Grapes known to mankind since ancient times.
Scientists believe that grapes are the first berry crop that people began to grow at home.
Grape berries extremely helpful for humans: they contain a lot of mineral salts and trace elements that are necessary for a good metabolism.
Grapes - one of the best sources organic acids and vitamins.
The most successful example of selection work is Ataman grapes.
What kind is it?
People learned make the most of useful properties of grapes: grape seed is made tinctures, extracts and extracts.
Widely used in medicine received grape oil. Grapes are added to many dishes and eaten as a dessert.
"Ataman" refers to dining room grape varieties. It is grown mainly in order to serve fresh.
"Ataman" meets the main requirements For table grapes:
- clusters have a presentable appearance and can proudly decorate any table;
- the berries are very large and fragrant;
- have good taste qualities: low acidity (6-8 g / dm3) is overlapped by high sugar content of the pulp (16-20 g / 100 cm 3);
- grapes are resistant to transportation: the fleshy berries and on the clusters are arranged sufficiently loosely so as not to press down when packed, the berries cling tenaciously to the footboard and are protected by a dense skin.
Dining varieties are so popular that they appear more and more. You can get acquainted with the most popular of them on our website. Read detailed descriptions with photos: The Count of Monte Cristo, Romeo, Baikonur, Montepulciano, Helios.
Description of the grape variety Ataman
Grapes "Ataman" is famous for its large cylindroconic clustersOn which with average density fruits are located.
The weight of the bunch with proper care varies from 600 gr to 1200 gr.
Berries very large (from 12 to 16 g) elongated oval.
For the fruits of "Ataman" is characterized by a red-purple hue, which in bright sunlight can change to dark purple.
Berries protected by thick skin, with a touch of wax.
At the bush "Ataman" many shoots and a fairly strong vine that can withstand heavy grapes.
Leaves grapes are five-pointed and wrinkled, dark green in color, slightly pubescent below.
A photo
More clearly with the grapes "Ataman" can be found in the photo below:
Breeding history and breeding region
"Ataman" was bred by an amateur breeder V.N. Krainov by crossing two varieties: "Talisman" and "Rizamat".
From "Talisman" "Ataman" inherited good resistance to low temperatures and pests.
“Rizamat” gave a bisexual flower to its descendant, which provides a high and stable crop.
Vines are additionally fertilized with ammonium nitrate and potassium chloride.
Both parent forms have great taste and aroma.
Hybrid bred in a temperate continental climate in Novocherkassk (Russia). This area is characterized by a very hot and dry summer, lasting about 175 days.
Winters are usually mild, temperatures rarely fall below 10 ° C. This temperature is ideal for growing table grapes "Ataman".
It is advisable to plant grapes in areas characterized by hot summers.If you plan to plant grapes near the house, then it is better to locate the bushes on the south side.
We also bring to your attention other varieties bred by the breeder Krainov: Blagovest, Victor, Angelica, Anthony the Great, Anyuta.
Specifications
"Ataman" is in demand among breeders due to the following features:
- the variety is very fruitful and even with less favorable weather conditions will yield a crop;
- berries are damaged by wasps less than fruits of other grape varieties due to rather dense skin;
- the variety is frost-resistant: it can withstand small low temperatures, but even at -24 ° C the grapes will not disappear if they are covered;
- easy to transport: large, fleshy berries with thick skins are difficult to spoil;
- medium resistant to fungal diseases.
In the garden, the grapes should not grow near the trees, the root system of which will pick up the moisture necessary for the grapes.Since the grapes are very fruitful, it is necessary to control the load on the bush and pruning, if the eyes become more than 55 pieces.
Diseases and pests
“Ataman” is moderately resistant to fungal diseases, therefore it is necessary to constantly check the shrub and start treatment at the first manifestations of the fungus.
Oidium manifests itself in the form of white bloom on foliage. To resist infection, chemical methods are used: treatment with Vectra, foundation.
With biological methods, the plant is treated with water infusions of hay rot, sulfur suspension.
Mildew also a very dangerous fungal disease of the vineyard. If the disease struck the shrub, then yellow oily spots appear on the leaves.
The fungus is removed with the help of drugs, which include copper.
As for other diseases that many of the grape varieties are prone to, you can familiarize yourself with them in special materials on our website. Read about bacterial cancer and chlorosis, anthracnose and rot, bacteriosis and rubella. Knowing the signs of diseases and having an idea about prevention, you will be able to reliably protect your plants.
Wasps are not the most dangerous pests. for grapes. They are mostly bigger spoil the look bunches of eaten berries.
For a table grape variety, even a few spoiled berries in a bunch are a serious problem, because the presentation has already been lost. Ataman suffers less from wasps than many other grape varieties, due to the thick skin that protects the pulp of the berries.
If insects still get to your harvest, then you need first search nearby hornet's nest and delete it.
Near the vineyard you can arrange special traps for wasps.
If there are few grapes, you can protect the clusters with special sacks. On large plantations sprayed with insecticides. The dried grapes are carefully washed before use.
Grape fleas (leaf beetle): likes to eat young leaves and shoots. Lays eggs on them (up to 30 pieces in one pile). Larvae also gnaw leaves.
Due to the pest, leaf litter can be severely affected, which will affect crop yields as a result. To prevent pests the grapes are sprayed with insecticideas soon as the first buds bloom. This may be Karbofos or Fufanon.
Grape Mining Moth. A small red butterfly may lay eggs twice during the season, from which a large number of caterpillars will emerge.
Caterpillars eat up tunnels in the leaves in the form of bright stripes. If there is no way to fight the pest, then many leaves will wither, the harvest will decrease significantly.
Grape leaves it is necessary to constantly inspect and apply Confidor immediately when light bands appear. In order to prevent the appearance of moths, they dig up the ground for the winter and remove the remaining vegetation.
Grape leaf mite - highly dangerous pest. Winter waits in the kidneys of grapes, damaging them. From the injured buds grow weak shoots.
A tick, meanwhile, moves to the leaves and deforms them. Leaves die over time. Vineyard should be treated with acaricide: Apollo, Fufanon up to five times per season.
Grapes "Ataman" will please with its appearance and taste even gourmets, however, for its cultivation it is necessary to know many subtleties and nuances. With a combination of knowledge, experience and love for the cultivation process, you can get a bountiful harvest of Ataman grapes.
