For those of you that are as fond of pomegranates as I am, you too are probably looking forward to harvest later this summer throughout the fall. There are endless ways you can enjoy the fruit. I have not yet developed a taste for just eating the arils (at least the hard seeded varieties), but … […]
Monthly Archives: July 2012
2011 Pomegranate Processing
More Grape Harvest This Week
Entering our second full week of harvest at the Industry PD tolerant grape variety trial. Really a beautiful plot in an incredible part of the state. Andrew Labay went down this past week after our first pick to harvest ‘Blanc du Bois’, the standard of our existing PD tolerant varieties. Tasting the flavors and looking … […]
2012 Grape Harvest Begins
Exciting times for us in the Texas Pierce’s Disease Program as we are getting the first look at some of the new PD resistant and tolerant grape varieties. Grape harvest has started this past week with the first varieties ripening in our new variety trials at Industry, Texas. Industry is located in the old colonial … […]