ARRA International Team in California
In May, agronomists Russaika Nascimento from Brazil, J.T. Nel from South Africa and Alysson Vieira from Australia all gathered together in California to support Adi and Shachar in performing treatment trials of the sizing sprays on the new varieties of table grapes. The team worked together in full cooperation, dividing between themselves all the roles, tasks and areas. The main goal was to learn which is the optimal protocol for each variety. The team will return to California later in the season to evaluate the different application results on the table grapes.
The early ARRA™ varieties enjoyed and benefited from the cool California spring. This year’s moderate and stable spring made up forthe late start and has helped the early varieties to catch up.
ARRA 29 (mature): This is the seventh year for the ARRA 29 vines, the yield and quality improve annually and we expect a high quality harvest starting in the last week of June.
This week we take a look at how the season is progressing for some of the ARRA growers in Italy.
ARRA 19: Grown at Azienda Agricola Castronuovo Elisabetta (Altavilla) in the Taranto Province in Southern Italy, this variety showed natural improvement in it’s fertility and has become a very flexible variety. The ARRA 19 can be harvested until November while maintaining it’s high quality.
ARRA 29: The vineyards at Azienda Vitivinicola Casa Di Grazia in Gela, Sicily are at 12 – 14 brix and are changing color, a sure sign that harvest is not too far off
ARRA 30: This variety, grown at Azienda Agricola Castronuovo Elisabetta (Altavilla), is showing both great quantity and quality and the Italian producers are going crazy for it.
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This variety has large, elongated, intense cherry-coloured berries. With excellent sugar-acid balance, cherry flavour and sensational crunch, ARD 36 CHERRY CRUSH™ is a variety that delights in appearance, taste and eating experience. Proven to be fully rain resistant, the variety also has excellent fertility and exceptional storage ability. It is the ultimate long shipping variety with the best shelf life in the industry. CHERRY CRUSH™ has it all!
Discover the ultimate red variety with ARD 35 – FIRE CRUNCH™. This early-mid variety boasts a unique fire-red colour and crunchy, large berries with a low acid level and well-balanced taste that provide a supreme eating quality. It’s a fertile and easy-to-grow variety with full uniform colour that stays red on the vine, and doesn’t get dark over time, making harvest timing very flexible. This variety also withstands rain and offers unparalleled hanging ability, cold storage capability and shelf-life capacity.
This early red seedless variety offers an exceptional eating quality. It has large, crunchy berries, a medium sized bunch and boasts an excellent natural, full, deep red colour. Although it ripens at the same time as Flame, ARRA Passion Fire surpasses its early counterpart in all other parameters. Good productivity, extraordinary hanging ability, shipping durability and shelf life make it a choice early red.
This very early red variety with its large, sweet berries, ripens naturally 10 days before Flame. The striking full red colour, together with extreme crunch and harmonious flavour make this red a must-have variety. Fire Kiss has proven to be very fertile and grower friendly, as well as bearing great post-harvest and shipping qualities.