Table Grapes - Cold Climate Grapes

Available in French only

Below you will find a sample
from the guide on Table Grapes

Table of content

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Foreword

A climate unlike any other

Warmth and weather
Three seasons for frost

Protecting the vines from the cold

Maps: Hardiness zones and average growing degree days

Some viticulture basics

Considerations before planting
Fertilize? Yes, you have to!
Some sizing principles
Managing the foliage
Vineyard pests: fungi, insects and a few others
Beware of small animals, and of bigger ones!
Calendar of cultivation operations and phenological stages of the vine
The phenological stages of the vine

Table grapes characteristics

Desired qualities
Where do the seeds come from?
Phytohormones role
Some specific cultivation practices
Irrigation

Harvesting, preservation and marketing

Good harvesting practices
The containers
Store the grapes properly
Post-harvest treatments
Table grapes marketing in Quebec
Other options for table grapes

Identification of table grape varieties cultivated in Quebec

Becoming familiar with ampelography
Grapevine identification descriptors

Table grape variety identification sheet

Blue Bell
Brianna
Canadice
Concord
Einset Seedless
Fredonia
Himod
Kandiyohi
Osceola Muscat
Kay Gray
Louise Swenson
Montréal Blues
Petite Jewel
Reliance
Somerset
Swenson Red
Swenson White
Tango
Trollhaugen

Other table grape varieties gronw in Quebec
Harvest time for table grape varieties

Glossary

Bibliography and documents to consult

Thanks

ISBN : 978-2-9814698-2-3