Fruit AOE Bud Stage Reference -- Small Fruit

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Fruit Growth Stage Reference -- Small Fruit

Strawberries Jewel	Summer Raspberries	Fall Raspberry Heritage	Blueberries Bluecrop	Cranberries Stevens	Grapes Concord	Grapes Chardonnay
Dormant	Dormant	Dormant	Dormant	Dormant	Dormant	Dormant
New Leaves	Bud Swell	Canes Emerging	Bud Swell	Swollen Bud	Scale Cracked	Scale Cracked
Trusses in Crown	0.5" green	2" Canes	Leaf Bud Break	Bud Burst	Early Bud Swell	Early Bud Swell
Trusses Emerged	Leaves unfolding	6" Canes	Early Green Tip	Elongated Bud	Late Bud Swell	Late Bud Swell
White Bud	Flower Buds	12" Canes	0.25" Green	Roughneck	Bud Burst	Bud Burst
First Bloom	First Bloom	18" Canes	Early Pink Bud	Hook	1-3" shoots	1-3" shoots
50% Bloom	Full Bloom	24" Canes	Late Pink Bud	Bloom	4-8 " shoots	4-8 " shoots
Full Bloom	Green Fruit	Flower Buds	25% Bloom	Pinhead Fruit	10-16 " shoots	10-16 " shoots
Thimble Sized Fruit	First Harvest	First Bloom	Full Bloom	6 mm Fruit	First Bloom	First Bloom
First Color	Harvesting	Full Bloom	Petal Fall	8 mm Fruit	Bloom	Bloom
Red Color	Post Harvest	Green Fruit	Early Green Fruit	10 mm	Buckshot Berries	Buckshot Berries
First Harvest		First Color	Late Green Fruit	12 mm Fruit	Berry touch	Berry touch
Harvesting		First Harvest	Fruit Coloring	15 mm Fruit	Green Fruit	Green Fruit
Post Harvest		Harvesting	First Harvest	18 mm Fruit	Veraison	Veraison
Renovation		Post Harvest	Harvest	Fruit Coloring	Colored Fruit	Soft Fruit
Summer Growth			Post Harvest	Harvest	Harvest	Harvest

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