C-GROUP VARIETIES
for growing against southern walls
in C zone only
Heat accumulation zone
Suvesoojuse tsoonid Eestis 		Accumulated temperatures above +10 C
Aktiivsete temperatuuride summa
Warm summer
C
> 2000
      * In the list of recommended varieties in Estonia
Variety & Winter cover Features of variety Advantages and disadvantages

'Albo Varheaja'
hardy 		Berries
with waxy coating and jellied content.
Leaves
with 3 low lobes, tomentose on lower side. Shoot has lilac colour and heavy hairs near the nodes. 		Advantages
  • fruitful
  • shoots ripen well
  • Oidium resistant
  • berries persist well
    Disadvantages
  • a lot of seeds in a berry
  • blooms early

    • 'Rondo'

    ('GM 6494/5')
    needs covering     		Berries
    with waxy coating, dense exocarp, juicy.
    Leaves
    with 3 or 5 low lobes, dark green, rugged, red in autumn.     		Advantages
  • fructifies in youth already
  • fruitful
  • suitable for winemaking
  • good as a houseplant
    Disadvantages
  • big seeds
  • berries attract birds

    • 'Shirvinta'


    needs light cover     		Berries
    big, red, with jellied content. Syncarp is dense.
    Leaves
    with low lobes, arched and tomentose on lower side. Yellow autumn colour.     		Advantages
  • big berries
  • shoots ripen well
  • young plants grow successfully
    Disadvantages
  • functional female blossoms, however fructifies well.

    • 'Skujins 675'

    ('Moskovski Ustoitshivõi)
    needs light cover     		Berries
    small, yellow with pinkish hue as ripe. Seeds gleam through exocarp. Syncarp is thin.
    Leaves
    have thin hairs.
    		Advantages
  • delicious
  • suitable for winemaking
    Disadvantages
  • seeds disturb eating
  • needs warm summer

    • 'Triumph nr.5'
    needs covering     		Berries
    with thin exocarp, juicy.
    Leaves
    with 5 deep lobes.     		Advantages
  • needs a little care
  • blooms late
  • berries develop fast
    Disadvantages
  • Botrytis injures berries
  • susceptible to Oidium

    • 'Valiant'
    hardy     		Berries
    with jellied content. Syncarp is cylindrical.
    Leaves
    with 3 low lobes and acuminate tip.     		Advantages
  • shoots ripen well
  • tolerant to growing place
  • proper as an ornamental plant
    Disadvantages
  • blooms early
  • berries develop slowly
  • unimportant as a table grape
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