exceptionally well and the variety yield was obtained on June 21. The I t
is a good plant producer. last harvesting datelfor gpillen in EW
1946 was on June 2 ant or Mor- ·
Plnnt Spacing nam tm June 24. GY?
» For the past several seasons at There was not much difference in lt;
Lexington, Blakemore has been dis- quality of the two varieties. The } _
appointing in its yields of fruit. It is fruits of l\i1orrison are somewhat im
an exceptionally vigorous grower softer, slightly darker. somewhat int
' and forms more plants than any better developed, and not quite sti  
4 variety that has been tested at the acid as those _of Quillcn. For tht, “_i 
Experiment Station farm. This is reasons mentioned, Morrison i.  
probably one reason why it fails more desirable as a fresh product. lip
generally to produce a satisfactory Some development of antln·acnt»si· U]
1 yield of fruit, The best authorities has occurred in the planting but ha. 9)%
on strawberry culture indicate that been lheld in check fzgiriy w;.·ll]·by  
for the hi hest yields of the best one cormant spray o iciuic imti  
Size beri·ie§ fromlplants growing in sulfur and three SllllllTlOl` Spriiys of gl;}
matted rows, there should be from bordeaux mixture. There is evi- fg]
six to eight plants per square foot dence that Quillcn is somewhat less il
gf i—Ow_ As Ordinarily nnndlgd_ susceptible to antbiacnosc than fig;
Blakemore produces many more Morrison. fm
than this number. Our tests have , _ _ D1.]
shown that, with strawberry rows (’r‘1p°? B8
spaced four feet apart, Blakemore A new grape Dl£lUl.1l”l§.\\'€1S startt-;i UL
yviu fOI—I·“ E CO¤5id€1·a})1y “*id€·l~ 1·O“r Ul'} th() 'EXpC‘l`1IllC‘l`ll Slillltlll gl`tlLlIlti§  
and glgg nqgny pjgrp plgntg pgp OI'1 ApI`ll 6,.1945, Cll`lCl` SC\'Ul'lll §'Q1l1`S if 
square foot of row when set at 36 dU1`l11g which 110 §I1`i`*l)C$ hud UCCI1  
inches apart than will be formed by §1`0\\'¤- U b€‘€3¥11€ ¤<‘€0$$¤i`5’ $0\'01`i1l ` 7
Premier with the plants set at 20 }’0i11‘$_€1§0 te €l}$€011i111l~1€ U1€11` Fill- V
inches. Thinning the plants in the ture in the station vineyard at Lex-  
matted mw during late summer on instnn because of tbe clarnnse bein; T},
varieties which are prolific plant €\'1110 1`0<1l_l101`<"1`- mi
producers is a very good practice, Numerous methods were tried by __
but it is a difficult thing to accom- UV-‘ D€Pi11`lm€m$ Of HU1`ll€11ll11l`€ {iu
. plish satisfactorily on a commercial imd E¤U11110l0gY Y0 €011l1`0l tl11$ POST {1
pcrgggrtjn The gyngrint and p,gi·tiCi_i- but DO S11llSf3CiOl`y IUCQUS of COI1ll`Ol `I
larly the distribution of rainfall and WHS f011¤d» lt WGS €0¤$1d€1`€d b€$l T9 _1.
the earliness in the s;ason at which discontinue the growing of grapes tw
the runners are formed are impor- for several years so that the insect ‘)f·
tant contributing factors in deter- W0Uld 110 IOUECY h¤\'€ PIUYU5 UPON E;
mining thg yield fygiqq iiqdividtigl which it could _work. This large root `L
i·Liyingi· pigntg lJOl`€l` is Z1lSOdg1\'1H%}:l`OLlbl(i<1H Flllfl ${0
centra an nor ern en ucw .
Bl2lCk R,Ll.S[)lJ€l'[`l9S gygipg p]3ntingg_ nz
A Small planting of black rtigp- The varieties planted in 1945 and _
berries gt the Experiment Station the yield in pounds per vine during dl
farm bore its second crop in 1947. 1947 were as follows: EU
The yield for Quillen was 3.54  ,,A_ ...-__AA.___....___;. L
pints per hill or at the rate of 367.1 VUIOU, N1ll'l]lit·l`i,l\!<.]ll*I`H8F\'CFllllL iii
(24-Pint) crates per acre. Morrison ‘ ‘ of Vines Yiiie Tlzite \‘
yielded at the rate of 3.-12 pints per 7 *”“'"""" """"'*“**_"I_ U
hill or 354.7 (24-Pint) crates per E‘;';U§g‘£fl ··~···]g     233 U
acre. This is an exceptionally good inbina _";___; 5 _; `Oj_;_%_ “
yielld for both varieties.   ..  ¥]   som. $411  
here was but little difference in ` it ·——— · ·‘ “"· 22 ‘
the harvesting dates for the two   l` 5 28`0 SWL l' l d
kinds. ln 1947, the first ripe fruits Seedless .2..*.. 10 .-,. _-...-- \`
were picked On June 21 and the Golden Muscat- 5 19.3 Sept. 11*  
heaviest pickings for each variety w‘—’*_"  °_
came on June 30 and July 2. The The season of 1947 was the third L
last harvesting date for Quillen oc- growing year for these vines and  
curred on July 9 and for Morrison the yields indicate how quickly 5
on July 11. _ grapes can be brought into produc- Q
‘ In 1946, the first fruits were har- tion if the vines are well trained. I
. vested on June 3 and the heaviest well pruned. and well grown, Most
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