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Wine Grape 'Reliance' |
Cultivar of tasty, seedless fruit of strawberry aroma. Recommended for cultivation in Polish gardens also due to its disease resistance and frost hardiness. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE: Dessert fruit, seedless, round, pink-red, tasty with strawberry aroma; ripening in the first half of IX. Medium-sized bunches. Medium-sized, dark green leaves. Flowers unassuming, yellow, open in VI. HOW IT GROWS: A climber using tendrils for support. Strong-growing, reaches 10 m – 2 m per year. WHERE TO PLANT: A sunny and warm site required. Soil should be humus-rich, rather fertile, moderately moist of neutral or slightly acidic Ph. Disease resistant. Hardy (zone 5–9). HOW TO PLANT AND MAINTAIN: Before planting immerse the plant container in water for 10-30 min. Place the root ball in a 40 x 40 x 40 cm hole with a 10 cm layer of well-rotten manure or compost, 0.5-1 cm deeper than it was before. Fill the hole with fertile soil. The plants should be spaced at least 30 cm from other plants or from a wall. Prune moderately. To encourage high quality yield, the yearly pruning should be performed (usually in winter, around the second half of February. HOW TO APPLY: Suitable for amateur cultivation, recommended for training along large garden constructions eg. arbours and pergolas. ORIGIN: U.S.A. |
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