2000 Wine Grape Cultivar Trial - UKREC
Plot Description
Planting Dates: 3-24 (Chambourcin & Niagara), 3-27 (Vidal), 3-28 (Norton & Traminette), and 5-1-00 for all others.
Spacing: 2.5 m x 5 m or 8 ft between vines x 16 ft between rows.
Replications: 6, laid out across all 4 rows.
Plots / replication: 2
Plants/ plot: 3
| Replication | Row 1 | Row 2 | Row 3 | Row 4 |
| 1 | Cabernet Franc | Pinot Noir | Norton | Chambourcin |
| Vidal Blanc | Chardonnay | Traminette | Niagara | |
| 2 | Norton | Niagara | Vidal Blanc | Cabernet Franc |
| Pinot Noir | Chambourcin | Chardonnay | Traminette | |
| 3 | Chambourcin | Traminette | Norton | Cabernet Franc |
| Chardonnay | Vidal Blanc | Niagara | Pinot Noir | |
| 4 | Traminette | Pinot Noir | Cabernet Franc | Vidal Blanc |
| Niagara | Norton | Chambourcin | Chardonnay | |
| 5 | Traminette | Chambourcin | Chardonnay | Pinot Noir |
| Cabernet Franc | Vidal Blanc | Niagara | Norton | |
| 6 | Vidal Blanc | Niagara | Traminette | Chardonnay |
| Chambourcin | Cabernet Franc | Pinot Noir | Norton |
Notes and Comments
There are three vines per cultivar per plot.
All vines are trained to the single cordon system, except for the Vinifera varieties Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc, and Chardonnay, which were trained to the vertical shoot positioning system (single low wire cordon).