| Variety | Date | Brix (ref.) | TA (%) | pH | Brix/TA | pH^2 * Brix | Notes | Variety | PICTURES | ||||||||
| Reliance | 8/2/05 | 16.0 | 0.96 | 2.87 | 16.7 | 131.8 | Reliance | 1 | |||||||||
| 8/10/05 | 18.1 | 0.66 | 3.08 | 27.4 | 171.7 | Somewhat irregular ripening. Fruit tasty even though pH was low. | |||||||||||
| Marechal Joffre | 8/2/05 | 18.5 | 1.13 | 3.19 | 16.4 | 188.3 | Marechal Joffre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 8/10/05 | 20.1 | 0.84 | 3.27 | 23.9 | 214.9 | Starting to crack and get eaten by birds. | |||||||||||
| Alden | 8/2/05 | 11.7 | 1.17 | 3.11 | 10.0 | 113.2 | Alden | ||||||||||
| 8/10/05 | 14.3 | 0.71 | 3.36 | 20.1 | 161.4 | Nice spicey muscat flavor. Good market grape. | |||||||||||
| Kay Gray | 8/2/05 | 12.5 | Kay Gray | ||||||||||||||
| 8/10/05 | 16.3 | 0.91 | 3.14 | 17.9 | 160.7 | ||||||||||||
| 8/16/05 | 18.3 | 0.72 | 3.51 | 25.4 | 225.5 | VERY bizarre aroma of grass and gooseberries, but nice fruit. | |||||||||||
| Oberlin 595 | 8/2/05 | 17.0 | 2.18 | 3.00 | 7.8 | 153.0 | Oberlin 595 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||
| 8/10/05 | 20.2 | 1.53 | 3.20 | 13.2 | 206.8 | ||||||||||||
| 8/16/05 | 20.0 | 1.65 | 3.28 | 12.1 | 215.2 | ||||||||||||
| 8/20/05 | 19.0 | 1.71 | 3.26 | 11.1 | 201.9 | ||||||||||||
| 8/22/05 | 19.7 | 1.50 | 3.27 | 13.1 | 210.7 | ||||||||||||
| 8/29/05 | 19.5 | 1.20 | 3.48 | 16.3 | 236.2 | Probably could hang longer as birds only started to work it. Good bell pepper aroma and inky dark. Beautiful, 10" long, narrow, cylindrical clusters with a small shoulder. Pretty foliage, too. Great disease/insect resistance. Picked based on pH. | |||||||||||
| Canadice | 8/2/05 | 14.0 | Canadice | ||||||||||||||
| 8/10/05 | 16.2 | 0.69 | 3.18 | 23.5 | 163.8 | A favorite at the market. Delicious, spicy, sweet, and pink! | |||||||||||
| Edelweiss | 8/2/05 | 14.5 | 1.01 | 3.09 | 14.4 | 138.4 | Edelweiss | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| 8/10/05 | 15.3 | 0.78 | 3.31 | 19.6 | 167.6 | ||||||||||||
| 8/12/05 | 13.9 | 0.72 | 3.28 | 19.3 | 149.5 | Cracked at low Brix after rain and bell hornets descended. Made nice wine, though, with foxy hints and fruity. | |||||||||||
| Vanessa | 8/10/05 | 17.0 | 0.62 | 3.18 | 27.4 | 171.9 | Only made a few straggly clusters. Nice, firm, sweet fruit demands further trial. Lost leaves early from Downy Mildew. | Vanessa | 1 | ||||||||
| Tony's #1 (Interlaken) | 8/10/05 | 15.9 | 0.81 | 2.81 | 19.6 | 125.5 | A black rot and downy mildew magnet. Fruit stayed intact for market - tasty. | Tony's #1 (Interlaken) | |||||||||
| Delaware | 8/10/05 | 17.2 | 1.23 | 3.10 | 14.0 | 165.3 | Delaware | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| 8/20/05 | 18.5 | 0.75 | 3.29 | 24.7 | 200.2 | ||||||||||||
| 8/27/05 | 21.1 | 0.53 | 3.36 | 39.8 | 238.2 | Only a few bunches this year, but the numbers promise great things to come! | |||||||||||
| Lucy Kuhlmann | 8/11/05 | 20.3 | 1.42 | 3.12 | 14.3 | 197.6 | The three clusters were abused by the birds. May have to be pulled with the Millot and Joffre. | Lucy Kuhlmann | |||||||||
| Marechal Foch | 8/12/05 | 19.2 | 1.23 | 3.24 | 15.6 | 201.6 | Marechal Foch | 1 | |||||||||
| 8/16/05 | 19.1 | 0.91 | 3.43 | 21.0 | 224.7 | Started to crack, but generally not too badly hit by birds. May do better in drier years. | |||||||||||
| Leon Millot | 8/12/05 | 19.2 | 1.35 | 3.22 | 14.2 | 199.1 | Leon Millot | ||||||||||
| 8/18/05 | 17.7 | 1.11 | 3.41 | 15.9 | 205.8 | ||||||||||||
| 8/21/05 | 18.8 | 1.14 | 3.29 | 16.5 | 203.5 | A terrible grape here that cracks badly, birds love, and bell hornets devour. Doubt it will ever ripen here because of these problems. | |||||||||||
| Tony's #4 (Lakemont) | 8/12/05 | 14.7 | 1.00 | 2.85 | 14.7 | 119.4 | Tony's #4 (Lakemont) | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 9/3/05 | 18.3 | 0.63 | 3.26 | 29.0 | 194.5 | Another black rot and downy mildew magnet. Fruit stayed intact for market but was bronzy. | |||||||||||
| Seyval Blanc | 8/12/05 | 18.0 | 1.45 | 3.02 | 12.4 | 164.2 | Seyval Blanc | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 8/20/05 | 17.9 | 0.96 | 3.17 | 18.6 | 179.9 | ||||||||||||
| 8/22/05 | 18.7 | 0.90 | 3.21 | 20.8 | 192.7 | ||||||||||||
| 8/28/05 | 18.9 | 0.87 | 3.42 | 21.7 | 221.1 | Beautiful, huge, intact clusters of golden yellow fruit. Picked on pH but it would have hung longer. One over-cropped vine developed bad anthracnose, but generally pretty tough on the fungus front. | |||||||||||
| Mars seedless | 8/12/05 | 15.5 | 0.82 | 3.16 | 18.9 | 154.8 | A favorite at the market with subtle foxiness and few seed remanants. | Mars seedless | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Ravat 34 | 8/12/05 | 12.8 | 0.90 | 3.26 | 14.2 | 136.0 | Ravat 34 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| 8/20/05 | 17.3 | 1.05 | 3.38 | 16.5 | 197.6 | Only a few clusters this year that were harvested early with the Millot and Totmur. Lovely big clusters of translucent gold-pink berries. | |||||||||||
| MN1095 | 8/17/05 | 23.0 | 1.65 | 2.99 | 13.9 | 205.6 | Only a few clusters this year that were harvested early with the Millot and Totmur. Looks to hang well. | MN1095 | |||||||||
| Suffolk Red | 8/18/05 | 17.5 | 0.58 | 3.06 | 30.2 | 163.9 | Suffolk Red | ||||||||||
| 8/27/05 | 17.8 | 0.48 | 3.24 | 37.1 | 186.9 | ||||||||||||
| 9/3/05 | 18.1 | 0.51 | 3.37 | 35.5 | 205.6 | Somewhat straggly fruit set but low acid and sweet with great pH. Very tasty. | |||||||||||
| Marquis | 8/18/05 | 14.9 | 0.57 | 3.19 | 26.1 | 151.6 | Marquis | ||||||||||
| 8/27/05 | 15.8 | 0.39 | 3.41 | 40.5 | 183.7 | ||||||||||||
| 9/3/05 | 16.8 | 0.40 | 3.50 | 42.0 | 205.8 | A somewhat black rot and downy succeptible vine, but beautiful big yellow berries with VERY low acid. | |||||||||||
| Jupiter | 8/18/05 | 18.9 | 0.48 | 3.29 | 39.4 | 204.6 | Jupiter | ||||||||||
| 8/22/05 | 19.0 | 0.45 | 3.50 | 42.2 | 232.8 | A fantastic muscat flavor and extremely sweet. Skins somewhat tannic. Delicious. | |||||||||||
| Totmur | 8/18/05 | 21.3 | 1.73 | 3.31 | 12.3 | 233.4 | Totmur | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| 8/21/05 | 19.8 | 1.68 | 3.25 | 11.8 | 209.1 | Sour is the word here. Nice big brozy clusters, but the acid won't drop. | |||||||||||
| Golden Muscat | 8/20/05 | 15.0 | 0.74 | 3.01 | 20.3 | 135.9 | Golden Muscat | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| 8/29/05 | 17.2 | 0.60 | 3.32 | 28.7 | 189.6 | Very nice muscat early turns to heavy foxiness late. Nice big berries and clusters. | |||||||||||
| Fredonia | 8/20/05 | 13.3 | 0.82 | 3.11 | 16.2 | 128.6 | Fredonia | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| 8/27/05 | 13.0 | 0.87 | 3.15 | 14.9 | 129.0 | Sold all in one sale at market. Nice Concord-like flavor, big berries. | |||||||||||
| Sheridan | 8/20/05 | 14.8 | 0.50 | 3.32 | 29.9 | 163.1 | Superb muscat/foxy hybrid flavor and sweet. Similar to Steuben. | Sheridan | 1 | ||||||||
| GR-7 (Rubiana) | 8/20/05 | 14.0 | 1.34 | 3.39 | 10.4 | 160.9 | GR-7 (SBCG) | ||||||||||
| 9/2/05 | 16.0 | 1.13 | 3.51 | 14.2 | 197.1 | ||||||||||||
| 9/16/05 | 18.4 | 0.81 | 3.88 | 22.7 | 277.0 | Oh my! You'd better grow this one somewhere else! Check out the acid-pH balance! | |||||||||||
| Al Weed's oblong (Verdelet?) | 8/22/05 | 14.3 | 1.20 | 3.10 | 11.9 | 137.4 | Al Weed's oblong (Verdelet?) | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 8/27/05 | 14.6 | 0.81 | 3.27 | 18.0 | 156.1 | ||||||||||||
| 8/29/05 | 15.7 | 1.05 | 3.27 | 15.0 | 167.9 | Mild muscatiness with oblong fruit. Powdery mildew on fruit early caused some trouble. Should hang longer. | |||||||||||
| Rosette | 8/22/05 | 17.9 | 0.90 | 3.29 | 19.9 | 193.8 | Rosette | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| 8/29/05 | 17.8 | 0.90 | 3.31 | 19.8 | 195.0 | ||||||||||||
| 9/2/05 | 20.4 | 0.68 | 3.45 | 30.0 | 242.8 | Did what a rose' grape should without bird problems. Made wine 'off the vine!' | |||||||||||
| Baco Noir | 8/22/05 | 18.8 | 1.20 | 3.21 | 15.7 | 193.7 | Baco Noir | ||||||||||
| 8/29/05 | 17.5 | 1.20 | 3.16 | 14.6 | 174.7 | Birds trashed this one. Only enough fruit left for the final analysis. They picked the ripe berries off! | |||||||||||
| Esprit | 8/22/05 | 15.6 | 1.15 | 3.13 | 13.6 | 152.8 | Esprit | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 8/27/05 | 17.4 | 0.95 | 3.25 | 18.3 | 183.8 | ||||||||||||
| 8/29/05 | 16.7 | 1.05 | 3.36 | 15.9 | 188.5 | A real grower as upright as corn plant. Fruit shows Edelweiss X Villard Blanc parentage. Picked on pH. | |||||||||||
| DeChaunac | 8/22/05 | 19.3 | 1.00 | 3.19 | 19.3 | 196.4 | DeChaunac | ||||||||||
| 8/29/05 | 19.8 | 0.83 | 3.25 | 23.9 | 209.1 | Hanging well with minimal bird action while neighboring Baco Noir was beat. Should hang for better ripeness. | |||||||||||
| Chancellor | 8/22/05 | 18.0 | 1.06 | 3.17 | 17.0 | 180.9 | Chancellor | 1 | |||||||||
| 9/6/05 | 19.7 | 0.96 | 3.36 | 20.5 | 222.4 | ||||||||||||
| 9/9/05 | 19.4 | 0.87 | 3.37 | 22.3 | 220.3 | Birds pecked and bell hornets followed. About 1/2 gone at harvest. Nice flavor/aroma in what was left. | |||||||||||
| Traminette | 8/27/05 | 16.7 | 1.00 | 3.02 | 16.7 | 152.3 | Traminette | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| 9/6/05 | 18.6 | 0.90 | 3.09 | 20.7 | 177.6 | ||||||||||||
| 9/9/05 | 17.5 | 0.88 | 3.24 | 19.9 | 183.7 | Bronzing and berry dehydration led to harvest. A nice bottle of wine resulted. | |||||||||||
| Chardonel | 8/27/05 | 20.0 | 1.00 | 3.02 | 20.0 | 182.4 | Chardonel | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 9/6/05 | 21.4 | 1.00 | 3.23 | 21.4 | 223.3 | ||||||||||||
| 9/9/05 | 22.0 | 0.75 | 3.40 | 29.3 | 254.3 | Superb! I'd take a vineyard of this one. Fruit hung well, vines very disease tolerant, balanced growth. A breeding triumph. | |||||||||||
| Cayuga | 8/27/05 | 17.7 | 0.75 | 3.52 | 23.6 | 219.3 | Cayuga | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| 8/29/05 | 18.1 | 0.84 | 3.50 | 21.5 | 221.7 | The pH was going up fast! Nice, clean, big berries and clusters. Sloppy in the press, but nice flavor. | |||||||||||
| Vivant | 8/27/05 | 18.6 | 0.96 | 3.17 | 19.4 | 186.9 | Vivant | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 9/6/05 | 20.2 | 0.87 | 3.18 | 23.2 | 204.3 | ||||||||||||
| 9/9/05 | 22.5 | 0.84 | 3.29 | 26.8 | 243.5 | Like Chardonel, a fine vine. Fruit bronzed but hung well and had a heavenly fruity aroma. Can't wait for the wine! | |||||||||||
| Buffalo | 8/27/05 | 17.3 | 0.71 | 3.31 | 24.5 | 189.5 | Buffalo | ||||||||||
| 8/29/05 | 17.2 | 0.63 | 3.35 | 27.3 | 193.0 | Chemistry blew me away. Waited for foxiness that never came - only neutral winegrape aromas developed. Vine downy prone, but good, tough fruit of surprisingly good balance and flavor. | |||||||||||
| St. Vincent | 8/29/05 | 14.4 | 1.36 | 3.00 | 10.6 | 129.6 | Harvested the few bunches way too early. Should hang on well for much better ripeness. | St. Vincent | |||||||||
| NY Muscat | 8/29/05 | 18.0 | 0.54 | 3.42 | 33.3 | 210.5 | Ooooh muscat! What an aroma and flavor with low acid to make it taste SWEET! A great grape and a tough vine. | NY Muscat | 1 | ||||||||
| Elvira | 8/29/05 | 14.6 | 1.24 | 3.29 | 11.8 | 158.0 | Cracked like no other grape in the vineyard >80% of fruit blew overnight. Bell hornet fest followed by salvage harvest. | Elvira | 1 | ||||||||
| Chambourcin | 9/3/05 | 15.9 | 1.05 | 3.24 | 15.1 | 166.9 | Chambourcin | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 9/6/05 | 16.7 | 1.28 | 3.25 |
