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• Dates and Cost' of Seeding 



In 1^28, a majority of the vineyard acreage seeded in Chautauqua Co», 

 N/f«V ^nd In Erie Co., Pa.^ was. seeded the ..first- vreek iti August* (table Z&.) 

 Michigan growers did 49*4 percent of their seeding the first week in August. 



.Telile 26 1, ^ Date of seeding cover crops by areas", 1928 1/ 



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June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



Total 



1st 



Snd 

 5rd 



4th 

 : 1st 



2nd 



3rd 

 .4th 

 :l3t 

 :2nd 



3rd 

 ' 4th 

 . 1st 

 :2nd 

 :3rd 

 .4th 

 :lxt 

 :2nd 

 : 3rd 

 :4th 



Peroenta^^e of' cover-crop acreage that vTas seeded in 



indicated t;eek' 



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Percoiit : percent 



3,7 



13. £ 



49.4 



21.3 



2,2 



6.5 



1#8 

 4.5 



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1/ Data not 

 cover crops 



100 ,0 



14,6 

 6,7 



.7 



29,2 

 10i9 



1*5 



4,4 

 22^6 



5.7 



100 ;o 



evallnhle for Hudsou Valley, N 

 were 8oeded on the 20 vineyard 



Girard and 



ilTDrth' East, 



Percent 



16.6 

 58,1 

 11,7 

 1,9 

 11.7 



110,0 



Finger 

 Lakes, 



N.Y. 



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 : County, 

 : N.Y,, 



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 s studied in ." 



Percent : Percent 



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10,8 



e,8 



3,9 

 15*7 

 35,2 : 72»l 

 10,8 : 6,4 



14.3 

 3.4 



1.8 



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Writing on A!ichtgan conditions, Dr. Partridge says that if t ho cover 

 crop is to make any considerable growth it ;3hould bo sov/n before the 10th of 

 August. The cover crop should usually bo scvTu about the lit cf August but 

 should be pilanted earlier i^i the suinirxor v/hen the grape crop is scanty and 

 moisture is abundant* It should be planted later when the grape crop is ex- 

 cessive and moisture is scanty. 5/ 



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5/ Partridge, N.L. Cultural Methods in the Flaaring Vineyard. Michi^^jp^ 

 Agricultural Experiment Station^ Circular Bulletin No. 1?:1, 1930. 



