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A crowd of about 130
people turned up last Sunday
afternoon at the Lancaster
Farm and Home Center for a
Southeast Grape Industry
Association meeting on
viticulture.
The budding vintners got a
chance to meet some top
grape experts and listen to
presentations by Robert
Gloor, a Fredonia, N.Y.,
nurseryman and Carl W.
Haeseler,. associate
professor of pomology and
director of the viticultural
research station at Penn
State. Haesler’s office is in
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Growers At
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Erie County, where he works
mainly with grapes.
Gloor talked about the
proper techniques for
propagating young vines to
insure good survival. He
recommended proper
pruning techniques, fer
tilizing according to soil
tests, and the erection of
trellises at the time of
planting.
“A grapevine can last for a
hundred years,” Gloor told
the group, “but that’s not
going to do you any good if
you don’t get the vines
planted properly. The very
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and they can be made right
on the farm.”
Gloor said he didn’t like to
plant vines in auger holes,
especially in a clay soil. “An
auger will compact the soil
at the sides of the hole, and
this can very well restrict
the spread of the roots in a
clay soil. For that reason, I
don’t recommend augers."
Dr. Haesler presented
some statistics on wine
grape production that
showed yields for a number
of varieties comparing very
favorably with Erie County,
the biggest producer of
grapes in Pennsylvania. Red
wine grapes tested here
yielded twice as well as the
Erie County vines. Chan
cellor produced 6.3 tons to
the acre in the southeast,
compared to 2.6 tons in Erie.
Chelois had 10.5 tons here,
4.7 in Erie, De Chaunac had
2.8 as opposed to 1.4 in Erie
and Southeastern Foch .had
5.3 tons to the acre as op-
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Kiwanis Holds
Capon Contest
Members of the Lancaster
Kiwanis Club held their
annual 4-H capon round-up
on Tuesday afternoon with 16
4-Hers vying for the grand
prize.
After the judging of the
capon pairs by Kermit Birth,
Penn State Poultry
Specialist, it was Doris
Hershey, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. Richard Her
shey Newport Road, Lititz,
who walked away with the
grand champion honors.
Reserve champion honors
went to a Capon pair
posed to Erie County’s 3.3
tons.
A very similar story was
revealed in the figures for
white wine grape production.
Those figures were: Aurora,
10.3 tons to the acre here and
5.1 in Erie; Seyval, 7.0 and
5.0; Verdelet, 7.3 and 4.0;
and Vidal 256 4.4 and 3.7,
In addition to the speakers,
there were a number of
exhibits on display by
suppliers of products for
grape farmers.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Nov. 16,1974
exhibited by Jerry Myer, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert N.
Myer, 1150 Village Road,
Lancaster.
Third place honors went to
Craig Hamish, RD6, Lan
caster with Linda Hershey’s
capons placing fourth.
Doris Hershey’s prize
capon sold to a Kiwanis
member for $1.20 per pound.
Ribbons and cash awards
were given by the
Doris Hershey, Newport Rd, Lititz, exhibited the
Grand Champion Capon at the Lancaster Kiwanis
Club’s annual capon round-up held on Tuesday af
ternoon.
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Kiwanians.
Other 4-Hers competing in
the contest included:
Grace Delong,
Quarryville, fifth; J. Robert
Musser, 200 Donnerville
Road, sixth; Mary Ellen
DeLong, 200 Donnerville
Road, seventh; Mike Grube,
Elm, eighth; Wayne Huber,
Conestoga, ninth; Tim
Grube, Elm, 10th; Tom
Aument, Quarryville Rl,
11th; Joyce Aument, Peach
Bottom, 12th; Paul Aument,
Quarryville Rl, 13th; Glenn
Shenk, Lititz, 14th; Ed
Nissley, Manheim, 15th; and
Ed Manning, Lititz, 16th.
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