Growing grapes every year is gaining increasing popularity, and interest in this wonderful culture continues to grow due to the huge variety of varieties and the diversity of their characteristics.
Particularly noteworthy are the arched varieties, which, in addition to the harvest, bring beauty to the site, and among them is the table variety, which is called: Arched.
This frost-resistant light-fruited grapes ripen early enough and resistant to fungal diseases, dangerous for many others.
Grape origin Arched
The Aroch variety was developed by the method of hybridization between varieties which are well-known to winegrowers - Magaracha and Druzhba. Synonyms - Friendship pink, Flower Arched and simply Colored.
Bred in Russia, in VNIIV and In them. Ya. I. Potapenko.
The category of table grapes also include Laura (Flora), Kesha and Ilya.
Variety description
Characteristic variety:
This is an early ripe variety - for maturing it is dense, weighing 400-600 grams of grapes is enough for an average of 120 days.
Among the early ripening varieties, Zagrava, Crimson and Velika are also known.
Attractive pink berries have a rather pleasant, although not breaking records for delicacy (the evaluation of tasters - 7.7 out of 10) sweet taste. The sugar content in them is 16-18%. Grapes are large, with dense skin.
The vine is vigorous, with large leaves.
The grape variety Aroch belongs to the early table hybrids. The variety is very productive, which is not surprising - the bush has a large growth force, and 60-80% of its shoots are fruitful. Young shoots ripen quickly and throughout the length, rooted well, easily tolerated vaccinations.
High-yielding varieties also include the Gift of Magarach, the Anniversary of the Kherson summer resident, and Rkatsiteli.
Grade Arched skoroplodny, in the second year after planting, the first crop ripens. With the harvest, you can not hurry, the berry on the branch for a long time retains the commercial quality and attractive appearance.
Variety Pretty Woman also boasts of early onset.
Gardeners often ask the question: How to properly trim the arched grapes? Pruning needles to produce 6-8 buds.
The advantage of a grade is high resilience to strong frosts. This greatly expands the area of its cultivation.
Such varieties as Pink Flamingo, Beauty of the North and Super Extra can boast high frost resistance.
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Photo grapes "Arched":
Growing up
Vigorous grape varieties were originally grown in hot, dry climates and easily produced a good harvest. And now it is possible to meet vineyards in Spain or Italy, where agricultural technology is the same as 1000 years ago. The climate has.
Among the Italian varieties can be noted such as Montepulciano and Sangiovese.
In Japan and China, vigorous grape varieties have been grown since ancient times, but the climate of those places is characterized by high humidity.
Japanese varieties of Manicure Finger and Tien Shan are also known in our territories.
With excessive moisture and poor ventilation of air grapes will destroy the disease, but the way out, of course, was found.
This construction of arbors as a support for the grape bush. The vertical support held the plant above the soil surface, and the shoots, forming horizontal tiers, were well lit and aired. Care for the vineyard was simplified. Sometimes dry trees were used as a support.
The growers of the central part of Europe also grew strong-growing varieties.
These varieties include Buffalo, Riesling and Anthony the Great.
They were attracted by high yields, but with a stara garter system, the vineyards suffered from diseases and pests due to poor ventilation and laboriousness in processing and care.
In the thirties of the last century, the famous Austrian winegrower Lens Moser invented a vertical trellis. This development made it possible to simplify and facilitate the work of the grower, to consolidate the planting, to significantly increase the yield.
Care
Caring for the grape variety Arko is similar to other varieties. Comprehensive measures of protection against diseases and pests are common to all grape varieties, but it should be noted that the incidence on arches is significantly reduced, as the plant is well ventilated, and care and processing is facilitated by accessibility to the soil and the plant as a whole.
Pests and diseases
Pest control begins with the usual weeding of weeds in the vineyard.
The mulching of the soil under the bushes has proven itself well. Moisture is preserved and weed germination is single.
The fact is that the cicadas, wireworms, shovels and many other pests take shelter in weeds.
When caterpillars of the biennial moth or grape varieties, aphids or some unknown pest in dangerous quantities for the plant appear on the leaves or clusters, sprinkle the grapes with the insect repellent pest strictly according to the instructions for the preparation.
Increased resistance to mildew and oidium allows you to grow this variety in places with a damp climate, which is favorable for the development of fungal diseases.
But in the event that there are signs of a disease or something, you are alerted when examining plants, make grapes treatment with therapeutic and prophylactic preparations Quadris 250 or Acrobat.
These drugs have a wide range of actions, they belong to the group of complex drugs, penetrate the plant and reach the place of infection, if such have already appeared. The instructions for the drug indicate the duration of the protective action of the chosen means.
Read about the signs that such diseases as anthracnose, bacteriosis, chlorosis, rubella and bacterial cancer express in certain materials of our website.
Arched grape varieties are numerous and varied. The number of their fans is growing every year, and the variety with the uncomplicated name Arched has a great future.
