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At the Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station

MSU Viticulture students prune at local vineyards

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Two groups of students are taking the Viticulture course – one group meets in Springfield in a classroom in Karls Hall and the other group, who connect to the course via Zoom computer conferencing, is located in various places including Miami Oklahoma at NEO coordinated by Dr. Booth, and in Missouri at Neosho and other locations coordinated by Larry Nichols. We visited two local vineyards yesterday to get some experience in pruning and training.

Jeremy Emery, Randy Stout, Susanne Howard, Jinzi Fan and Dr. Yuan Helen Zhuang brought the students to Tyler Ridge Vineyard just north of Springfield. I met the distance group at Keltoi Vineyard just north of Joplin.

The students hear about the different cultivars in the vineyard.
The students hear about the different cultivars in the vineyard. Photo by Susanne Howard.

 

Jeremy Emery explains balanced pruning to the group. Photo by Susanne Howard.
Jeremy Emery explains balanced pruning to the group. Photo by Susanne Howard.

 

Mike Dennis, the owner and operator of the vineyard and winery, talks about the operation - photo by Susanne Howard.
Mike Dennis, the owner and operator of the vineyard and winery, talks about the operation – photo by Susanne Howard.

 

Meanwhile at Keltoi Vineyard, Irv, the vineyard and winery owner and operator (left) talked with our group about the vineyard (Wesley, Michael, Camrin, Kirstie, Hunter, Cheyane, Jaryd and Lori)
Meanwhile at Keltoi Vineyard, Irv (left), the vineyard and winery owner and operator talked with our group about the vineyard (Wesley, Michael, Camrin, Kirstie, Hunter, Cheyane, Jaryd and Lori)