[Growwine] Frost - not a replicated trial but...

[Martin Paré]

Hi,

finally, the week went by with -2.4 C as the low and a white frost.  

Vines came through not to bad, except for ES8243 which suffered a pretty 
even along the row, oh, roughly 50 % frozen buds, while DM8521-1, as 
advanced (E-l stage nearly 05 - ie pinky-greeny visible),with not real damage, 
somerset, nearly as advanced, a bud here and there.

the 10-18-xx also had some damages eventhough not as advanced (being 
between 03 and 05)

now if one can coax good wine from dm8521, it would quite a grape.  every 
darn bud is bursting, budburst is even, not too late maturing, "frost tolerant", 
not too prone to disease, cuttings root like quackgrass.  

as for 8243, may have been its darwinian week...

martin