If you decide to plant grapes for the first time, but are afraid to destroy the vine, then turn your Attention on popular grape variety Agat Donskoy.
It is unpretentious, frost-resistant and almost not subject to diseases.
Perfect for cultivation in non-roofing culture and in the northern regions.
Matures in any summer.
Good for arched moldings.
The taste of Agatha Donskoy berries will be appreciated by lovers of not too sweet grapes.
What species is this variety?
Don Agat - table variety. Berries ripen early, only after 115-120 days after blooming buds, and it begins to bloom in early June.
Table grades also include Alexander, Karmakod and Korinka Russkaya.
Highly useful for people with diabetes because of the ratio of sugar and acid in the berries. Its sugar content is 13-15%and acidity is 6-7 g / l.
Grapes "Agat Donskoy" ("Vityaz"): description of the variety and photos
Bushes Donskoy's agatha is strong-growing and sprawling, with bisexual flowers and dark, rigid leaves of medium size.
The strong-growing varieties are Anthony the Great, Ataman Pavlyuk and Anyuta.
His shoots mature perfectly - 70-80% fructifying.
Number of clusters on one shoot ranges from 1.3 to 1.5. The clusters themselves are large, have a pyramidal shape, moderately dense or loose, can hang on the bushes for a long time.
The weight of one bunch averages 600 gr, and with good and proper care can reach kilograms.
Berries Agata Don round shape, dark blue or purple-red, almost black, in size 22-24 mm. The weight of one berry is 5-6 grams.
Among the black (dark blue) varieties, Moldova, Black Finger and Bull's Eye are worth noting.
The skin of the berries is dense, not hard, the flesh is fleshy and juicy, the juice is slightly pinkish, each berry contains 2-4 large seeds.
The taste of the berries improves a few days after removal from the vine. In the cold years, the berry slightly sour. Berries can crack after heavy rainfall and rot with long storage on bushes.
Agat Donskoy can be overloaded with harvest, because of which the berry ripens longer and does not have a rich taste. Prone to overload and grade Nadezhda Akayskaya.
To avoid this, the crop is rationed, cutting 5-8 holes, leaving 34-35.
Photos of grapes "Agat Donskoy" can be viewed below:
Breeding history and breeding region
Agat Donskoy - Russian hybrid, created in 1986 in the All-Russian Research Institute of Viticulture and Winemaking. Ya.I.Potapenko in Novocherkassk. There he got his original name Vityaz. It originates from the crossing of the Russian Early variety and the hybrid of the Dolores and Dawn of the North varieties.
Amirkhan, Amethyst and Augusta were also bred by Russian breeders of this research institute.
Characteristics of a variety
Don Agat is frost resistant to -26 ° C and to diseases. After stronger frosts, it is well restored, which allows it to be grown in Siberia and in North-West Russia.
Only for harsh winters it is necessary to cover or wind the shoots with bags, so as not to freeze the buds. In dry conditions prone to wilting berries.
Among the cold-resistant varieties are the Beauty of the North, Super Extra and Arched.
Light-requiring and almost undemanding to the soil - does not like saline and marshy places.
The yield of grapes is high - 50 kg from a bushbut weak in the early years. Well rooted cuttings.
Characterized by good transportability. Well kept frozen.
Not used for making raisins. It is pollinated and gives a stable crop in any weather.
His unpretentiousness allows him to grow even beginners in viticulture. Such varieties as Aleshenkin Dar, Black Raven and Denisovsky do not require special care.
Diseases and pests
Don Agat is resistant to mildew, oidium and gray rot, which allows only 1-2 sprays of fungicides for prophylaxis per season.
If mildew, he is a powdery powdery mildew, has not bypassed your vineyard, then only a cold snap to + 13 ° С will save the vine.
On such a stable variety, the disease will manifest itself as small and fast drying spots on oily shiny leaves.
Also, the spots will be present on the shoots - yellow, then turning brown, oblong. And the stems and leaves after the appearance of spots become covered with mold.
Oidium (other names - powdery mildew, ashtray) will be stopped only by prolonged rains. They fight it with ground sulfur, Skor, Topaz and other special preparations.
Oidium is activated at a temperature of + 25 ° С and high humidity. On sheets with a lesion on both sides appears moldy gray patina, with a strong illness from the bushes will smell like raw fish.
When oidium is damaged, the flowers dry up, the berries burst, the leaves turn yellow and bend.
It is possible to fight with hard-to-eliminate gray rot by euparen or foundation. The berry affected by it cannot be eaten.
Flowers infested with her, antennae and berries turn brown and then die. In wet weather, gray rot is dense and dusty when touched.
In hot and dry weather, the berry withers and accumulates sugar, it can be used to make wine.
A gray rot appears at high humidity and a temperature of + 5 ° C. It contributes to its damage by wind, hail or wind.
It is also worth armed with knowledge of the signs and measures for the prevention of diseases such as rubella, bacteriosis, chlorosis and anthracnose.
From pests Agat Donskoy very much like wasps, in spite of low sugar content.
If you have few bushes of grapes on the site, hide each bunch in a special protective bag with a reserve in size, and if there are many bushes and clusters, it makes sense to completely destroy the wasp nests or use traps and poisonous baits.
So, Agat Donskoy is suitable even for beginner growers, because he:
- unpretentious;
- frost-resistant;
- disease resistant;
- fruitful;
- early maturing
- useful for diabetics;
- and just beautiful.
We hope that after reading this article, many will decide to plant grapes and will enjoy a stable harvest of such a useful and tasty berry.
Among the very useful grape varieties a special place is occupied by Princess Olga, the Ideal Delight and the Black Panther.
