Someone prefers to grow late varieties of grapes, and others like the early ones, they just fit Bulgaria.
it one of the table grapes with a pleasant smell and an unusual muscat flavor.
According to the characteristics, he can lose a little to others, for example, his disease resistance is not the highest, but he is excellent for private gardening, and his transportability is enviable.
In this, Bulgaria is not inferior to later and more frost-resistant varieties.
Description varieties Bulgaria
Medium or vigorous vine with large toothed leaves, prone to overload with brushes and in need of forming pruning. Valery Voevoda, Crimson and Lia also have the strength of bushes.
The berries are large, larger than a five-ruble coin. Their weight is about 5-6 grams, they are white when ripe, with a golden hue appearing on the sides facing the sun, a pink blush is possible.
The shape is round or oval. The skin is dense and crispy, almost not felt when eaten raw. A very pleasant and delicate muscatel will appeal to connoisseurs. The flesh is dense, fleshy and juicy.
Taste is rated the highest rating. Sugar content is high, 17-18%. The brush is cylindrical, it can be of medium and large sizes from 400 to 1500 grams. Depends on climate and care. The ripening period is short - 110-125 days, that is, it will already ripen in mid-August.
Excellent taste is also demonstrated by Ruta, Velika and Princess Olga.
Grape selection
The name of the variety indicates its country of origin.: Bulgaria is from Bulgaria. In this variety, breeders combined the best qualities of his two “fathers” - Yantar and Italy.
Specifications
The grape variety Bulgaria has a medium-high yield coefficient - 0.8. The flowers are bisexual, so that the brush is dense, without voids. In combination with large sizes and very large berries, this gives the brushes a very solid look.
Moldova, Ladanny and Buffalo exhibit the cello of flowers.
Despite the fact that Bulgaria was bred in a fairly warm climate zone, where there are no truly severe frosts and cold come rather late, over a large part of the territory of Russia the vine of this variety does not need shelter.
It is able to withstand temperatures up to -22, -25 degrees. Also one of the positive qualities of Bulgaria is the fact that a good maturity of the shoots allows them to go to the winter ready for bed, and this is the most important for survival of plantings during the cold season.
The Favor, Viva Hayk and Rosalind varieties have the same characteristics.
But besides the advantages, this variety has its drawbacks.
The root system, which is not too strong and resistant to diseases and pests, can lead the vines to drought or drought.
This is solved by grafting; Bulgarian cuttings take root well on Shasla and Berlandieri roots. 41 B. Another, more serious problem is low resistance to fungal disease damage.
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Diseases and pests
In general, the list of pests in Bulgaria coincides with the list of characteristic grapes of all grapes of enemies.
The most dangerous of them can be called:
- tly filloxera,
- grape crib,
- grape mining moth,
- cicada
- various mites,
- thrips,
- worm.
In order to get rid of them, it is necessary to treat the diseased plants with insecticides. Modern means of systemic action kill all varieties of arthropods, but at the same time low-risk for mammals, but, nevertheless, it is important to remember that Bulgaria matures early, and with care to treat the vine with chemicals in the second half of summer.
If the juice sucking parasites still attacked the plant during the ripening of berries, you can use folk remedies: infusion of tobacco leaf, wood ash, iodine solution. Much less effective, they are completely harmless and do not accumulate in the fruit.
Insects can cause enormous damage to the planting of grapes, but the real scourge of Bulgaria is mildew, or false powdery mildew. Like most European varieties, it does not have immunity to it.
Low resistance to this disease, which is only 5-7 points, can bring a lot of trouble to the grower, and even deprive him of his harvest.
Damaged fungus leathery berries are not suitable for food or for processing into juice, jam or wine, and in the event of a serious defeat, the vine itself loses much strength and dies.
Preventing the disease is easier than rescuing plantings already covered with powdery mildew from it.
This requires preventive treatments with fungicides throughout the growing season, cleaning or plowing up fallen grape leaves, and proper vineyard planning - in blown areas, when plants are separated by wide rows, the fungus is much harder to spread.
It is also necessary to carry out prevention of such common grape diseases as anthracnose, bacteriosis, chlorosis, various types of rot, bacterial cancer.
Not losing sight of the shortcomings inherent in different grape varieties, it is nevertheless worth remembering that there is no ideal, and certain weak points are not a reason to put an end to the variety and remove it from the list planned for planting in your backyard.
With proper protection from the fungus grapes, Bulgaria will generously pay for the work of the grower with huge delicious berries ripening earlier than the berries of many other varieties, and incredibly attractive in appearance.
