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Carati

Grape variety introduced in Italy by Vivai Cooperativi Rauscedo. Propagation and marketing rights are granted as an exclusive to Vivai Cooperativi Rauscedo.

CULTIVATED AREA IN ITALY

YEAR

1990

2000

2010

HECTARES

10 50
Budburst period:early.
Ripening period: early.
Vigour: high.
Real fertility: 0,5.
Yield: regular.
Cluster weight: 900-1000 g.
Berry weight: 5-5,5 g.
Berry seeds:seedless.
Sugar content: 14,4%.
Total acidity: 4,1‰.
PH: 3,66.
Transportation resistance: average-good.
Ampelographic characters:

the bud is green and slightly cottony. The medium-large, pentagonal, seven or five-lobed leaf has slightly overlapped lobes; the upper side is medium green and hairless; the underside is light green and also hairless. The cluster is medium-large, pyramidal and averagely sparse. The berry is medium-large, seedless, truncated-ovoid and green-yellow in colour with a thin skin and a medium-crunchy pulp with neutral taste.

Training system and pruning:

it requires expanded training systems and medium-long pruning. It is necessary to perform in-excess-cluster thinning; sometimes also the terminal part of the cluster needs to be trimmed down.

Susceptibility to diseases and adverse conditions:

everage.

Overall rating:

very interesting vine for fresh consumption, both for its precocity and for other productive characteristics.