By planting your site, everyone is eager to choose the most useful, tasty, fertile, but at the same time unpretentious plant. Any gardener, before planting something new, is immersed in a thorough study of this novelty. In this article we will try to make it as easy as possible to search for information for gardeners and give the most reliable and complete data on the grape variety "Victor".
Description of the grape variety "Victor"
This sort of grapes is a table hybride that was hatched by the usual breeder-fan Krainov VN, in honor of which this variety is named. Grapes "Victor" was obtained with a very successful crossing of varieties "Talisman" and "Kishmish Radiant" and today it falls into the top ten best varieties.
Now let's move on to the peculiarities of this variety.
- Grapes "Victor" - one of the most early varieties. Fruits completely ripen already on 100-105 day, after swelling of the first kidneys.
- This kind of grapes are characterized by good high strong shoots and the same high maturation of the vine, which grows more than 2/3 of the length.
- Also about the grape variety "Victor" you can say that it is frost-resistant. Gardeners tested and found out that in a state unprepared for frost, this plant can withstand temperatures of -23-24 ° C.
- The plant is very resistant to various diseases , including: gray rot, mildew and oidium.
- The flowers of the Victor grapes are bisexual and are pollinated very quickly and well. Flowering begins in the first days of June.
Now let's proceed to the description of the fruits of Viktor. The berries are very large and fleshy, of medium density. The color of the berries varies depending on the maturity: from pink to dark red, and sometimes purple.
- Vines have a slightly pointed tip, but they remain oval in shape. The weight of one berry is 9-14 g, and the weight of one bunch is 600-1000 g. From one plant in autumn it is possible to obtain from 6 and more kg of yield.
- The berries of this grape variety do not taste bitter, but they are very harmonious and pleasant. The skin of the grape is a bit thick, but it is not felt during meals, it does not interfere and does not spoil the taste. The sugar content of "Victor" is 17%, the acidity is 8 g / l.
- Let us also recall the wasps, which are very rare for grape berries. Variety of grapes "Victor", although they are attacked by these striped insects, but in very moderate quantities.
Saplings of grapes "Victor" quickly take roots and easily take root in a permanent place of residence.
Brother of grapes "Victor"
The same kind of amateur breeder was grown and the grape variety "Victor-2", sometimes called "Sympathy". The differences between these two species are insignificant.
- Grapes "Sympathy" ripens a little later, for 125-130 days.
- The berries are slightly larger and heavier than their older brother - 12-18g, and the bunches reach a weight of 700-1500g.
- The transportability of the Victor-2 grapes is much higher than that of Viktor.
- Unlike the simple "Victor", this variety is more resistant to diseases.
That's all the main differences between the two hybrids, otherwise they are very similar.
The opinion of gardeners
Very many make their decisive choice only after they read the opinion of those who are already quite familiar with the plant. We decided to facilitate you and this search and reread a very large number of reviews about "Victor". So now we can confidently tell you that most of those who grow grapes prefer "Victor". Everything that we described above is confirmed and tested on the experience of other people.