According to the Farmer's Almanac, you can predict the winter weather with a persimmon seed. Seeds were cut open from the trees here at the Fruit Station and they all had spoons inside. The folklore goes... If the kernel is spoon-shaped it means lots of heavy, wet snow will fall. If the kernel is fork-shaped it means you can expect light, powdery snow and a mild … [Read more...] about Persimmon Seeds
Archives for September 2016
GDD base 50 accumulation count beginning April 1 = 3486 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
23-Sep-16 Cultivar ˚Brix pH TA g/100ml Chambourcin F 23.0 3.32 0.810 Chambourcin M 22.6 3.38 0.814 Chambourcin NWV 22.4 3.45 0.800 … [Read more...] about Grape juice analysis for Friday, September 23
Here are the juice analysis results from the berry samples collected this morning: 21-Sep-16 Cultivar ˚Brix pH TA g/100ml West Catawba 17.0 3.13 0.960 Norton F 22.0 3.36 0.799 Norton NN 20.7 3.37 1.043 Norton NS 21.8 3.47 0.878 Norton R 22.0 3.41 0.949 … [Read more...] about Grape juice analysis
The juice analysis results from the berry samples collected this morning are as follows: 19-Sep-16 Cultivar ˚Brix pH TA g/100ml Chambourcin F 22.4 3.29 0.788 Chambourcin M 21.3 3.34 0.818 Chambourcin NWV 22.1 3.36 0.795 … [Read more...] about Grape juice analysis