Ear leaves

Synonym (also ear leaves) for the ; see there.

Term used to describe the lateral shoots of the vine that grow out from the leaf axils of the main shoots. There are numerous local names and synonyms, such as ‘Aberzahn’, ‘Dolder’, ‘Drohler’, ‘Eberzahn’, ‘Enkel’, ‘Geize’, ‘Irxe’, ‘Kindlein’, ‘Ohrlaub’ and ‘Uchse’. In some cases, however, the term is also used to refer to the grapes growing on water shoots. Water shoots develop from the ‘summer bud ’ – the bud on a shoot. The adjacent ‘winter bud’ then grows into a new summer shoot the following spring.

Particularly when the main shoot is topped early, the summer bud can develop into a sizeable side shoot, which may even flower and bear fruit in its lower part. In most cases, however, the ‘ lateral shoot ’ remains small or fails to sprout. Its bud then perishes the following winter due to insufficient wood maturity. Every grape variety tends, to a greater or lesser extent, to produce suckers. Growth is encouraged by a vigorous rootstock. The picture on the left shows a bud (1), next to which, to the right, a ‘ lateral shoot ’ is sprouting (2), a tendril (3) and a petiole (4)....

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