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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1982
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sidney R Siemer, Fresno, CA (US);
Richard S Gordon, St. Louis, MO (US);
Louis G Nickell, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
W. R. Grace & Co., Columbia, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
71113 ;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method of increasing the sugar (primarily glucose and fructose) content in grapes by applying to grape vines (primarily to the leaves) a compound which is vanillin or a carboxylic acid salt having from 3 to 5 carbon atoms. Grapes are customarily harvested when the sugar level is about 16% 'Brix', and application of the compounds of the present invention gives the grower a better means of controlling sugar level so that the fruit can be harvested in an orderly manner.