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Vitis vinifera Citrina - Grapevine

Vitis vinifera Citrina
Grapevine, Common Grape Vine

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A recent table variety with many qualities, excellent for eating fresh. The plant is resistant to fungal diseases and quite vigorous, with a constant and high yield. Its white grape is seedless and sweet, with a typical muscat flavour. It can be harvested from early September.

Flavour

Sugary

Height at maturity

5 m

Spread at maturity

2 m

Exposure

Sun

Self-fertilising

Best planting time March, October to November

Recommended planting time January to April, September to December

JAN J

FEB F

MAR M

APR A

MAY M

JUN J

JUL J

AUG A

SEP S

OCT O

NOV N

DEC D

Flowering time May

JAN J

FEB F

MAR M

APR A

MAY M

JUN J

JUL J

AUG A

SEP S

OCT O

NOV N

DEC D

Harvest time September

JAN J

FEB F

MAR M

APR A

MAY M

JUN J

JUL J

AUG A

SEP S

OCT O

NOV N

DEC D

Description

This Vine or Vitis vinifera 'Citrina', also known as 'Citrina Muscat blanc', is a variety of seedless white table grape. It is a recent selection, already prized for its very interesting characteristics. It develops large, moderately compact clusters with ovoid, medium-sized berries with an exceptional and inimitable taste of sweet muscat. The grapes are white-yellow and the flesh is sweet. This vine is very hardy and resistant to fungal diseases, particularly suitable for dressing pergolas. It has medium vigour, with high and consistent productivity. It ripens moderately early in early September. This variety excels as a table grape.

The wine grape vine (Vitis vinifera) grew wild more than 5000 years ago. Many hybrids have been created to vary colours, flavours, and uses. The 'Citrina' vine buds early in spring and stands out for the taste quality of its fresh fruits.

Citrina is a climbing shrub of medium vigour that easily reaches a height or spread of 4-5 m if not pruned. Its final shape will depend on the pruning practised. It is a frugal sun-loving plant that thrives in clayey and stony soil, with a tendency towards limestone and withstands dry summers well. Its long stems cling to their support (trellis, espalier...) through large green and twining tendrils. Its deep green foliage with a serrated edge turns the most beautiful gold in autumn. It flowers in May-June depending on the year and the region, with very small greenish flowers gathered in short and compact pyramidal and cylindrical clusters. Its round, medium-sized grapes are more or less tightly packed on large cylindrical clusters. Their white-yellow skin encloses firm, juicy, very sweet, muscat-flavoured flesh.

'Citrina Muscat blanc' grapes are mainly consumed fresh. You can also use the vine to decorate a pergola or train it against a sunny wall.

Plant habit

Height at maturity 5 m

Spread at maturity 2 m

Growth rate normal

Fruit

Fruit colour yellow

Fruit diameter 1 cm

Flavour Sugary

Use Table

Harvest time September

Flowering

Flower colour green

Flowering time May

Inflorescence Cluster

Flower size 10 cm

Bee-friendly Attracts pollinators

Foliage

Foliage persistence Deciduous

Foliage colour green

Botanical data

Genus

Vitis

Species

vinifera

Cultivar

Citrina

Family

Vitaceae

Other common names

Grapevine, Common Grape Vine

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

Product reference • 21882

Planting and care

Since the ravages of phylloxera at the end of the 19th century, the vine is grafted onto different rootstocks resistant to this disease and adapted to different types of soil. These rootstocks come from American varieties naturally armed against this formidable parasite, itself of American origin. Plant the 'Citrina' vine in autumn, in deep, well-drained, even stony, clayey and limestone soil, in a sunny exposure, sheltered from strong winds. Incorporate 3 or 4 handfuls of fertiliser for fruit trees and 2 kg of composted manure into the planting soil for each vine. The roots must not be in contact with the manure. After planting, prune above 2 large buds (buds) to obtain two branches. Keep the most vigorous one, and tie it to a stake. The training pruning instructions will follow. The Citrina vine is comfortable in limestone soils and in a Mediterranean climate. It is sensitive to cryptogamic diseases and will require regular treatments, especially in rainy regions.

The vine does not require regular fertiliser application, for good yield, on the contrary. Enrich the soil with potash, crushed horn or iron chelate, only every 2-3 years.

Planting period

Best planting time March, October to November

Recommended planting time January to April, September to December

Intended location

Suitable for Meadow

Type of use Climbing, Orchard

Hardiness Hardy down to -18°C (USDA zone 7a) Show map

Ease of cultivation Amateur

Planting density 1 per m2

Planting spacing Every 150 cm

Exposure Sun

Soil pH Neutral, Calcareous

Soil type Chalky (poor, alkaline and well-drained), Clayey-chalky (heavy and alkaline), Silty-loamy (rich and light), well-draining, porous.

Care

Pruning instructions Training pruning: the vertical cord is the simplest, to cover a building or a high wall. Keep a vertical main stem on which spaced secondary branches will be grown every 20 cm. Extend the cord by a height of 50 to 60 cm each year. To obtain a bilateral cord (with two arms), select two opposite buds that can be individually trained into a cord. Fruiting pruning: the vine flowers on the shoots of the year, carried by the branches of the previous year. For abundant fruiting, it is necessary to renew the canes every year. Pruning in green is recommended in May-June, in the form of bud removal.

Pruning Pruning recommended once a year

Pruning time February to March, May to June

Soil moisture Dry

Disease resistance Poor

Overwinter Can be left in the ground

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