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.
Clones undergoing homologation procedure:
VCR138, VCR139.