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Growers are encouraged to visit any time of year to look at the vines and fruit. Growers throughout New England have expressed a high degree of interest in this vineyard and Orchard store customers have been very receptive to the crop.
Project Activities
In the spring of 2002, 12 vines each of 12 different seedless cultivars were planted (see Table 1 for list of cultivars). Grow tubes were place on the vines for the first three months to accelerate growth and protect young vines from herbicide applications or deer browsing. Cold winter temperatures set back some vines, but most were trained to a four-arm Kniffen system during the summer of 2003. The trellis was installed this year. No fruit was allowed to set in 2003 so roots and trunks could more fully develop. Routine fertilizer and pesticide applications were made according to recommendations from the NY/PA Pest Management Guidelines for Grapes. Again severe winter temperatures set many vines back, requiring some to be replaced. Winter injury ratings were made in the winter and following summer and are represented in Table 1. Among the cultivars that withstood the extreme cold, the best were Mars, Jupiter, Lakemont and Concord. The cultivars most damaged by winter injury were Kyoho, Venus, Marquis and Interlaken. Canadice, Himrod, Neptune, Vanessa, and Reliance had moderate levels of injury.
2004
Fruit were allowed to set on some vines in 2004. Fruit was harvested weekly from mid-September to mid-October and sold at the Orchard Store. The most fruit was harvested from Mars (approximately 120 lb). Approximately 60 lb of Vanessa were harvested and very well received. Concord also produced enough fruit to harvest for sale. Other cultivars, such as Neptune, Lakemont, Canadice and Himrod, only produced small quantities of fruit in 2004.
2005
In 2005, fruit was harvested from early varieties (Lakemont, Vanessa, Venus) on August 26. The next harvest date was August 29, 2005, when fruit from Canadice, Reliance, and Himrod was harvested. Harvest of mid-season varieties started on September 6, 2005 and will continue until September 12. These varieties include Marquis and Mars. Harvest of late season varieties is planned for September 16, 2005. These varieties include Neptune, Jupiter and Concord Seedless. A summary of harvest data can be found in Table 2 on page 11.
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Connecticut Pomological Society
Annual Meeting
Tuesday, December 6, 2005
The Gallery, 141 New London Turnpike,
Glastonbury, CT, (860) 659-2656
8:15 Registration
Program:
9:00 Pear psylla management and tree
fruit pesticide updates
Lorraine Los, Fruit Crops IPM Coordinator,
University of Connecticut
9:30 Maxcel thinner application
Duane Greene, Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences,
University of Massachusetts
10:00 Grower opinions regarding use of
Maxcel
10:30 Break
10:45 Peach bacterial spot and look-alikes:
Dr. Sharon Douglas, Dept. of Plant Pathology
& Ecology, CT Ag. Exp. Station, New Haven, CT
11:15 Insuring your crop
Colleen Kisselburgh, Arthur Carroll Crop
Insurance, Thomaston, CT
11:45 Introduction of vendors
12:00 Lunch: Awards
1:30 Business meeting of the Society
2:00 New varieties
Duane Greene, Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences,
University of Massachusetts
2:30 Farmers markets
Rick Macsuga, CT Department of Agriculture
3:00 A comparison of 3 management
systems for plum curculio and apple
maggot--2 year results
Lorraine Los, Fruit Crops IPM Coordinator,
University of Connecticut
3:30 Break
3:45 Peach diseases in your orchard
Dr. Sharon Douglas, Dept. of Plant Pathology &
Ecology, CT, Ag. Exp. Station, New Haven, CT
4:15 Adjourn
** 3.5 pesticide re-certification credits available **
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