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Despite the fact that grapes are a heat-loving plant, they are grown in many regions of Russia, even in areas of risky farming. One of the favorite varieties is the Kesha grape. It has a high yield and delicious berries.
The plant grows well, the yield increases from year to year. The main thing is to follow the rules of care and cultivation, take into account the characteristics of the variety. Experienced gardeners are advised to have at least a few bushes of the variety on their vineyards so that you can enjoy delicious and aromatic fruits.
Description of the variety
Kesha grapes are large-fruited and fruitful varieties. The authors are Russian breeders VNIIViV them. ME AND. Potapenko. The parents of the Kesha variety are the Frumoas Albe and Delight grapes. Kesha is often called FV-6-5 or Improved Rapture.
- According to the description of the variety, Kesha grapes are early ripening, technical maturity occurs 4–4.5 months after the buds have blossomed, that is, mid or late August.
- Plants are tall, grow up to 5 meters per season. The flowers are bisexual, so there are no problems with pollination.
- There are practically no peas on large clusters. They are distinguished by their density and tightness. The length of the bunch is about 24 cm. The brushes themselves have a conical or cylindrical shape and a long stem. The weight of one cluster of Kesha variety is from 600 grams to one kilogram.
It is necessary to monitor the bushes and avoid overloading: there are no more than two brushes on one shoot. - Based on the description of the grape variety, the berries are initially green, pale yellow in technical ripeness, as in the photo below.
- The fruits of this grape variety are homogeneous, with sweet pulp. The skin is firm, but not uncomfortable when eaten. But during transportation, the berries do not crumple, they retain an excellent presentation. In sweet berries, with a delicate aroma of flowers, there are only 2-3 seeds. Sugar 20-25%, acids 4.8-8 g / l. The shape of the berries, weighing up to 14 grams, is round.
Characteristics of grapes
The characteristics are excellent, which increases the popularity of the variety among gardeners:
- Table Kesha grapes are frost-resistant, can withstand temperatures up to -23 degrees, so they are grown even in regions with risky farming.
- Differs in excellent keeping quality: shelf life in the refrigerator is long.
- Transportability is high, so grapes are grown not only in garden plots, but also on an industrial scale.
- Rooting of cuttings and early fruiting. With proper care, the first bunches can be removed within two years.
- The plant is unpretentious in care, resistant to many grape diseases, including mildew. But bacterial diseases and powdery mildew without treatment (two or even three times during the growing season) with Bordeaux liquid and fungicides are almost impossible to avoid.
Care and cultivation
The grapes of this variety, as well as its hybrid variants, are lovers of sunny places and fertile soil. It is necessary to plant cuttings of grapes of the first and second generation mixed with other varieties, since self-pollination will not occur if there is only one variety. After all, the flowers are only female.
Watering is necessary evenly, with sufficient rainfall only twice a year. Grapes are fed with phosphorus-potassium fertilizers once a year.During the growing season, pruning of shoots is carried out so that the plant is not overloaded.
Grapes and their descendants, according to gardeners, need shelter, despite their frost resistance. Therefore, after the autumn feeding and pruning, the vine is removed from the trellis and well covered.
Kesha varieties
The Kesha grape variety has its own ancestral line of the first and second generations. It is difficult for beginners to understand them, since they are similar in description and taste, although there are still differences:
- Kesha variety;
- first generation - Kesha - 1 (Super Kesha or Talisman, Kesha radiant);
- second generation - Kesha - 2 (Muscat Kesha, Zlatogor, Tamirlan).
Description of Keshi 1
And now the detailed information about the variety:
- Talisman (Super Kesha) grapes are dining room form with medium-early ripening (from 127 to 135 days). It is more resistant than its parent to many fungal diseases, grape pests and frost.
- The flowers are female, requiring additional pollination. In this case, practically no peas are observed. If the procedure is carried out out of time or incorrectly, then the bunches will look like in this photo.
- The bunches of the Talisman grapes are large, weighing up to a kilogram, have a conical shape, often dense.
- The berries are large, each weighing about 14 grams. There are copies up to 16 grams.
- Talisman - amber grape variety with nutmeg aroma, spicy sweet taste.
Kesha red
This grape variety is obtained by crossing a Talisman and a Cardinal.
Description and characteristics:
- The plant is vigorous, rooted.
- The thorns mature in 125-135 days. They are dense, with good care, the weight reaches two kilograms. They can stay on the vine for a long time without losing their external and taste qualities.
- Berries in technical ripeness are light red or cherry, depending on the location of the vine in relation to the sun with a light bloom.
- The pulp has an apple tone, the taste is harmonious.
- Due to the density of the berries, the bunches do not crumple, they have excellent transportability. When transported over a long distance, the presentation of the berries is perfectly preserved.
- Plants are not only frost-resistant, but also rarely affected by mildew, gray rot.
Kesha 2
Kesha 2 was obtained by crossing Kesha 1 with Kishmish. The variety ripens early (120 days), which makes it possible to create vineyards in the northern regions of Russia. Bunches are conical in shape, weighing up to 1100 grams. In technical maturity, the berries are amber. The taste of nutmeg is more pronounced than that of the progenitor of Kesha. The hybrid variety Kesha 2 is also called Muscat, Zlatogor, Tamirlan. There is also a variety - Radiant.
Kesha Radiant
This grape variety was obtained in the city of Novocherkassk by crossing the Talisman and Radiant kishmish... The author is an amateur breeder V.N.Krainov.
The Kesha Radiant hybrid has an average ripening period: technical ripeness occurs in the region of 130 days. Experienced Radiant in Belarus, in the southern regions.
Was noted:
- ripening of the vine is successful, the rooting of cuttings is excellent, practically along the entire length of the shoot;
- frost resistance up to -24 degrees;
- the flowers are bisexual, unlike the parents;
- a high-yielding variety: the weight of one bunch is 1000-2000 grams, cylindrical-conical, no peas are observed;
- berries up to 20 grams with a pale pink or white tint;
- fruits are fleshy, rather dense, transportable;
- the Radiant variety is resistant to fungal diseases, including mildew and powdery mildew.
In this video, the grower talks about his grapes:
