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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear Grape Grower and Vintner:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#231F20;letter-spacing:.1pt">Thanks to
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">your<span style="color:#231F20"> continuous interest and financial support by the Ohio Grape Industries Committee, we are pleased to resume monitoring fruit maturity progression of varieties grown at
the OSU research vineyards during the 2017 season. This information will be sent weekly to OGEN subscribers and posted on the program website,
</span></span><a href="http://ohiograpeweb.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;letter-spacing:.1pt">Buckeye Appellation</span></a><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#231F20;letter-spacing:.1pt">.
</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#231F20;letter-spacing:.1pt">The date of berry sampling and corresponding heat units or growing degree days (GDD) are included. Note that the GDD in your location could be higher or lower than that at our sites.
For example, at the Wooster research vineyard, grape ripening of similar varieties is typically 1 to 2 weeks behind central and southern Ohio, and 1 to 2 weeks ahead of more northern latitude vineyards and on Lake Erie shores. To determine the GDD in your
location, visit the </span><a href="http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/gdd/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#3419FB;letter-spacing:.1pt">OSU-GDD Calculator</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#3419FB;letter-spacing:.1pt">.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#231F20;letter-spacing:.1pt">
To learn more about monitoring fruit maturity and berry sampling, please read OSU fact sheet at the following link:
</span><a href="http://ohiograpeweb.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/sites/grapeweb/files/imce/pdf_factsheets/determining%20Fruit%20Maturity.pdf"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#3419FB;letter-spacing:.1pt">Are your grapes ready to pick?</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#3419FB;letter-spacing:.1pt">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please click the link below and check out the weekly progression of grape ripening of familiar and new varieties in our research vineyards. We hope you find this resource informative and useful to your business.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Results of berry sampling on 2</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">1 and 28
<span style="color:black">August 2017</span><b> </b><span style="color:black">at this link:</span></span><a href="https://ohiograpeweb.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/sites/grapeweb/files/imce/fruit_maturity/2017_OSU%20Grape%20Maturity_28%20Aug_Final.pdf">
<span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">2017 OSU Grape Maturity (1)</span></a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#231F20;letter-spacing:.1pt">We wish you a successful and bountiful harvest!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Imed Dami, PhD<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Professor & Extension Viticulturist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dept. Horticulture & Crop Science<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Ohio State University – Wooster Campus<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1680 Madison Avenue<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wooster, OH 44691<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">330-263-3882<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:dami.1@osu.edu">dami.1@osu.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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