Baklanovsky grapes: characteristics and cultivation features

Growing grapes on your own is a fun and rewarding activity. Since ancient times, our ancestors have been doing it. If in the wild forest they came across a vine with good-tasting berries, then it was transplanted closer to human habitation. This is how the selection of this popular culture began.

Today among hundreds varieties and hybrid forms, each winegrower can choose grapes to suit his taste. There are varieties that are recognized as the best by most gardeners. Baklanovsky grapes are one of these popular varieties.

Content:

• Delight oval or cormorant grapes
• Characteristics of Delight oval berries
• Baklanovsky grapes, growing features

Delight oval or cormorant grapes

Based on the varieties Vostorg and Original, the hereditary winegrower Svetlana Ivanovna Krasokhina, in collaboration with her father and other breeders, developed a hybrid form, which was called Baklanovsky grapes. A synonym for this name is Delight oval. Work on creating the variety was carried out at the Institute of Viticulture named after. N. I. Potapenko.

One of the parent forms is grape Delight gave rise to many different varieties and hybrids of this crop. They all received the best characteristics from him. Baklanovsky belongs to the early ripening varieties of table grapes. It takes approximately three months or 115 days for the berries to fully ripen from the moment the buds open until the ripe clusters are removed.

Delight oval is characterized by bushes of medium height, on which bisexual flowers are present. In southern regions it can grow on its own roots; in areas with cooler climates it grows well in grafts on rootstocks.

When grown on rootstocks, the yield of bushes and the size of berries increases by a third. The desired load per bush is 40 buds. The shoots ripen well. Fruitfulness of shoots - 85%. The clusters are large. Their average weight is 650 grams. If agricultural practices are followed and in favorable conditions, the weight of one bunch of this grape can reach up to 0.9 kg. The bunch of Baklanovsky grapes is moderately dense.

The berries are white-green. The shape is oval, they may have a small pronounced papilla. The variety is characterized by good winter hardiness; it can withstand frosts down to -25 degrees. Quite resistant to all fungal diseases, including:

• mildew
• phylloxera
• gray rot
• oidium

The variety is characterized by stable and good yield. About 150 centners can be removed from 1 hectare of area. Also to the advantages varieties applies:

• not affected by wasps
• does not fall off the bushes after ripening
• the taste does not deteriorate due to late harvesting
• tolerates transportation well
• has high commercial qualities

The disadvantages of the variety include a drop in yield as the bushes mature. Most often this happens due to a large number of leaves blocking sunlight from the ripening berries.

Removing some of the leaves solves the problem. Also, during unfavorable winters in cold regions, up to a third of flower buds may freeze. Many winegrowers grow cormorant grapes because of the excellent taste of the berries.

Characteristics of Delight oval berries

The berries of Delight oval are quite large in size.Their weight reaches 8 grams. The average size of grapes is 28 by 23 mm. The skin is thin but durable. The pulp of the berries is crispy, fleshy and very juicy, light green or yellowish in color. Taste grapes simple, harmonious, quite neutral. The berries contain:

• acids 5-6 g per cubic meter. d
• sugars 18 - 23 g per 100 cubic meters. cm

It should be noted that in favorable years the sugar content reaches 26 g. These indicators reach the optimal ratio between August 10 and 15, when it is customary to pick bunches of Cormorant grapes from the bushes. The maturity of the berries is indicated by the acquisition of a yellowish color and the appearance of dried berries in the clusters.

In very warm years, the harvest can be harvested at the end of July, in cold years - after August 20. The tasting score of ripe berries of this variety is 8.5 points. If fresh storage conditions are met, cormorant bunches will last for 2-3 months without deteriorating in taste. To get a decent harvest of Delight oval, you need to know about some of the features of its cultivation.

Baklanovsky grapes, growing features

To increase resistance to low temperatures in winter, for this variety you need to choose southern slopes with good protection from the wind, especially in winter. In areas with a temperate climate, it is good to grow cormorant in a wall culture. It is desirable that each bush has an area of ​​3.0 m by 1.5 m. When growing Delight oval, you should avoid placing it in waterlogged, swampy and saline areas.

Shoots require pruning with 8 - 10 eyes. It should be noted that when the shoots are overloaded, the berries become smaller. To get smooth and beautiful brushes, you need to lighten them.Despite the high resistance to diseases, it is advisable to treat the bushes Bordeaux mixture twice at the beginning of the season.

It is advisable to carry out the first treatment no later than mid-May, and the second after flowering. If there is a threat of infection, you can spray again at the pea-sized berry stage.

This variety responds well to watering. With timely moistening, the productivity of the bushes can be increased by a third, and the weight of the berries - up to 10 grams. In all other respects, the agricultural technology for growing Baklanov grapes does not differ from growing other early table varieties.

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