date:Jun 03, 2016
rieties to optimize mechanization.
Therefore, machine harvest has not been as widely adopted in raisin grapes as in winegrapes but, even so, perhaps 50% of Californias raisin crop may eventually allow for mechanized picking of whole clusters, and the use of certain plant growth regulators could possibly allow machine picking of individual table grapes.
Machine-Pruned Vines
Most raisin grape varieties are cane-pruned, a practice that is much harder to mechanize than spur-pruning. Therefore, rai