base 50 accumulated since April 1 = +3950 (+443 departure from normal) at Mountain Grove http://agebb.missouri.edu/weather/reports/gddTable.asp March 2012 GDD base 50: 306+3950 = 4256 Phenology stages according to the Modified E-L system http://door.uwex.edu/files/2010/10/ModifiedEichhornLorennzsystem.pdf … [Read more...] about Grapevine phenology and GDD accumulation
The first frost occurred yesterday, October 7 when it dropped to 30.4 degrees F at 7:05am. GDD base 50 accumulated since April 1 = +3919 (+472 departure from normal) at Mountain Grove http://agebb.missouri.edu/weather/reports/gddTable.asp March 2012 GDD base 50: 306+3919 = 4225 Phenology stages according to the Modified E-L system … [Read more...] about First frost and grapevine phenology and GDD accumulation
The USA Staff Ambassadors visited the Missouri State Mountain Grove Campus. Although the hayride was cancelled by rain, the ambassadors went on a bus tour of the field and research area let by Dr. Martin Kaps with the help of his graduate student, Xinyi Zhang. The group, led by Debbie Donnellan, tasted MSU wines, toured the grape biotechnology lab with Dr. Wenping Qiu and his … [Read more...] about USA Staff Ambassadors visit the Mountain Grove Campus