Arch grapes: a productive and decorative winter-hardy variety

Advantages and disadvantages

When deciding to grow the “arch” grape variety, it is important to familiarize yourself with its advantages and disadvantages in advance.

The main advantages of the variety:

• Impeccable taste.
• High content of useful microelements in fruits.
• Good fruitfulness and high yields.
• Early ripening.
• Frost resistance.
• Good keeping quality and transportability.

Also, the bushes are unpretentious in care and have decorative qualities, which allows them to be used, among other things, to decorate the site.

The variety has few disadvantages and they are associated with taste, which deteriorates due to the dense peel and the presence of large seeds inside the berries.

Origin

“Arched” grapes are the result of breeding work by scientists at the All-Russian Research Institute of Winemaking and Viticulture named after. ME AND. Potapenko , located in Novocherkassk.

Parents of the arched one - “friendship” and “intervitis magarach”

The varieties Druzhba, characterized by frost resistance, early ripening and good immunity to diseases, and Intervitis magaracha, which is also characterized by resistance to frost and fungal infections, were selected as genetic material.

Reference! Among winegrowers, such names as “colored”, “pink friendship”, “III 14-1-1” and “flower arched” are also common.

Shelter for the winter

Arch grapes are not afraid of frost. In the first years of vineyard life, they need shelter for the winter.

The plants are carefully removed from the supports and placed on the soil. The shelter can be made with agricultural material: agrospan or spunbond. This covering agricultural material facilitates the passage of oxygen to the bushes. As well as creating excellent conditions for successful wintering of the plant. In the north, grapes require good shelter. You need to throw spruce branches on top. And also sprinkle it all with earth.

Important information! If the winter turns out to be little snow, it is necessary to additionally cover the grapevine.

Main characteristics

The variety is characterized by stable yield - on average, one bush can produce 10-12 kg of berries. It is also worth noting such varieties as “anyuta”, “lily of the valley” and “transformation”.

Maturation period and class

“Archny” is an early-ripening grape variety; 110-120 days pass from the moment the buds set until the crop is ready for harvesting.

Bush

The bushes are vigorous, young shoots grow up to 3 m in length, fruitful shoots make up 65-80% of the total. A distinctive feature of the vine is its elasticity, thanks to which the shoots can be given any shape.

The leaves are large, serrated and bright green.

Bunches and berries

After flowering, up to 15-20 dense, medium-sized clusters are formed on each shoot. They have a conical or cylindrical-conical shape, and each weighs on average 400-600 g.

The berries are one-dimensional, oval-nipple in shape, grow up to 25 mm in length, 18 mm in width and weigh approximately 5-8 g.

The skin is thick and dense, at the beginning of ripening it has a yellowish-pink color, and by the time of harvest it becomes bright burgundy. The color depends on the degree of illumination of the fruits - the more sun they get, the stronger and more saturated their color. The pulp is juicy and aromatic, there are many fairly large seeds inside.

Fruit sugar content is 16-18%, acidity is 4-5 g/l. In addition, the berries contain iron, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, manganese, chlorine, sodium, sulfur, zinc, iodine, chromium, boron and vitamins B and C.

Taste

The berries have a sweet taste with a pleasant floral flavor and aroma. However, the taste is slightly spoiled by the dense, astringent and sour skin and the presence of seeds, which give the grapes a grassy taste.

A little history

The Arochny variety is a hybrid of Russian selection. The authors are scientists from the Russian VNIIViV named after. ME AND. Potapenko. In some sources, Arched has other names: III-14-1-1, Pink Friendship or Tsvetnoy. According to known information, the Intervitis Magaracha grape variety and the white-berry Druzhba grape variety were chosen for crossing.

Botanical properties

The vine of the Arch grape variety is vigorous and, with good care, reaches three meters. The variety is early ripening, frost-resistant. The grapes propagate well from cuttings. Having planted a vine, you can get the first harvest in the second year.

Not every gardener will risk making new plantings without knowing the details about the plant. Therefore, we will present to our readers a description with a photo of the Arochny grape variety. In this photo the plant is three years old.

Description of fruits

1. Arochny's clusters are large, with medium-sized berries, their weight reaches 400-600 grams. They have a standard cylindrical-conical shape. The grapes are almost the same size; there are no peas on dense clusters.
2. The berries measure 18x25 mm and weigh about 6 grams. The shape is oval-nipple. The color of the berries is interesting, flowing from pink to red. Especially bright, as gardeners write in reviews, are the fruits of the Arochny grape variety, growing on the sunny side.
3. The pulp is juicy, tasty and aromatic. Tasters give the Arochny variety 7.7 out of 10 points.
4. But not everyone likes the thick skin and large number of seeds of this grape variety.
5. The berries contain enough sugar – 16-18%, acid – about 5 g/l.

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Beneficial features

The description of the variety would not be complete if we did not talk about the beneficial properties of the grapes. Berries are rich in chlorine and sodium, sulfur and zinc, iodine and chromium, boron. In addition, they contain glucose, fructose, ascorbic acid and pectin.

By consuming the Arochny grape variety, you can:

• strengthen the immune system and normalize blood pressure;
• get rid of pain symptoms in the joints;
• forget about insomnia.

Doctors recommend fresh grape juice for many diseases.

In the photo: Arochny will soon be in time.

Features of cultivation

Proper care is the key to healthy grapes and a high-quality and abundant harvest.

Landing

The most suitable time for planting arched grapes is the end of spring, warm May days. In this case, the hole in which the grapes will be planted should be prepared in the fall , this will allow the substrate in it to be filled with oxygen during the winter. In addition, the soil will have time to freeze well, which will help destroy harmful microorganisms.

“Arched” grape seedlings take root in any soil, but prefer sandy and sandy loam. In the first case, the drainage layer may not be used; in all others, it will not be possible to do without it.

Reference! Garden soil should be fertilized in advance by adding at least 2 buckets of humus, 0.5 buckets of ash and 0.5 kg of azofoska.

The bushes should be planted on the southwestern or southeastern side of the site, in a place where there are no tall trees nearby, since the “arched” one loves good light and sun.

You also need to monitor the groundwater level - the permissible depth is at least 2.5 m. The fact is that this grape variety has a developed root system that goes deep into the ground, and increased humidity will lead to rotting of the roots and will negatively affect the volume and quality of the harvest .

Watering and fertilizing

It is necessary to water the bushes weekly; depending on weather conditions, each bush will require 10-20 liters of warm, preheated or heated water in the sun. In August, when the grapes begin to prepare for winter, watering should be suspended. To moisten the soil, use a drainage and watering tube installed during planting.

To stimulate growth, development, improve decorative qualities and immunity, arched grapes must be regularly fed with mineral (potassium salt, ammonium nitrate, superphosphate and potassium chloride) and organic (bird droppings, manure, compost, peat) fertilizers.

Fertilizing should be done in early spring (immediately after removing the winter cover), 10 days before flowering, after the formation of clusters of berries, during the ripening of the crop and before preparing for winter.

Trimming

When pruning “arched” bushes, you should leave 2 lashes – fruiting and replacement. The first one needs to be cut to 5-8 buds, and the second one needs to be left with 2. Already in the next season, the replacement vine will become fruit-bearing and will need to be replaced by a younger one. This rotation is repeated annually.

Important! In the first season, it is forbidden to form and trim bushes; such procedures are permissible only for the 2nd year.

Diseases and pests

The “arched” grape variety is resistant to mildew and gray rot, but it can be affected by oidium (powdery mildew). Therefore, in order to prevent diseases, before the buds swell, the vine should be treated with a solution of copper sulfate, and if symptoms of infection appear on the shoots, with Bordeaux mixture.

Among the pests, root phylloxera is a danger to “arched” bushes.

Frost resistance

The variety has fairly high frost resistance and can tolerate air temperatures down to -25 °C. When growing in a southern climate, the bushes do not need to be covered, but if we are talking about the Central zone, then covering is required, especially if there is little snow in the winter.

Harvest storage

“Arched” storage option
After harvesting, the brushes need to be sorted out: those with some damage should be sent for processing, and intact and healthy ones should be placed in wooden boxes and stored in a dark, cool room with moderate humidity. In such conditions, the grapes are stored until January.

Regions

The “arched” grape variety is recommended for cultivation in mid-latitudes and northern regions.

How to care for the Arch variety

The length of the shoots of a vigorous variety in the first year reaches 2.5-3.2 m. The variety allows you to achieve full coverage of a large gazebo in just a couple of years. When growing on an arch, you don’t have to worry about covering the plant before the cold weather. Early ripening of the vines is an additional advantage.

The first berries will appear 3 years after planting

Pruning is done in the middle. It should be borne in mind that the highest fruitfulness is concentrated in the area of ​​the base of the shoots. The recommended load on the bush reaches 35-40 buds.

Reproduction

Rooting cuttings is a fairly simple process. The variety has excellent compatibility with rootstocks. To carry out cuttings, it is necessary to dig recesses, the size of which reaches 80x80 cm. A drainage layer is placed on the surface of the bottom, which consists of expanded clay or crushed stone. If necessary, you can lower a pipe into the hole for root irrigation. The lower part of the depression is filled with fertile soil, which is mixed with a small amount of mineral fertilizer and humus. The cuttings, which were previously cut from the bush, go deep into the prepared soil. As a rule, rooting can be achieved within 3 months.

Comparison with analogues

Let's compare the “arched” one with its main competitors.

Description

According to the technical characteristics of the berries, the Arochny hybrid belongs to the group of table grape varieties. The direction of use of the crop is fresh consumption. The bunches ripen early (115-125 days), in most regions they are harvested during August, so the berries are eaten with pleasure. Craftsmen make homemade wines of good quality from Arochny grapes.

The bushes are vigorous, the length of young vines is at least 3 meters. The proportion of fruitful shoots is from 65 to 80% of the total volume. The recommended load is 30-40 buds per plant. Use a medium pruning pattern (6-8 eyes) or a short one (3 to 4 eyes). The variety is characterized by high fruitfulness in the lower part of the vine and 100% ripening of shoots. They become covered with wood by the end of August.

Fruit characteristics

For the winegrower, the size of the bunch is important; for Arochny it is medium, weighing from 400 to 600 g. Their shape is conical, the structure is dense. The berries are one-dimensional, oval-nipple, width 18 mm, length 25 mm, weighing about 6 g.

The color is memorable, appetizing in pink-red shades of varying intensities. Clusters that are well lit by the sun are more colored at the time of harvest. The berries have tasty, aromatic pulp containing a sufficient amount of juice (acids 5 g/l, sugars 16-18%). Tasting assessment of taste – 7.7 points. The thick skin and large seeds deserve criticism. There are a lot of them in berries.

Productivity

Arch grapes begin to bear fruit at 2 years of age. On each fruitful shoot, 2 clusters are formed. The harvest begins in August. The bunches, thanks to their beautiful shape and original color, have a marketable appearance and do not suffer during transportation.

Scope of use of the crop:

• sale;
• juice;
• wine;
• jam;
• cabbage rolls made from leaves.

Photo

Below, see photos and reviews of the “arched” variety.

Reviews

The variety is productive and stable, resistant to diseases, and looks attractive in appearance. Very vigorous, just right for a gazebo. Elena Nikolaevna, Kyiv

To me, Archny tastes like grass. The bunches are not very large, and the berries are not very large either. Arthur Bormalaev, Moscow region

Arched has a marketable appearance, but the taste is mediocre. Quite an unpretentious variety, for sale. Ignatiy Pavlovich, Zhytomyr region.