Vine cuttings
In the wine making business, its all about the vine. Great wine starts with healthy, disease resistant, and productive vines. The T.G. Bright & Co. Limited wine company invested heavily in research. They maintained several test or research vineyards - Brightdale, Brightview and Lakeshore. Each vineyard was sectioned off for various experiments in viticulture. Research was conducted both in the greenhouse and in the field. And many local growers benefited from the groundbreaking research conducted by the company. The results and the success of promising cultivars was shared freely with grape growers in Niagara and beyond.
John Gates of the research vineyard staff sets out young grape vines in anticipation of planting.
John Gates kneels to plant vine cuttings.
It takes a team to plant a vineyard..... A guy on a tractor, followed by a guy with a hand plow and then 11, yes 11 men planting grape vines!!
A freshly furrowed field ready for the planting of grape vines. A few vineyard workers set out grape vines that had been loaded into the Brights Wines truck. Anyone recognize the make, model and year of the truck???
Ernie Dyck prepares vine cuttings.
Ernie Dyck lays vine cuttings into crates and packs with saw dust for shipping. Brights Wines shipped grape cuttings to growers all over Niagara, southwestern Ontario and to parts of eastern United States.
A vineyard worker selects and prepares vine cuttings.
Vineyard workers prepare a special soil mix for growing grape vine cuttings in the greenhouse.
Art Neff, in hat, suit and tie, plants grape vine cuttings in the greenhouse.
Art Neff monitors soil moisture content of grape vine cuttings grown in the research greenhouse.
Art Neff prepares to remove fully grown grape vine seedlings for planting in the field.
Art Neff checks on the progress of grape vines that have been grown in the greenhouse and now planted in the vineyard.