The results of the juice analysis for the berry sample collected early afternoon today is as follows: 21-Aug-14 Cultivar ˚Brix pH TA g/100ml Delaware M 23.2 3.23 0.732 Seyval Blanc R 23.2 3.36 0.762 … [Read more...] about Grape juice chemistry
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Students from Ningxia China who are enrolled in the Grape and Wine Training Program at Mountain Grove helped me collect berry samples this morning and assisted in running the samples for Brix. Here are the results. 19-Aug-14 Cultivar ˚Brix pH TA g/100ml Cayuga White F 18.6 3.04 0.810 Delaware M 21.2 3.21 0.874 Seyval Blanc … [Read more...] about Grape juice chemistry
Dr. Wenping Qiu of the Darr School of Agriculture Center for Grapevine Biotechnology and Mr. Brad Bodenhausen of the International Leadership and Training Center, both at Missouri State, collaborated to present a Missouri Wine Training Program for students from the Wine School of Ningxia University. The Chinese students toured Missouri wineries last week and this week will … [Read more...] about Ningxia wine training program begins at Mountain Grove
GDD base 50 accumulated since April 1 = 2386 http://agebb.missouri.edu/weather/reports/gddTable.asp Phenology stages according to the Modified E-L system http://door.uwex.edu/files/2010/10/ModifiedEichhornLorennzsystem.pdf … [Read more...] about Grape phenology and GDD accumulation
The Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station participated in Kidfest again this year. Great interest in the bee hive display put together by John Avery. Susanne Howard handled the bees while Micheal Kovens, Pragya Adhikari, Leann Hubbert and myself helped the kids with the bean bag toss and rewarded them with apple stickers and activity pages. … [Read more...] about Kidfest held today at Mountain Grove fairgrounds