Arcadia (Moldova x Cardinal)

Arcadia (Moldova x Cardinal). Arcadia is synonymous to Nastea

It is a variety with a very early period of ripening (115-125 days).

It has a medium or vigorous growth. The grapes may be big or very big: 500-700 gr. They have a round-conic shape with two wings, they are dense, sometimes dispersed. The grains may be large or very large (28x23 mm), their original shape is oval (egg-like), white. The taste is simple, pleasant; crisp pulp.

The twigs mature enough. As many as 55-75% of them fructify. The number of grapes on the twig is about 0.9-1.5. This sort is very productive. Relatively resistant to manna, rot. It supports frosts down to -21 ° C. The sugar percentage is 15-16%, and the acidity - 5-6 g / l.

An adult vine has a load of 35-45 eyes, in conditions when the fruit strings were cut at a distance of 8-12 eyes. In the inferior part of the twig, the fruit yield is higher, that is why the Arcadia vines are likely to be formed in a cord-like shape with a short cut of the cords at 2-4 eyes.

The variety is prone to overload with fruit, which imposes standardizing the blossom on the vine and removing the weakly developed twigs, because they grow poorly and the grapes are smaller In the conditions of thinning out the twigs, of enough illuminating the foliar apparatus, of a good care, the grapes of the Arcadia variety are likely to reach 2 kg, or 12-14 g each round grape.

It has a high transportability.

Based on the qualitative variety, Arcadia falls among the 10 most valuable varieties of table varieties.