The present investigation was carried out for two successive seasons 2003
and 2004, with the aim of evaluating four grape cultivars, two seedless: Crimson and
Fantasy, and two seeded: Christmas Rose and Red Globe. These cultivars were
grown in a private vineyard at El-Sadat region ~Monofia governorate, Egypt
Morphological studies included; time of bud burst, growing shoots, growing
tip, 'nternodes, leaves, tendrils, flowering time, bunches and berries, seeds, TSS.
acid ty. TSS/acid ratio. ripening date and bud fertility
All studied cultivars were characterized by good vegetative growth and
bunch quality. The average bunch weight was medium in Crimson and Fantasy cvs,
big in Christmas Rose cv, while, it was very big in Red Globe cv. Berry weight and
size were large for all cultivars except Red Globe cv, which was very large. Berry
shape was cylindrical in Crimson and Fantasy cultivars. obovoid in Christmas Rose
and rounded spherical in Red Globe cv. Berry colour was bright red in Crimson
seedless cv., light red in Christmas Rose. bright pinkish red in Red Globe while, in
Fantasy it was bluish black, Crimson was found to be the highest vigorous cultivar.
while the Red Globe was the lowest vigorous one Ripening date of Crimson occurred
in the first week of Aug. while in Christmas Rose it took place through the first week
of Sept, for Fantasy it occurred at the last week of Aug Coefficient of bud fertility
increased gradually from the basal buds to the middle buds of the cane where it
reached its maximum then decreased gradually towards the distal buds in all studied
cultivars.
From the foregoing results, it can be recommended to prune Crimson and
Fantasy cultivars according to cane pruning system while Christmas Rose and Red
Globe cultivars can be pruned according to spur pruning system.