Gold Finger Grape

Gold Finger Grape
The main characteristics of the variety:
  • Authors: Mr. Harada Tomikazu, Japan
  • Appointment: dining room
  • Berry color: amber
  • Taste: with caramel and fruity tones
  • With bones: Yes
  • Ripening period: early
  • Ripening period, days: 110-120
  • Frost resistance, ° C: -23
  • Bunch weight, g: 500-600
  • Flower type: bisexual
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For its excellent ability to store sugar, Gold Finger grapes are listed in the Guinness Book of Records. This is not the only advantage of the variety created in Japan. Asian engineering can be the star of a garden plot with proper maintenance.

Breeding history

The table grape Gold Finger appeared in 1982 as a result of crossing the Japanese breeder Harada Tomikazu (Harada Tomikazu) varieties Peerless and Pizzutello Bianco. Due to the elongated amber berries, the variety received a sonorous name. After testing at an experimental station in 1993, the hybrid was registered. Commercial success awaited the novelty. Despite the not quite suitable climate (humidity and lack of sun), competent agricultural technology allows Japanese farmers to regularly get a high yield of this variety.

Geography of distribution

Gold Finger is popular in China, where it is bred using Japanese techniques and gibberellin growth regulator. This grape variety managed to fall in love with gardeners in Russia and the CIS countries. It is successfully grown both in the Kaliningrad region and in the Kuban.

Description

It is an early high-yielding variety with a vigorous bush, conical clusters and large, very sweet berries of an original shape. It has good immunity and good frost resistance.

Ripening period

Gold Finger has early fruiting, full ripening of the berries should be expected in the second half of August. The growing season of the variety is 110-120 days.

Bunches

The shape of the brush is regular conical. The bunches are medium to large, but slightly loose, with a medium dense structure. For gardeners in Central Russia, clusters have an average weight of 500-600 g, much less often they reach 600-800 g.

Berries

Gold Finger berries are large, oval, elongated or arched, golden-milky in color, weighing from 5-6 g to 7-10 g. The skin is dense. The pulp is juicy, fleshy, aromatic. There may be 2-3 seeds inside. The sugar content is very high - from 18 to 22 degrees (Brix scale). The variety is perfect for making compotes, jams, juices, wines.

Taste

The taste of the grapes has a hint of caramel and fruity tones, without acid. When fully ripe, the berries give off a honey aroma. The rind is slightly tart.

Yield

The variety has a high yield according to its characteristics, however, it is not always possible for Russian gardeners to achieve it. The clusters of the first harvest are small, growing larger with the age of the plant.

The choice of planting material
Experienced gardeners recommend that beginners take cuttings and seedlings from those who made them from their vines and are professionally engaged in the production of such material.
You can evaluate the quality by cutting off a small amount of bark. When growing a bush from a cuttings and observing the rules of agricultural technology, survival rate is about 90%, the high quality of the plant is practically guaranteed. It is possible to control the development of grapes at all stages.
Subject to the rules of agricultural technology, survival rate is about 100%. The seedlings must be healthy. Pay attention to the absence of blisters, growths, or other signs of disease.

Growing features

Gold Finger forms a tall bush, so a supporting trellis is arranged for him. It is necessary to carefully monitor the number of inflorescences on the bush, as a large number of ovaries can weaken the plant and lead to the fact that the harvest becomes poorer and the berries are smaller.This variety can be picky about watering conditions: you need warm, settled water, in which top dressing or wood ash are dissolved. When treated with phytohormones, you can get elongated seedless fruits and a more powerful vine.

Landing

Planting is done in spring or in autumn before frost. Suitable soil: loose black soil or sandy loam. Gold Finger does not tolerate drafts and prefers to grow on the sunny side. Artificial screens may be required if the area is open.

Only healthy cuttings should be selected and soaked in water. Fertilizers are poured into prepared pits (30 cm deep and 25-30 cm wide): potassium, humus, phosphorus or specialized mixtures. Grapes do not tolerate stagnant moisture, so there must be a drainage layer at the bottom of the pit. After planting, the seedling is watered, and the soil around the cutting needs to be mulched.

Landing features
In order for the vine to give a signal harvest after 3 years, it is necessary to take into account many factors - from the type of soil on the site to the nearby plants.

Pollination

The variety does not require artificial pollination: it has bisexual flowers.

Pruning

Last year's shoots are shortened as necessary, in the spring and autumn, adult bushes are regularly pruned. Grape pinching should be carried out in time when non-fruiting shoots are removed. Weak, broken branches are pruned and tied up in a timely manner. Recommended pruning length for fruit vines: 8-10 eyes.

Pruning is one of the main grape care procedures. Depending on the purpose of pruning and the type of plant, the appropriate type of formation is selected.

Watering

Watering takes place in four stages:

  • in early spring;

  • before flowering;

  • after the formation of ovaries;

  • after harvest.

If the seedlings are planted in a trench, a long pipe with holes is buried in it for directional irrigation under the roots of all bushes.

Irrigation schemes
In order for the berries to be large and juicy, it is necessary to organize full watering and feeding. All standards must be adjusted for weather conditions and the rate of evaporation of the liquid.
With a frequent watering scheme, it is recommended to moisturize once every two weeks (that is, twice a month during flowering and the appearance of berries) so that the earth is saturated 50 cm deep so that the plant does not switch to superficial (dew) roots. This amount can be reduced by mulching the crop with straw.
With a rare irrigation scheme, choosing the age and maturation of the grapes, you can use the standards presented in the table in another article.

Frost resistance and the need for shelter

Bushes require shelter (spunbond, agrofibre) for the winter, if the area experiences frosts with temperatures below –23 ° C. The plant is strong, and even a cold-damaged bush is restored.

Shelter for the winter is a very important step for the preservation of many grape varieties after wintering.

Diseases and pests

Gold Finger is considered resistant to disease, but it does not hurt to apply the usual set of protective measures. The variety is highly resistant to fungal attack and is rarely attacked by pests. But wasps and birds are very fond of the sweet juice of its berries; a nylon mesh can protect them from them.

Storage

Ripe bunches of Gold Finger grapes have low transportability: they do not withstand long-term storage and require careful packaging.

General characteristics
Authors
Mr. Harada Tomikazu, Japan
Appeared when crossing
Peerless x Pizzutello Bianco
Year of approval
1993
Appointment
dining room
Yield
high-yielding
Transportability
Yes
Bunches
Bunch shape
conical
Density of the bunch
average
Bunch weight, g
500-600
Berries
Berry color
amber
With bones
Yes
Number of seeds, pcs.
2-3
Taste
with caramel and fruity tones
Sugar, g / dm³
220
Skin
dense
Pulp
juicy fleshy
Berry shape
elongated or arcuate curved
Berry weight, g
10
Berry size
large
Growing
Frost resistance, ° C
-23
Flower type
bisexual
The power of growth
vigorous
Pruning vines, eyes
8-10
The need for shelter
Yes
Maturation
Ripening period, days
110-120
Ripening period
early
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