投稿の詳細: 巨峰３態　Three forms of Kyoho bunch

今時分にしては、葡萄畑に大分
大勢の人が入っているのに
気がついただろうか。
幹線沿いの畑の側にも大分
車が止まっている。
摘粒をしているのだ。

例年なら、今年のように
房切り時のように大勢が何日も
畑にいる事はないのだが。

やはり、開花時期の低温がきいて
いるのだ。巨峰に生理障害が起きて
種無しの粒が入る、
いわゆる　親子房　が大量に発生して
いて、その子の粒を抜く作業が
行われているのだ。

写真がぼけでしまっているが、
一番上が親子房。大きい粒（種入り）と
小さい粒（種無し）が混在している。
このままでは商品価値が下がってしまう
ので、小さい粒を除くのだ。

通常は２番目写真のように大きい粒だけの房が
できて、粒の数を３５程度にするのが
摘粒なのだが、今年は困ったことだ。

また、房切りを長めにやった房は、逆に
「流れ房」といって、粒の数が確保できない
状態になっている。写真がぼけていて
見ずらいが、わかるだろうか。

今年は、どの畑もこのような現象が起きていて
まともな房が少ないのだ。巨峰栽培農家は
畑に出るたびに　ため息が出てしまうのだ。

Have you noticed that there are
so many people in any Kyoho vineyards
everywhere these days ?
Also there are many cars
parking near main roads by the
farm yards. The people are indulged in
the berry thinning.

Usually we don't see so many peole
in the vineyards as
bunch forming season at this moment.

This is because of the low temperature at
the time of flowering. The pollination did
not occur normally in early June. Then
seedless berries which are very small than
seeded berries are produced. The people are
busy removing such small seedless berries now.
These small berries are also called shot berries.

Sorry for vague pictures but the first one
shows the mixture of normal seeded berries and
shot berries which is called OYAKO bunch.
Such bunch is priced much less than normal
bunch in the market. So grapegrowers need
remove shot berries.

Normal bunch is usually like the one in the
second picture and the berry thinning means
adjusting berry number to around 35.
However, it is so troublesome this year.

Meanwhile, scattered berries have occurred
on the bunches of which bunch forming was
rather longer. Such bunch shown as third picture
is called NAGARE bunch and has fewer berries.

Such phenomena occurred in almost every
Kyoho vineyards due to the weather. Kyoho
growers cannot help but sighing everytime they
come into the vineyards.