Today there are a huge number of grape varieties. However, they can be conditionally divided into two groups: wine grapes and table grapes. They are very different from each other.
Wine variety is intended, as the name implies, for making wines. The appearance of its berries and their taste are much inferior to table varieties, which not only look appetizing, but also have an excellent taste. This article describes the Novocherkassk Jubilee grape, which has long been considered one of the best table varieties.
Appearance and description of berries
Relate it to complex interspecific hybrids. This variety was bred by V. N. Krainov. The Novocherkassk Anniversary grapes are distinguished by their ultra-early or early ripening. Berries can be eaten after 3 months, sometimes earlier.
Its flowers are considered bisexual. This plant is well pollinated. It begins to bloom en masse already in the first days of summer.
Grape varietyThe anniversary of Novocherkassk is famous for the size of its bunches. They most often weigh about 800 grams, but can reach up to 1.6 kilograms. However, records were also recorded - sometimes a bunch had a weight of three kilograms. Not subject to pea. In shape - conical or cylindrical-conical. The clusters are not too dense.
The berry itself reaches a mass of 11 to 19 grams. Its size is approximately 3.8x2.3 cm. It is oval in shape, slightly elongated. When fully ripe, the fruits may be pure pink or yellow or white. Fruit pulp is juicy. Differs in fleshiness. Taste is very high. The skin is not too thick, so it is not felt when eating them.
Grapes Anniversary of Novocherkassk: variety description and characteristics
This variety produces very abundant and regular harvests. Studies have shown that the acidity of berries is 5.9 grams per cubic decimeter, and their sugar content is 16.8 grams per the same volume.
It is worth noting separately that Novocherkassk Anniversary grapes are distinguished by excellent ripening of shoots and considerable growth power. If you propagate it by cuttings, then the resulting rooting percentage will pleasantly surprise the gardener. This variety is perfectly compatible with rootstocks. The fruiting vine is usually pruned to a maximum of ten buds, a minimum of eight.
Recommended plant load is (if the nutrient area is four to six square meters):
- shoots - from twenty-two totwenty-four per bush;
- eyes - from thirty to forty-five.
The grape variety Anniversary of Novocherkassk is characterized by fairly good frost resistance (does not freeze at temperatures down to -23°С) and resistance to fungal diseases.
Today, this variety is very popular with Russian and Ukrainian winegrowers. After all, it has excellent taste qualities of fruits, and at the same time, its clusters have an excellent presentation and do not deteriorate during transportation.
However, do not forget that the Anniversary of Novocherkassk is a grape (photo above), which will bear fruit well only if the shoots are tied up and broken off in time, the number of clusters on one plant is adjusted, and pruning will be done according to all the rules.
Characteristics of the best table varieties
The best table grape varieties include only those plants that meet all of the following points.
- Table grapes must have bunches that are not damaged during transport.
- Bunch size medium or large.
- The seeds in its berries should be small and easily separated from the pulp.
- The fruits themselves must have an excellent presentation.
- The skin on the fruit should be thin and preferably easy to peel off.
- The pulp of the berries should be fleshy and at the same time very juicy.
- The fruits of table grapes should not dry out for a long time.
- The berries have a slight wax coating.
- The color of the fruits is uniform. The color is deep and rich.
- The shape of berries and bunches is neat and symmetrical.
Grapes Anniversary Novocherkassk, of course, has all of the above characteristics. That is why he was ranked among the best table varieties. But, of course, there are other popular table grape varieties. Most people talk about three. I would like to say a few words about them.
Variety Bogatyanovsky
Refers to hybrid varieties, early ripening. The clusters are quite large. They can reach a mass of up to 0.8 kilograms. The berry weighs about fifteen grams, its size is 2.7-3.4 mm. Fruit color is yellowish-green. The main positive qualities are rather high frost resistance, plentiful harvests, fruiting regularity and excellent taste.
Variety Beauty
Also applies to hybrid varieties. Ripening time is early. The mass of the bunch is at least half a kilogram. The berries of this plant are large, rich red color with fleshy and very juicy pulp. The main difference of the variety is a small number of seeds in the fruit.
Grapes Transformation
Another early ripe hybrid variety with large clusters, the mass of which can reach from 0.7 to 1.4 kilograms. The pink berry has an oval shape. Under the thin skin is a tasty and juicy pulp. The main positive qualities of this variety are rather high frost resistance and plentiful regular harvests.
