Link to Wine grapes for Illinois
  Link to Table grapes for Illinois
  Link to Alan Dillard's Viticulture Practices for the Midwest
  Link to February 2, 1998, The Grape Industry in Illinois: The Results of a Survey of the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association (IGGVA) Members by the Illinois Council for Food and Agricultural Research (C-FAR)
  Link to February 2, 1998, Application of a Chilling Hour Climatology to Predict Fruit Crop Growth in Illinois or How to Tell When Your Fruit Crops are Ready to Start Growing in the Spring
  Link to Alan Dillard's Commercial Vineyard Establishment Costs, May 1998
  Link to Alan Dillard's Cost Estimate for Establishment of a Five Thousand Gallon Winery, May 1998
  Link to Bruce Bordelon's Relative Susceptibility of Wine and Juice Grape Varieties to Low-temperature Injury, Disease, and Sensitivity to Sulfur Applications
  Link to Grape pruning terms
  Link to Susceptibility of various grape cultivars to phylloxera at the University of Illinois, Urbana (foliar observations only)
  Link to 1998 Urbana test plot installation
  Link to 1998 Dixon Springs test plot installation
  Link to 1998 St. Charles test plot installation
  Link to 1998 New Salem test plot installation
  Link to Survival data collected from the Dixon Springs, St. Charles, New Salem, and Urbana sites in Spring 1999
  Link to An alternative propagation scheme for grapevine cuttings
  Link to Roll Out the Barrel, an article reprinted from the University of Minnesota Alumni newsletter
  Link to Van Buren County horticulture page, Michigan State University Extension, for information about fruit crops and pests; site includes several useful fact sheets
Link to a description of Virtual Winery software which is designed to forecast the financial position and resource requirements of a winery operation

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