Growing grapes is becoming increasingly popular not only for industrial purposes, but also among amateur gardeners.
Grapes - one of the most favorite berries of children and adults.
From it you can make preparations for the winter (jam, jams, compotes), as well as homemade wine.
Of the wide variety of varieties, gardeners increasingly prefer new modern varieties. As a rule, they are distinguished by frost resistance, good immunity against diseases, simple care and excellent taste.
Today we want to tell you about the new variety of Galahad.
What kind is it?
Galahad refers to the hybrid table variety. One of the main distinguishing features is a very early term of ripening. From the growing season to the harvest, it takes only 90-100 days.
Among the table hybrids one can also mention the variety Zarya Nesvetaya, Aladdin and Korinka Russkaya
In Novocherkassk region berries ripen in late July, and in Dnepropetrovsk in early August. The same periods occur when grown in other southern regions of Ukraine and Russia. In the north a little longer (100-110 days).
Galahad grapes: variety description
Grape bushes strong-grown with a fairly massive trunk and strong branches. The leaves are of medium and large size, light green with pronounced golden-yellow veins, toothed at the ends. Their shape resembles black currant leaves. Flower bisexual.
Princess Olga and the Anniversary of the Kherson summer resident also possess bisexual flowers.
Bunch regular cylindrical-conical shape, medium density or slightly loose, large. Weight from 600 to 1100 grams.
Berries average size (27x21 mm). With proper care and regular feeding, larger ones are formed (33x25 mm).
The average weight of each - 10 grams, up to a maximum of 13-15 grams. The berries are light green, and when ripe, they take on a beautiful amber-yellow hue and are covered with a dull wax coating.
Pulp fleshy, juicy, tasty, thin skin and almost not felt when eating. Grapes contain up to 21 g / 100 cm3 sugar content with an acidity of 5-6 g / dm3.
It is worth noting that Galahad received a high taste evaluation of taste, which was about 9 points.
The variety is best suited for consumption in fresh unchanged form, as well as for making homemade jam, jam, baking and other sweet dishes.
Recommended for fresh use varieties such as King, Aleshenkin dar and Ataman.
A photo
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Breeding history and breeding region
Galahad belongs to the new modern varieties. It was obtained as a result of complex crossing of several grape varieties. For this, breeders crossed Delight with Talisman (Keshey), and then with Muscat Delight.
Galahad successfully passed the tests and are suitable for cultivation in different regions of Russia, as well as in the near abroad.
Specifications
The variety has a high rate of transportability. The berries do not crack, do not crumble, do not lose their presentation during transportation. Well show themselves when transporting Arkady, Angelica and Amethyst Novocherkassky.
It is worth noting that the grapes do not lose the same appearance and taste while being on the bush for some time after ripening. To delay with the removal of the crop while not worth it.
If you want to preserve the crop after it is removed, you need to remove the clusters only in dry, sunny and warm weather. On cloudy, rainy days, the grapes do not lie long after being removed. There may be problems with the transport of berries.
Bushes fruit well. With regular and proper care, grapes will produce abundant crops annually.According to breeding studies, the maturation of shoots is up to 80-85%, the percentage of fruitful shoots is 65-75%, and the average coefficient of fruiting is estimated at 1.3-1.5.
Abundant harvests guarantee such varieties as the Gift of the Magarach, the Anniversary of the Kherson summer resident and Rkatsiteli.
Galahad is resistant to severe frosts and maintains temperature drops to -25 degrees. Do not forget to take care of a reliable shelter for the winter when grown in our climate zone.
Grapes are very thermophilic plants, which is hard to survive the cold winter without shelter. You should not stop the choice on a partial shelter, as it can not give adequate protection.
Pay attention to the formation of young plants bushes. Cuttings quickly root, give a high increase. Grapes often begin to bear fruit abundantly in the first years of life.
As a result, without proper care, this can lead to overloading of the bushes, breaking off of branches, diseases, and a decrease in the quality of yield. Therefore, in the first years it is especially important to thin out the grapes. Pruning the vine for fruiting is recommended for 6-8 buds.
Diseases and pests
Galahad is moderately resistant to mildew and gray rot (2.5 points) and quite high from oidium (3-3.5 points). The advantage of the variety is that he is not afraid of wasps, which do not tolerate its taste and aroma.
A gardener must pay attention to preventive measures that will help protect grapes from diseases and pests:
- Galahad - a favorite treat of birds. Starlings, jays, tits, sparrows and other birds can not only spoil the appearance of the clusters, but also completely destroy the grape harvest. Birds prefer only fresh berry juice, so each time they pick one berry after another.
The most effective way to protect - special mesh bags, which are worn over each vine. Occupation is long and painstaking, but this method guarantees reliable protection from birds. Modern sound "scarers" and the usual homemade scarecrow also help well.
- Annually spend prophylactic treatment of the bushes with special chemicals. The first treatment should be carried out about a week after the removal of the winter shelter.
Shrubs are treated with a 3% solution of copper sulfate or Bordeaux liquor. The second treatment is carried out with 1% solution after blooming leaves. Also, after flowering, colloidal sulfur can be sprayed against oidium.
- Be sure to care for the soil around the bushes. Weed the soil more often, apply additional feedings, water it plentifully, weed.
Collect old dry leaves and dead berries from the ground in a timely manner and destroy them immediately, as they are not rarely the cause of the development of harmful insects and bacteria.
Galahad can be an excellent choice for both an experienced gardener and a grower, as well as for a beginner. It attracts the attention of not complex care, excellent taste, frost resistance and good resistance from diseases and pests.
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If you donate the plant proper and caring care, it will annually please with abundant crops and aesthetic appearance.
