Among the technical varieties grown for making wine and juice, "Gift of Magaracha" - one of the best.
And it is no coincidence, because this variety has excellent characteristics, which include frost resistance, high yield and ability to withstand many diseases.
In addition, the "Gift of Magaracha" easy to clean and not demanding.
What kind is it?
White grapes "Gift of Magaracha" is a technical grade of the average ripening period. This is a time-tested variety that is cultivated in both professional and home viticulture.
Technical varieties also include Levokumsky, Bianca and August.
"Gift of Magarach" is grown for the production of white table, dessert and strong wine, as well as brandy wine. Wine made from this variety has received a very high rating during professional tasting - 7.4 points out of 8 possible.
In addition, the variety is good for preparing high-quality grape juice, compotes and soft drinks.
Grapes Gift Magaracha: description of the variety
Bushes varieties "Gift Magaracha" are sredneroslymi or vigorous. The leaves have a weakly divided five-lobed form. Glossy sheet plate without pubescence speckled with mesh wrinkles.
Small size when fully ripe, the clusters can weigh from 150 to 200 g. The shape of clusters is cylindroconical and medium friability. Not very large berries weighing up to 2 g are colored white with a pinkish blush. As maturation color becomes more saturated.
Fruits of round shape are covered with well visible wax coating. The pulp of the fruit is slightly slimy and spreading when ripe. The skin of the berries is thin and quite elastic. Berries have a pleasant sweet-wine taste. The amount of sugars - from 21 to 24%, and acids - from 8 to 10 g / l. The juice content in the fruit is from 75 to 85%.
The flowers of the grapes "Magarach's Gift" are bisexual. It does not need additional pollination by other varieties.
Montepulciano, Julian and Hadji Murat also possess bisexual flowers.
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Photo grapes "Gift of Magaracha":
Breeding history and breeding region
"The gift of Magarach" is the result of the work of Ukrainian breeders VNIIViV "Magarach". It is obtained by the difficult crossing of the Georgian variety Rkatsiteli and the hybrid "Magarach 2-57-72"produced from "Mtsvane Kakheti" and "Sochi Black". The variety was entered into the Register for industrial viticulture in Ukraine in 1987.
Specifications
"The gift of Magarach" is distinguished by high yield - it is capable of producing from 120 to 140 centners of berries per hectare. Maturation of the crop - from 125 to 130 days.
Amethyst Novocherkassky, Muscat summer and Kishmish Radiant also demonstrate high yields.
The maturity of its shoots is excellent with a fruiting ratio of 1.5. In addition, each fruitful escape can withstand a load of up to 2 or even 3 clusters.
The total load on one bush is from 45 to 50 buds. When pruning on one shoot left from 3 to 4 eyes. The best stock for the grade is Kober 5BV.
Frost resistance "Gift Magaracha" - up to -25 ° C. The variety is recommended for cultivation in semi-covering and non-covering culture. He tolerates mild winters. The need for winter warming of the grapes depends on the weather.
If you expect a cold and snowless winter, it is better to err and cover the bushes of grapes. There are many ways to warm this culture. The dry shelter showed itself well.
To do this, the vine is placed on a dry material in the form of roofing material or wooden boards. Next, it is covered with plastic wrap, and on top - with any insulating material.
Super Extra, Arched and Alex are also highly resistant to frost.
Variety "Gift of Magaracha" has a high regenerative ability. In case of freezing at too low winter temperatures, the shrub quickly recovers in the spring.
For a good harvest, grape bushes need timely and proper pruning.. The recommended form of the bush for the variety "Gift of Magaracha" is a two-armed cordon. When planting, the distance between bushes should be from 80 to 90 cm, and between rows from 1 to 1.5 m. Augustus and Levokumsky are planted in the same way.
The variety can grow on any land except marsh and salt marsh. But best of all the grapes belong to the loose fertile humus.
Too acidic soil is fertilized with lime, and potassium salts, ammonium chloride and sulphate are added to alkaline. Top dressings for grapes are selected individually, depending on the composition of the soil and the weather conditions in the cultivation region.
Diseases and pests
"The gift of Magarach" has a high resistance to mildew, phylloxera and gray rot and medium to oidium. To protect against oidium, grape bushes need double preventive spraying with a solution of colloidal sulfur (90 g per 10 l of water).
Spraying can be replaced by sulfur dusting, which is carried out at air temperature not lower than 20 ° С. Also against oidium effective treatment of plants with a solution of iron or copper sulphate. Preventive measures are carried out before flowering and after. Do not forget about the prevention of such common grape diseases as anthracnose, chlorosis and bacteriosis.
The most common pests of grapes are grape pruritus and moth.
To protect the plant from the moth in early spring, the shtamps of the bush and the vine are cleaned of the old and exfoliated bark, which is immediately burned.
Then the above-ground parts of the bush are treated with an aqueous solution of copper sulphate in the calculation of 10 g per 10 liters with the addition of 50 g of colloidal sulfur or another preparation (Polykhym, Polycarbacin, Kaptan, Radomil).
The fight against grape pruritus consists in spraying the bushes with a solution of 2% Nitrafen. This is done in spring, while the buds have not yet dissolved, and when this has already happened, the green mass of the plant is pollinated with ground sulfur at an air temperature of 20 ° C and higher.
As fruit ripen, winegrowers encounter new pests - birds and wasps. Among the measures of protection from birds are sound repellents, rattles, shiny objects, stretched over the bushes of the grid, as well as special mesh bags, worn on clusters.
Gardeners get rid of wasps by using traps, which are bottles of sugar or honey syrup mixed with insecticide. If they are found on the site of the wasp nests should be removed and burned.
Choosing seedlings for your site, pay attention to the "Gift Magaracha." This is a worthy variety that, with proper care, is able to provide you with homemade wine of excellent quality for many years.
