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your vineyard into production quicker, with a first crop in as little as a year after planting. Second, green vine training onto the trellis can be labor-intensive, and with labor availability and cost more of a problem, the larger vine takes green training out of your budget, and also eliminates the need for suckering and grow tubes." ADDITIONAL SERVICES Guillaume offers consulting services and advice with site visits to assist with soil and lab analysis to provide rootstocks, varieties and clones matched to soil and site conditions. Kaesekamp said: "If we see a customer's soil and the right rootstock is not immediately available, we advise them to wait another year to plant so they have the right combination of plant materials for best performance at their site." Casa Cristal Nursery in Delano, Calif., propagates and supplies dormant bare-root vines and potted vines from FPS certified materials in the southern San Joaquin Valley. In addition, the company offers custom mapping and planting services to assist customers in the vineyard establishment process as an optional service when purchasing vines. visit us online vwmmedia.com Casa Cristal uses technology that combines geospatial data with electrical conductivity sensors to create a precise and custom site soil map that illustrates soil variances within a vineyard and enables applications of soil amendments where they are needed. "We have found soil mapping very beneficial for planning vine and row spacing, row direction, irrigation design, and in rootstock selection," explained General Manager Justin Jackson. "Casa Cristal can provide an interactive vineyard development partnership, or we can strictly supply grapevines," he said. Ted Rieger , CSW, is a writer and photographer based in Sacramento, Calif., and has been a contributing editor for V&WM since 1990. Comments? Please e-mail us at feedback@vwmmedia.com. We're Getting Bigger So You Can Get Better. Vintage Nurseries…growing with your success in mind. Day after day, we plant and plan at Vintage Nurseries, expanding our product selection and service to meet your growing needs. In an effort to be a reliable source for all of our customers, we strive to maintain the highest standards in the industry. Quite simply, the bigger we get, the harder we work to keep your success and satisfaction our top priority. Wasco 661-758-4777 Paso Robles 805-237-8914 www.VintageNurseries.com Modesto 209-523-8036 Santa Rosa 707-542-5510 800-499-9019 SerVINg the WINe, table grape aND raISIN INDuStrIeS 56 V I N E YARD & WINERY MANAGEMENT | Mar - Apr 2013 w w w. v w m m e d i a . c o m