The first picture below, taken on June 1st, 2009, is a picture of a Cabernet Franc grapevine about a week to 10 days away from bloom. Of course, when bloom takes place depends on the weather, as so much does. The other pictures show various stages of development in our Cab Franc vineyard progressing backwards in time ending with a video of this vine being pruned.
You can see by the dates beneath the photos, that once the weather warms and stays warm (not a given in the Finger Lakes) things move right along.
Now the work begins.
Cabernet Franc shoot development pre-bloom stage taken on 6/1/09.
Cabernet Franc Shoot Development at 10-12 inch stage taken on 5/25/09
Cabernet Franc Shoot Development at 8-10 inch stage taken on 5/17/09
Cabernet Franc Shoot Development at 5-6 inch stage taken on 5/10/09
Cabernet Franc Shoot at 3-4 inch stage on 5/3/2009
Cabernet Franc Shoot Development at 2 inch stage on 5/2/09
Cabernet Franc Shoot Development at 1 inch stage taken on 4/26/09
Cabernet Franc Shoot Development at 1 inch stage on 4/26/09