B-GROUP VARIETIES
for growing against southern walls
B & C zone
Heat accumulation zone
Suvesoojuse tsoonid Eestis 		Accumulated temperatures above +10 C
Aktiivsete temperatuuride summa
Moderate summer B
1900 - 2000
Warm summer C
> 2000

      * In the list of recommended varieties in Estonia
Variety & Winter cover Features of variety Advantages and disadvantages

'Blaue Burgunder'
needs covering 		Berries
with waxy coating, they have few seeds. Syncarp is tight.
Leaves
have 5 deep lobes, leaf margins turn downwards. Leaves turn red early in autumn. 		Advantages
  • suitable for winemaking
  • blooms late
  • berries develope fast
  • shoots ripen early
    Disadvantages
  • syncarp is small

    • 'ES 9-7-48'
    needs light cover     		Berries
    have bitterish taste.
    Leaves
    grooved, with low lobes, serrated margin and acuminated tip.     		Advantages
  • suitable for winemaking
    Disadvantages
  • blooms early
  • fructifies badly if flowering season is chilly
  • worthless as table grape
  • berries attract birds

    • 'Guna'


    needs light cover     		Berries
    big, jellied, difficult to pick because separate poorly from stalks. There are tiny berries in syncarp because of pistillate.
    Leaves
    big, with 3 or 5 low lobes, tomentose on lower side. Yellow autumn colour.     		Advantages
  • big valuable berries
  • used in breeding as mother plant
    Disadvantages
  • needs extra pollination
  • big seeds
  • berries split
  • wasps love its berries
  • unsuitable for greenhouse

    • 'Madeleine Angevine'
    needs covering     		Berries
    big, with gristly flesh. There are tiny berries in syncarp because of pistillate.
    Leaves
    with 5 lobes, with tenuous hairs on both sides.     		Advantages
  • big syncarps
  • valuable table grape
    Disadvantages
  • needs extra pollination
  • susceptible to Oidium
  • berries split

    • 'Severnői Rannii'
    needs covering     		Berries
    a bit oval, with pinkish hue.
    Leaves
    with 5 deep lobes and serrate margin.     		Advantages
  • tasty berries
  • small seeds
    Disadvantages
  • small crop
  • susceptible to Oidium

    • 'Siegerrebe'
    needs covering     		Berries
    red, a bit oval.
    Leaves
    with low lobes and grenate margin. Yellow autumn colour.     		Advantages
  • blooms late
  • berries develope fast
  • nice berries
    Disadvantages

    • 'Spulga'
    needs light cover     		Berries
    purplish red. Syncarp is quite thin.
    Leaves
    with 3 lobes.     		Advantages
  • shoots ripen well
  • tolerant to growing place
    Disadvantages
  • susceptible to Oidium

    • 'Sukribe'*
    needs light cover     		Berries
    with tough exocarp and jellied content.
    Leaves
    have various shape, mostly with 3 lobes. Yellow autumn colour.     		Advantages
  • shoots ripen well
  • is adapted to chilly summer
  • tolerant to growing place
    Disadvantages
  • not very nice as an ornamental plant
  • can be problems with flavour

    • 'Summersweet'

    ('ES 5-4-35')
    needs light cover     		Berries
    equal sized and grey waxy coating.
    Leaves
    with 3 lobes, acute apex, a bit tomentose on lower side. Hairy petiole.     		Advantages
  • healthy foliage
  • quite hardy
  • berries persistent on the plant
    Disadvantages
  • big seeds

    • 'Toldi'
    hardy     		Berries
    blue. Percentage of seeds in a berry is over 10.
    Leaves
    with 3 low lobes. Leaf margin is low.     		Advantages
  • fruitful
  • suitable for winemaking
  • tolerant to growing place
    Disadvantages
  • blooms early
  • worthless as a table grape
    • Top