Grape Growing

Question 1

Spur pruning

Answer 1

Several canes left but trimmed to only a few inches, left with one or two nodes each

Question 2

Head training/bush training

Answer 2

No trellis used, vine grows like bush or miniature tree

Usually spur pruned

Question 3

Single Guyot

Answer 3

One cane from each wine trained along a wire in the same direction

Gives maximum separation between grape bunches

Question 4

Double guyot

Answer 4

2 canes trained in opposite directions along the same wire

Question 5

Cordon

Answer 5

Same as guyot except spur pruned- branches become as woody as the vine’s trunk

Question 6

Pergola

Answer 6

Overhead vines trained up a tall support and allowed to spread out horizontally with fruit hanging down

Question 7

Brice conversion factor

Answer 7

Ethanol= 5/9 of Brix value (55%)

Question 8

Baumet

Answer 8

12 deg baume =12% alcohol

Question 9

Oechsle

Answer 9

(Density-1) x 1000

Question 10

Kmw

Answer 10

Measures exact sugar content of must

Question 11

Cane pruning

Answer 11

One or two year old canes allowed to remain and trimmed to leave 6-10 nodes/buds