Ignea

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Ignea is a table grape variety. It is a new breed between Delizia di Vaprio × Angelo Pirovano. The crossing took place in Rome in 1925 by the breeder Alberto Piròvano . Smaller commercial plantings are known in Italy and Tunisia.

Parentage: Delizia di Vaprio × Angelo Pirovano . Angelo Pirovano, in turn, is a cross between Gutedel × Muscat de Hambourg .

Synonyms

The Ignea grape variety is also known under the names IP 185 and Pirovano 185.

Ampelographic varietal characteristics

In ampelography , the habitus is described as follows:

  • The shoot tip is open. She is woolly hairy. The yellowish young leaves are only hairy like a cobweb.
  • The large leaves are five-lobed and slightly curved (see also the article leaf shape ). The stem bay is lyren-shaped open. The blade is bluntly serrated. The teeth are set wide compared to other grape varieties. The leaf surface (also called the leaf blade) is blistered and rough.
  • The cylindrical to cone-shaped grapes are medium-sized and have loose berries. The elongated berries are large and salmon to pink in color. The peel of the berry is thick and tastes bitter. The crunchy pulp tastes rather unpleasant if the grapes are not harvested when they are fully ripe.

The variety ripens about 20 days after the Gutedel and is therefore considered to ripen early. Ignea is a variety of the noble grapevine ( Vitis vinifera ). It has hermaphroditic flowers and is self-fruiting. In viticulture , therefore, there is no economic disadvantage of not having to grow male plants that produce yields. The variety is susceptible to the fungal diseases of powdery mildew and downy mildew of the grapevine and therefore only plays a subordinate role in commercial cultivation.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Data sheet for Ignea at the French INRA institute

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