,B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. May 25. 1974
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Growing Wine Grapes
Deep, well-drained soils
can grow grapes producing
high quality wines, ac
cording to seven years of
experiments by hor-.
ticulturists with The Penn
sylvania State University.
The best yields, and high
quality red wines, have been
produced with Chelois, De
Chaunac and Chancellor.
Yields have ranged from 6.9
to 7.7 tons per acre over the
past five years.
High quality white wines,
and best yields, have come
from Vidal Blanc (Vidal 256)
and Seyval Blanc. These
CONTROL WEEDS
IN ALFALFA WITH
BUTYRAC-118
Apply 2 to 4 weeks after alfalfa
emerges. Controls broadleaf weeds in
seedling or established legumes. This
remarkable selective action killing
many broadleaf weeds without affecting
certain broadleaf crops has been
proven by research men and commercial
growers throughout the country.
We are distributors for a complete line of
WEED KILLERS
grapes averaged 6.9 tons per
acre during the past five
years.
Reporting the findings is
Dr. Carl W. Haeseler,
associate professor of
pomology at Penn State. Dr.
Haeseler is pomologlst with
the Erie County Field
Research Laboratory at
North East, a division of
Penn State’s Agricultural
Experiment Station, where
the studies were begun in
1967. The experiments in
volve 32 varieties.
In addition to suitable
soils, wine grapes require
tavorable weather in
relation to the last spring
(cost and the first tail frost;
and air drainage that
protects plants from ex
treme* in cold weather.
Variety trials are also
underway in the south
central and southeastern
areas of the Commonwealth.
From preliminary ob
servations, Dr. Haeseler
believes several wine-grape
hybrids look promising (or
these areas. The
commercial crop should be
taken from some of the new
plots this season.
Interest in large-scale
production of wine grapes
has increased in Penn
Pa. FFA Will
Choose
Pennsylvania FFA
members will choose their
first state queen during the
annual FFA Activities Week
June 18 to 20 at The Penn
sylvania State University.
The Pennsylvania queen will
enter national competition
during the National FFA
Convention and American
Royal Livestock Exposition
at Kansas City, Mo., in
October.
Under new membership
rules, this will be the fifth
year for girls to be active in
FFA programs. Last year
some 130 young women took
part in FFA Activities Week
at Penn State.
New this year among
contests will be one for
pleasure horse judging. The
various contests, a feature of
FFA Activities Week, will be
held the morning of June 19.
Dr. James M. Beattie,
Dean of the College of
Agriculture at Penn State,
will be among the dignitaries
welcoming delegates and
contestants at a general
sylvania during the past few
years. The interest was
stimulated by the passage of
the Limited Winery Act The
bill permits the sale of
tablewine at the winery
provided adnual production
does not exceed 100,000
gallons per winery per year.
Wineries are now located in
Erie, Lancaster, Chester,
Bucks, and Venango
counties.
As for other varieties
showing considerable
promise-for red wines. Dr.
Haeseler lists Cascade,
Marechal Foch, Leon MOlot
and Landot 4511. Showing
promise for white wines are
Villard Blanc and Dutchess.
However, the latter two are
Queen
sessions in Schwab
Auditorium the evening of
June 18. Hie program will
include Coleman Harris,
program specialist from the
National FFA headquarters
in Washington, D. C.
Addressing the general
session the night of June 19
will be Doyle Waybrigbt of
Gettysburg, North Atlantic
Regional Vice President of
the FFA. The FFA queen
will 'be presented at this
general session. This
evening program will be held
in Recreation Hall.
Business meeting of the
State Association of FFA will
be held all three days.
Awards to contest winners
will be made the morning of
June 20 at a final general
session in Schwab
Auditorium, starting at 9:30.
Awards will include trips to
regional and national con
tests.
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easily* damaged’ by* .-low grape verities- are at*
temperatures. Dr. .Haeseler tractive tojhirds in some
added that Villard Blanc- is degnb,” he affirmed,
mediocre in ■ northwestern - The ■ major insect and
Pennsylvania. disease problems in the
While Catawba and grape trials, at East
Delaware are presently the have been aerial phylloxera,
dominant varieties, they are erineum mite, botrytis,
of tow quality as premium powdery mildewy and downy
table wines, Dr. Haeseler mildew,
points out. He indicates they European varieties, known
are used In Pennsylvania n vinifera, have not
chiefly to produce rose and produced grapes, as quickly
champagne. u the hybrids, Dr. Haeseler
“Perhaps the greatest uid. Yield* have also been
challenge faced in growing jower than the hybrids in
wine grapes is to control bird early years, averaging 3to
damage, especially by 3% tons per acre for White
robins, starlings, , and Riesling and Cbardonnay
grackles. Varieties very and slightly higher (or
susceptible to birds are Cabernet Sauvignon.
Marechal Foch, Cascade, However, wine from these
Leon Mlllot, Aurora, and varieties has been excellent,
Baco Noir. In fact, all wine he observed.
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