A Glossary of Grape Growing Terms
- APEX Blossom end of the berry
- BLOOM Waxy coating on the surface of mature grape berries; dark colored varieties have a frosted appearance
- CAP STEM Small stem that attaches the individual grape berries to the cluster; pedicel
- CLUSTER Entire bunch (cluster) of grape berries.
- COMPACT Closely and firmly packed together; dense
- DOWNY Pubescence, long intertwining hairs that cover a leaf surface
- ENTIRE Leaf shape with undeveloped lobes
- GLABROUS Hairless leaf surface
- LATERAL Branch of the main axis of the grape cluster. Lobes of the mid-sectiopn of the leaf
- LENTICEL Tiny, round, slightly raised porelike spot found on grape berries and pedicels
- LIGNIFIED Browning and hardening of peduncles or shoots that develop as a result of the formation of lignin; woody
- LOBE Prominent, rounded or pointed portion of a leaf separated by a sinus, occurs as 3 or 5 lobes per leaf
- LOOSE Not compact or dense in a bunch
- PEDICEL Cap stem; attaches grape berries to the cluster
- PEDUNCLE Cluster stem; attaches the entire grape cluster (bunch) to the cane
- PETIOLE Stem of the leaf; attaches the leaf blade to the shoot
- PUBESCENCE Covering of soft, fine hairs
- RACHIS The main stem that runs from the peduncle down through the cluster of grapes
- RUGOSE Wrinkled; result of sunken veinlets and elevated leaf tissue
- SHOT BERRY Undevloped small berry, usually seedless
- SHOULDERED Wide development of the top laterals of a grape cluster; larger dimension to the top portion of the cluster
- SINUS Indentation between the lobes of a leaf
- TEETH Saw like notches along the leaf edge
- TOMENTUM Pubescence of intensely matted, woolly hairs covering a leaf surface
- TUFTED Long intertwining hairs that form a small ball or tufts
- VEIN A vascular bundle that forms the branching framwork to help support a leaf.
- WELL FILLED A full branch; not particularly loose or compact
- WING Developed lateral that originates from the peduncle, separate from the main body of the cluster