Grapes Lady fingers - the leader among grape varieties
Today this variety is considered to be one of the mostpopular among table varieties. Grapes Ladies fingers became popular due to sweet and sour taste, excellent transportability and low requirements to growing conditions.
It is grown in the south of Russia, in Transcaucasia, in the Crimea and in other regions where a warm, humid climate prevails.
The leaves of this plant are of medium size. They are tender, painted in light color, have sagging edges and a slight kink.
Variety of grapesfairly large and long clusters, usually loose and branched, the average weight of each - about four hundred grams. The berries are yellow-green in color and have an oval shape and a slight waxy coating. They are large enough, up to four centimeters long. They have a strong and elastic peel, easily separated from a slightly crispy, juicy, but weakly pulpy pulp.
Grapes Ladies fingers has one distinctive feature - it does not have pits. In addition, he has a very pleasant and harmonious taste.
On the bush, berries are kept long enough, however, they are not suitable for storage and long-term transportation. Most of all, this variety is used for drying and consumption in raw form.
The bushes of this variety have a weak frost resistance. For the winter they must be covered, before cutting off excess branches. In addition, in conditions of high and prolonged humidity, the berries begin to decay. In addition, grapes Ladies fingers are very demanding to constant watering.
It takes root by cuttings. Planting is carried out in the spring or autumn seasons in the soil with sufficient moisture. The bushes of this grapes are vigorous, with an aging vine, on which there are about thirty percent of fertile shoots.
Most often the plant is affected byoidium. And the disease covers not only shoots and leaves, but also clusters, forming a gray coating on them. In this case, the berries cease to grow and start to crack, and the inflorescences do not open, they die. Dry, falling, and leaves, and around the plant begins to spread a specific smell, like a herring. These diseases progress in hot weather, retreating in the rainy season.
For the prevention of grapes Ladies fingersmust be sprinkled before hibernation, so that the fungus ceases to reproduce. A similar procedure is also carried out after harvesting, previously cutting off an extra dry vine. In general, experienced crop growers pay attention to the signs of diseases in time and immediately begin to fight them. In addition, to improve fruiting, the grapes are cut in spring, leaving from seven to nine shoots on average with ten eyes on each bush.
