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Frost Damage Reported in Northeast Ohio

by · March 28, 2012

In this morning’s Ashtabula Star Beacon, writer Carl E. Feather reports some damage to the Lake Erie grape crop Monday night.    Feather said apples and peaches in some area orchards were virtually wiped out by temperatures as low as 22 degrees.  Please see: http://starbeacon.com/local/x1437240836/Fruit-trees-hit-hard-by-freeze-grapes-fare-better

Also Tuesday morning, David Scurlock, an Ohio State University Viticulture Outreach Specialist in Wooster, said that reports he received from vineyards in Northeastern Ohio indicated limited bud damage.  However, Scurlock said bud damage is not always immediately apparent.  At the Ohio State Research Vineyard in Wooster,  Scurlock said he noticed a “browning hue” this morning on LaCrescent and Marquette buds;   two varieties that Scurlock said are susceptible to spring frost.   The low temperature Monday night in Wooster was 24 degrees.

See related story on homepage:  Great Lakes Grape Growers Grapple with Freezing Nights

 

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Mark Ganchiff is the publisher of Midwest Wine Press, the leading source of news on the growing wine industry in the central United States. Mark has been a wine judge at the 2012 and 2014 INDY International Wine Competition, the 2014 Cold Climate Wine Competition, the 2013 Mid-American Wine Competition, the 2012 Illinois State Fair Wine Competition and the 2013 Michigan Wine Competition. He also enjoys speaking at wine events including the Cold Climate Wine Conference, the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association Annual Meeting, the Midwest Grape and Wine Conference and the Wisconsin Fruit and Vegetable Conference. Mark's articles about regional wine have appeared in Vineyard & Winery Management, WineMaker and several regional magazines. Mark is a Level One Sommelier in the Court of Master Sommeliers. He lives in Louisville, but also has a residence in Chicago.

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