Eichorn-Lorenz Stages in Shoot Development in the Grapevine

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	01 Winter dormancy: winter bud scales more or less closed 02 Bud swelling: buds expand inside the bud scales 03 Wool (doeskin stage): brownish wool clearly visible 05 Bud burst: green shoot first clearly visible 07 First leaf unfolded and spread away from shoot
	09 Two to three leaves unfolded 12 Five to six leaves unfolded: inflorescence clearly visible 15 Inflorescence elongating: flowers closely pressed together 17 Inflorescence fully developed: flowers separating
	19 Beginning of flowering: first caps falling 21 Early flowering: 25% of caps fallen
	23 Full flowering: 50% of caps fallen 25 Late flowering: 80% of caps fallen
	27 Fruit set: young fruits begin to swell, remains of flowers lost 29 Berries small: bunches begin to hang
	31 Berries pea-sized: bunches hang 33 Beginning of berry touch
	35 Beginning of berry ripening: beginning of loss of green colour veraison 38 Berries ripe for harvest
	41 After harvest, end of wood maturation 43 Begining of leaf fall 47 End of leaf fall

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Reprinted from Eichorn and Lorenz 1977

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