DVR - Crimson Cabernet
| Crimson Cabernet 2006 |
| Crimson Cabernet 2006 |
| FIRST LEAF vineyard in central Illinois. 2006 was a very dry year and the new vines were watered once each week with a tractor -drawn water wagon. Unlike Norton, Crimson Cab grows very well during the first season and can usually be trained to the top wire since, like Norton, the wood hardens off well. Although started in sleeves from cuttings these plants equalled the growth of nearby field rooted Cab. |
| SECOND LEAF vineyard. All vines showed excellent uniform growth. Like its Cabernet parent, Crimson Cab is an orderly, stately grower showing none of the rampant growth habits of Norton. Yet like Norton all vines showed no particularly unusual susceptibility to any vine diseases. The vines were allowed to bear a small crop of a few pounds per vines. All displayed the broomstick straight trunk so typical of this vine. |
| LEFT: THIRD LEAF Crimson Cabernet have also responded well when grown on VSP systems. RIGHT: THIRD LEAF Crimson Cab is very easy to train since its canes want to droop downward. The absence of Norton's rampant growth makes it easy to curtain which ensures excellent light, air and spray exposure. Like Norton the berries will hang till frost without disease problems under normal conditions. |
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