Cornell University, New York State Agricultural Experiment Station

Vineyard Site Selection in Seneca County.

Roger D. Magarey, Robert C. Seem Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, NYSAES, Geneva, NY, 14456 and

Stephen D. DeGloria. Department of Soil Crop and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853

This study represents a preliminary effort to investigate site selection in the Finger Lakes district. More detailed research is in progress.

Contents

1. Introduction

1.1 The Grape Industry in Seneca County and the Finger Lakes

1.2 A History of Vineyard Site Selection

2. Overall Selection Map

3. Climatic Site Selection Factors

3.1 Extreme cold temperature

3.2 Frost free days

4. Soil Selection Factors

4.1 Drainage

4.2 Depth to Bed Rock

4.3 Available Water Holding Capacity

4.4 Soil pH

4.5 Soil capability classes

4.4 Other Soil Maps

5. Land Use Selection Factors

6. Seneca County Elevation

7. Methodology

7.1 Climate data

7.2 Soil data

7.3 Land use data

7.4 Elevation data

7.5 Analysis

8. Acknowledgements

9. Literature cited.

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