birds & vineyards

["Paul Taylor" <>]

> Incidentally, I have heard that the grape growers plant roses at the 
> ends of the rows of vines so that rose colour is co-ordinated with 
> grape type, white roses indicate white wine grapes, and red roses, 
> red wine grapes.

Roses are traditionally planted in vineyards as an early warning system
for fungal diseases (particularly mildews), since roses are supposedly
more susceptible.

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