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old wood

Term (also perennial wood) for a wood of the vine that is more than two years old; see under annual wood.

Term (also young wood) for the new, green shoot of the vine. Grapes are only formed on the one-year-old wood, which is why they are also called fruit rods or fruit shoots. They do not begin to lignify until they are fully ripe in late summer or early autumn, but this is not completed until the beginning of winter dormancy. This can be recognised by the smooth bark and the clearly formed...

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