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WorksheetsGrapevine Pruning (Mult Choice) PART 1
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 29mins
The pruning systems of American grape varieties include all of the below except:
Geneva Single Curtain
Keuka
Umbrella Kniffin
Chautauqua
All of these are correct
When making cuts, cut _____________ above the last bud.
1/4 inch
1/2 inch
1 inch
Doesn't make a difference.
There are _________ acres in a section.
300
640
520
45,360
Pruning occurs:
Between bud break and leaf fall
Between December 1 and March 1st
After the first winter rain fall
November 1st and March 1st
It depends on the varietal and pruning system
The current season’s growth are:
Canes
Leaves
Roots
Clusters
None of the above
Thompson Seedless are called ____________ in Australia.
Lemoore
Sultana
Red Globe
Seedless Down Under
Which of the following is not an author of the General Viticulture book?
Winkler
Cook
Lider
Kleiwer
Pearson
Pruning consists of removing all of the growth except:
Replacement spurs
Renewal spurs
Bearing units
Dead Wood
None of these
The vine heals wounds from the inside by producing a gummy matter called:
Sap
Xylem
Rachis
Tyloses
Before pruning, an average cane pruned vine has an average of 750 buds. Pruning should reduce this number to approximately:
40-60 buds
50-100 buds
100-150 buds
200-250 buds
Bearing units include:
Spurs and leaves
Leaves and suckers
Canes and spurs
Shoots and watersprouts
Carbohydrates include:
Starch & sugar
Amino acids & sugar
Proteins & starch
Sugar & Tyloses
The fruit on ____________ system is well distributed, and is favorable to uniform development and maturation.
unilateral cordon
horizontal cordon
head
cane
The vines of _______________ and __________ have definite heads.
Cordon spur, Head spur
Head spur, Head cane
Cordon cane, Head cane
Cordon spur, Cordon cane
Pinching is the removal of the _________ end of a shoot with the thumb and finger.
1-2 inches
3-6 inches
12-20 inches
6-8 inches
Cane pruning is preferred for varieties:
That have mostly unfruitful buds at the base of the canes`
That have very small clusters
Such as White Riesling, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Cabernet Blanc
That produce straggly clusters
All of these
The weakening effect of summer pruning is greatest:
At the beginning of the summer
During midsummer
At the end of the summer
Makes no difference
Two prevent sunburn after the shoots take on a drooping position a __________ wire trellis is best.
One
Two
Three
Four
The California Agricultural Experimental Station conducted research to determine the following EXCEPT:
The effect of pruning on vine growth
The effect of crop on vine growth
The effect of pruning on capacity for production
The effect of fruit maturity and vigor
During the dormant season the time of pruning has ___________ effect on vigor of the crop, when no frost occurs
Increasing
Decreasing
No
Increasing then descreasing
Decreasing then increasing
Pruning _____________ causes active bleeding, loss of liquid from pruning cuts.
Late
Early
Midseason
After a frost
Vines that have been pruned long for years and then are pruned short will result in:
Higher capacity
Overbearding
Numerous watersprouts
Low fruit maturity
If a vine seams week, you should prune it ___________ the year before.
Less severely than
More severely than
The same as
Nonpruned vines will have...
a. Smallest Crop
b. Largest Crop
c. High Quality Fruit
d. Low Quality Fruit
d. B & D
What do short internodes indicate?
Late forming buds
Poor nutrition
More fruitful wood
Good bud development
If a vine is pruned severely:
It will have poor vigor
it will yield more fruit
it will be more vigourous
It will have more capacity
There are ____ acres in a half section.
300
540
320
640
The first growth in spring usually come from:
The highesst parts of the vine and buds nearest the ends pf the bearing units
The higest parts of the vine and the buds nearest the base of the bearing units
The parts nearest the middle of the vine or middle of the bearing units
The removal of canes, shoots, and leaves is:
Thinning
Suckering
Pruning
Topping
Correct pruning consists of:
Removing dead wood
Cleaining old brush out from under the vine
Creating a balance of wood and crop
All of these.
Non-pruned vines have a greater capacity for ____ production than pruned vines.
Fruit
Leaf
Shoot
Tendril
Severe late topping can reduce next year's crop by as much as about ____%
80
33
70
52
The floral parts of the grape are not formed until:
Early Fall
After the vine leafs out in the spring
Before the vine leafs out in the spring
Bud initiation starts
The two pronounced effects of pruning are:
increase in capacity and direct energy to the the parts left
decrease in capacity and reduce tnergy to teh parts left.
decrease capactiy and direct energy to parts left.
increase capacity and reduce energy to parts left
The principal pruning is done:
a. While the vine is dormant
b. Between leaf fall in autumn and starting of buds in springs
c. When most convenient for the farmer
d. Both a & b
Disbudding is:
Removal of fruit clusters
Removal of ripe fruit
The removal of fruitng buds and shoots from the highest parts of the vine
The removal of swollen buds and shoots from the lower part of the vine.
Practically all American grape varieties are:
spur pruned
cane pruned
cordon trained
head trained.
The following types are all commecial system of pruning except:
head
cordon
cane
all are types of commercial systems
The common variety used for making raisins is:
Zante Currants
Flame Seedless
Thompson Seedless
Ruby Red.
Which type of vineyard is the least expensive to establish
a. Head trained, cane pruned.
b. Head trained, spur pruned.
c. Cordon trained, spur pruned.
d. Cordon trained, can pruned.
Vine growth retained for the production of wood for next year is called:
a. replacement spurs
b. renewal spurs
c. bearing units
d. canes
The removal of clusters, or parts of immature clusters is:
girdling
topping
thinning
suckering
Pruning tends to:
a. Clutter up rows
b. Increase the number of clusters
c. Stunt or depress the vine.
d. None of the above.
Mechanical harvesting is best facilitated by:
Cordon training
Spur pruning
Head pruning
Cane pruning
Leaf removal is done to:
a. Lessen the need to prune.
b. Promote the coloring of the cluster
c. Strenghten the spurs
d. Encourage large clusters
As a general rule, spurs as think as one's thumb should be cut to ___ buds, whereas a spur thinner than a pencil should have ____ buds.
2, 3
3, 1
4, 2
2, 2
Sultana vines are usually:
Spur pruned
Cane pruned
Cordon pruned
Sauvignon pruned
Pruning is a practice that is done during the:
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
Bearing Units are:
Spurs & Leaves
Spurs &Canes
Canes & Shoots
Leaves & Spurs
The grape berry floral parts do NOT include the:
Corolla
Calyx
Stamen
Camry
Which of the following is not a use of summer pruning?
Increase shade
Direct growth
Alleviate wind damage
Open all the vines
All are uses of summer pruning
_______ refers to the growth rate of the vine
Vigor
Capacity
Shoot Length
None of the above.
The system that allows for cross cultivation is:
a. Head trained, spur pruned
b. Cordon trained, spur pruned
c. Head trained, cane pruned
d. Cordon trained, cane pruned
The purpose of a renewal spur is to:
a. Allow lowering of the arm the following year
b. Produce fruit in the current year.
c. Produce a fruit cane in the following year.
d. All of the above.
The vine is most active in the middle of:
a. Summer
b. Winter
c. Fall
d. Spring
Shade is increased during summer pruning L
a. Pinching
b. Disbudding
c. Suckering
d. Topping
Which of the following is an advantage to cordon training, spur pruning?
a. Least expensive to establish
b. Best suited for mechanical harvesting
c. Low cost of supports
d. Good crop distribution
e. Least depressive
