Articles from
The Tattler
"Tales from the Farm"

March, 2002  Vol. 2, No. 3

Getting Started
Hannah Grace Perry

Breakfast Tips with Honey
Tips for Burning Pillars and Other Large Candles
Honey Butter & Honey Creamed Cheese

The continuous story of Cayuga Row 34 and how it behaves during this growing season.

The continuous story of Cayuga Row 34 and how it behaves during this growing season.

Meet Cayuga Row 34 (or really the first vine in this row). This will be one of the vines that we will focus on this year, taking pictures of it all during the growing season. You will see it shortly after it is pruned (around Easter), when the buds are swelling and bursting in May, when it blooms in June, when the berries dramatically increase in size in July, when the berries color (although Cayuga is a white grape) in August, and you may be the one to harvest it in September!  

This past month (February) we were able to get a very nice picture of our cayuga vine covered with snow. Near the end of march we will start pruning this vine. We will add to this page during the season as the vine grows.

This is a picture of the first vine in row 34, taken in January 2002
Watch it grow during the season.

Variety Focus on Cayuga White - (GW-3) - Large compact clusters. Wine is clean, neutral, light, resembles white Riesling, excellent. Rows 33 & 34 - Mid September

Cayuga White, named at Geneva, N.Y. in 1972, is one of the most productive and disease-resistant varieties grown in the East. Its wine, which has medium body and good balance, has been rated highly. This versatile grape can be made into a semisweet wine emphasizing the fruity aromas, or, using oak aging, into a dry less fruity wine. When harvested early, it may produce a very attractive sparkling wine whth good acidity, good structure, and pleasant aromas. When overripe, however, it can develop strong hybrid romas with slight American overtones. Its excellent cultural characteristics and high wine quality promise an important future for this variety.

Getting Started
Hannah Grace Perry

Breakfast Tips with Honey
Tips for Burning Pillars and Other Large Candles
Honey Butter & Honey Creamed Cheese

The continuous story of Cayuga Row 34 and how it behaves during this growing season.