Grapes - the berry is very tasty and useful. And because many gardeners on their sites want to plant a few bushes or even a small plantation. Naturally, they are looking for such universal varieties that would combine ease of care, and a good rate of maturation, as well as yield and excellent taste. Resistance to diseases and pests, to the abrupt changes inherent in the current unstable climate, are also taken into account. Experienced experts in the vine industry consider Augustine one of the best varieties.
Sweet phenomenon
Augustine - grapes, fully justifying its second name - Phenomenon. It was bred in Bulgaria, where it was widely distributed under the name of Pleven steady. It refers to the most valuable in viticulture table varieties and has an enviable stability in terms of high yield indicators. Rarely sick Augustine. Grapes are prone to infections that can affect its root system, leaves or shoots, but are easily recognized and successfully treated. And as for the frosts, adaptation to them in the variety and in fact for this culture is almost phenomenal. He well tolerates a drop in temperature to -25 - 26 degrees, at which most table varieties simply freeze and die. Here is such a promising Augustine - grapes, which horticulture planted whole hectares, removing from bushes bunches weighing from 400 grams to 1 kilogram. In the shape of the brush resemble an inverted cone or pyramid - the tip down. The tender green color of berries has Augustine. Grapes, reaching maturity, acquires a sunny yellowish hue, as if every berry begins to glow from the inside. Yes, and in bright light, they shine through almost right through - the sight is very beautiful! The taste is sweet, refreshing, juiciness is good. Wine, by the way, is also obtained thanks to such indicators from this variety sweet without additional additives. After all, his sugar content is 20%! And the weight of the average berries is about 6 grams, but if the care is proper, they grow much larger. The aroma of grapes Augustine shows a gentle, perfectly harmonizing with taste.
Technical characteristics of the culture
The best variety grows on soils with good watering or natural moisture: nutrient chernozems, fertilized with deciduous and organic humus mass. Under such conditions, it develops well, rather unpretentious. Harvest achieves high rates. Under favorable weather conditions, an average of 130 centners are collected per hectare. What is considered an excellent result for cultural viticulture. Berries transport transportation well, therefore Augustine is regularly exported to different parts of the entire post-Soviet space and abroad. Another undoubted plus of the grade - with full maturation of the brush does not require immediate removal from the bush. Grapes without any danger of being damaged can wait for their "comrades" for another three weeks. This allows you to organize a massive, systematic harvesting on all plantations of the economy at the same time. In the southern ripeness areas, the variety reaches in the middle of August, in the more northern - in late August - early September.
Augustine on the backyard
To buy seedlings of grapes and to breed such a wonderful variety is recommended for owners of country houses and villas. In addition to all the positive qualities, it is worth mentioning how tall the vine is. The bushes reach a height of several meters, so from the Augustine grapes are obtained beautiful arches and pavilions, giving a life-giving dense shadow in the summer heat and ennobling, decorating the garden landscape. Just choose the sunny places, well lit from all sides, so that the berries ripen evenly. And do not forget about regular watering for the time of the entire fruitful period, timely pruning in the spring and mandatory garter of the vines and shoots so that they do not break under the weight of the grape brushes.
Good luck to you, fruit growers, and excellent harvests!