PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Gordon S. Howell AU - James A. Wolpert TI - Nodes Per Cane, Primary Bud Phenology, and Spring Freeze Damage to Concord Grapevines. a Preliminary Note AID - 10.5344/ajev.1978.29.4.229 DP - 1978 Jan 01 TA - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture PG - 229--232 VI - 29 IP - 4 4099 - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/29/4/229.short 4100 - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/29/4/229.full SO - Am J Enol Vitic.1978 Jan 01; 29 AB - The number of nodes per cane was shown to have an effect on the development and onset of growth of primary buds at basal nodes. The delay in development of primary shoots was sufficient in 1977 to reduce spring freeze kill from 56% to 2% for nodes 1-5 and 49% to 10% for nodes 1-10. A pruning procedure to take advantage of this effect is presented.