Sweet Sapphire grape variety introduction, a comprehensive guide for you

Sweet Sapphire grape is a new variety of grape, deeply loved by people for its large fruit, plentiful flesh and sweet taste. It is currently sold on the market, and the price is somewhat expensive. So how good is the Sweet Sapphire grape?

1. Sweet Sapphire grape is a mid-season grape variety. The berries are long cylindrical in shape, like a small finger, about 5cm long. The fruit color is blue-black, and coloring is fast and even.

2. When planted in northern Shandong, Sweet Sapphire grape generally buds in early April, begins flowering in late May, reaches full bloom at the end of May, undergoes its first young fruit enlargement in mid-June, begins coloring in mid-August, and ripens in late August, with a long hanging period after ripening. After ripening, the berries do not drop and the tips do not rot; they can hang on the vine for more than 1 month and tolerate storage and transport. It easily forms large clusters of more than 1000 grams, is naturally seedless, and the berries can reach about 10 grams even without hormone enlargement.

3. Sweet Sapphire grape cuts into slices with a knife, has a pure flavor, is crisp and sweet with no residue, and has soluble solids of more than 20%. In dry areas with little rain, the sugar content is even higher, and it is easy to sun-dry into large blue-black raisins.

4. Sweet Sapphire grape berries are not crowded, with no broken berries, so thinning the fruit saves labor. The fruit stalk is tough, and the berries are not easy to drop after ripening. In addition, using the small dragon trunk technique doubles the yield. It is expected to become a main planted variety, and China has already introduced it.

5. Sweet Sapphire grape grows vigorously, and the plump flower buds shift forward in position. It is suitable for very long cane pruning and the small dragon trunk technique, and the clusters are large and easy to color and ripen, so high yields are easy to obtain. The berries are resistant to anthracnose, black pox, white rot and powdery mildew, but the leaves are not resistant to downy mildew, so it is suitable for planting in greenhouses or rain-sheltered cultivation.

Overall, Sweet Sapphire grapes have large fruit and a sweet taste, and the berries are not easy to drop after ripening, so the price and other aspects are relatively high.