Carniolan Queens are usually black and all of their offspring are darker making the whole colony look dark.
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Spring Pruning in the Vineyard
We see when the high schools are off on Easter break and a few youths help us prune the vineyard.
We had about 12+ youths available during April of 2017 to prune the vineyard. We try to prune so we have fruiting buds on the top wire. (See center image below)
Our 2017 Pruning Crew
A pruned vine ready to be tied up to the wire for more support.
Snow hit in thew middle of pruning week.
200 Niagara, Marquis and Lakemont vines were purchased and have been planted. The Marquis and Lakemont White Seedless replaced missing vines and we were also able to add a new row of Marquis White Seedless vines in the front of the vineyard. The Niagara will finish the conversion of the Delaware rows to Niagara and also establish a new Niagara row near the seedless vine area in the front - they also make a great table grape.
Information on Marquis Seedless Grapes...
Information on Lakemont Seedless Grapes...
Information on Niagara White Jelly, Juice and Wine Grapes...
As of the weekend of 4-23-17 we are still working on the weekends trying to finish the job - we hope to finish by next week.
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