Grapes are one of the most common crops, the abundance of various varieties of which can not be counted.
Each of us meets with a berry every day, as this product is widely represented in any category of food products, and eats it with pleasure. And special lovers of grapes cultivate this plant in their own summer cottage.
At a time when much has been written about representatives of warm and temperate climatic zones, winter-hardy grape varieties still remain in the shadow of their southern counterparts.
For the majority of grape lovers, it remains a mystery which winter-hardy varieties are most popular, which among them are notable for their high yield.
- Taiga
- Blue north
- Muromets
- Pink pearl
- Muscat Russian
- Kishmish Niagara
- Kishmish Jupiter
- Kishmish Venus
- Kishmish Spartan
- Louise Swenson
- Marquette
- Frontylak
- Adalmina
Taiga
Taiga - a universal grape, which has found its application in amateur and professional viticulture in the production of juices, compotes, jams and other food products.
True Taiga vocation is the raw material for the production of wine products. Bush with strong root system. The leaves of the plant are small, cut along the edges and divided into 3 separate lobes.
Grapes are able to tolerate freezing temperatures down to -32 ° C. Taiga is one of the most fruitful varieties, since the average yield per bush reaches 100 kg. 
Blue north
Blue Northern refers to table varieties of early ripening with a high degree of frost resistance. With favorable conditions for fruit ripening is not required more than 115 days.
The leaves of the plant are small, cut along the edges and divided into 3 lobes, on which are the characteristic setae below. This vineyard blooms profusely, flowers exclusively female.
The grapes ripen small in size, in most cases medium-sized and have a conical shape. The berries have a regular round shape, blue in color with a characteristic pale bloom. The yield of the north is about 80 kg from one bush. 
Muromets
Muromets is a strong-growing grape variety with a short ripening period (about 115 days). XThe characteristic feature of the bush is the flattening of the main shoot in the lower part and the abundant growth of secondary shoots.
The leaves are large and medium in size, with 3 or 5 lobes. The clusters are large, regular conical shape, weighing about 500 g. 
The berries are also large, have a slightly oval shape. The fruits of dark purple hues, which is hidden behind a rich wax bloom.
The grapes are bred for fresh consumption, but they make excellent raisins in taste. The yield of Murom is average, each fruit-bearing shrub is capable of producing about 15 kg of fruits.
Pink pearl
Pink pearls perfectly proved themselves as a universal frost-resistant grape variety with early terms of the vegetative period and ripening, which does not exceed 115 days.
A distinctive feature of pink pearls is the high resistance of the plant against fungal diseases and dangerous pests. The leaves are medium in size, in most cases with 3 lobes.
The clusters are not large, conical in shape and weighing no more than 500 g. Berries are round in shape, light pink in color. The yield of one bush on average is 7 kg, well, the number of ripe fruits reaches 95%. 
The grade is recommended for the use as fresh, and for preparation of raisin and wine.
Muscat Russian
Russian Muscat is a table grape variety that is suitable both for fresh consumption and for technical use. A shrub of medium growth power, which can be quite effectively stimulated due to abundant irrigation.
The leaves are medium in size, characteristicly dissected into sections. The period to the full ripening of the fruit is about 115 days. The cluster is small, sometimes conic lobed, and its average mass reaches 300 g.
The berries are juicy with a bright nutmeg flavor, regular round shape, dark blue with a slight waxy coating. The variety is resistant to many fungal diseases. 
Kishmish Niagara
Kishmish Niagara is a highly productive seedless technical varieties of American breeding, which are cultivated solely to obtain a rich taste of wines.
The lamina is medium or large, divided into 3 or 5 blades, with a slight pubescence on the lower part. The crop ripens early, for no more than 100 days.
The clusters are large, but they are medium, cylindrical or conical in shape. The berries are large in size, oval in shape, in a palette of soft greens with a slight yellowness. A distinct trait of the variety is low acidity of the juice.
Productivity is high, frost resistance is average and reaches no more than -22 ° С. Kishmish Niagara is resistant to mildew, however, with the abundant development of the pathogen, the plant may be affected by the disease.
Kishmish Jupiter
Kishmish Jupiter is an American seedless table seedless grape with a short ripening period that does not exceed 125 days. Shrubs in most cases, medium in size, but there are also large-sized specimens.
The lamina is medium in size, divided into several blades. The bush is characterized by excellent rooting, which allows it to begin to bear fruit after 2-3 years. Flowers are bisexual, so the plant is perfectly pollinated regardless of habitat conditions.
The clusters are cone-shaped, small in size and weighing up to 250 g. The berries are rather large, oval in shape and slightly oblong, of dark blue shades with a slight pale bloom. The grade is kept well that allows to transport fruits for a long time. 
Kishmish Venus
Venus sizzle is a seedless table grape that does not require hiding, up to a temperature of -30 ° C.
In addition to food purposes, the plant is actively used for decorative purposes, as it is one of the few vineyards that is ideal for decorating outdoor arches and gazebos.
Venus refers to the early ripe grapes (the ripening period is not more than 120 days). The strength of the shoots is average, but in optimal conditions may increase. Clusters of plants of medium size and weight not exceeding 400 g.
Their shape is cylindrical, with a pointed end. The berries of Venus are round, regular shape, dark blue. The yield is above average. The plant is unpretentious to the habitat conditions and resistant to many fungi and parasites. 
Kishmish Spartan
Spartan Kishmish is a seedless table variety that belongs to superearly grapes. As an uncovered frost-resistant variety, grapes have proven themselves in Ukraine, where, under severe conditions, it can withstand a decrease in temperature to -35 ° C.
The ripening period of the fruit does not exceed 100 days. Bushes are characterized by shoots with a large growth force and a middle leaf, divided into sectors of regular shape. The cluster of plants has an average, larger size and cone-shaped bowl, and their weight is on average about 1 kg.
The berries are round, large, green-yellow shades. The flesh is particularly juicy, with a slight nutmeg flavor. Under optimal weather conditions, the plant bears excellent fruit.
Louise Swenson
Louise Swenson refers mainly to technical wine grapes with an average ripening time (about 125 days). The plant belongs to the best derived breeding in the United States, where in 2001 it became a variety of the year.
The shrub reaches medium size and is characterized by moderate growth force. The leaves are dissected into 3 sectors and have small cloves along the edge. The bunch is a regular conical shape, medium size.
Marquette
Marquette is deservedly considered one of the most promising and new varieties of US breeding.It combines increased frost resistance (down to -38 ° C), resistance to many diseases and improved taste characteristics.
Variety refers to the technical grapes, the fruits of which are widely used in winemaking. The bush is of medium vigor, the leaves are predominantly three-toed with small teeth at the edges. Fruit ripening averages do not exceed 120 days. Clusters of regular cylindrical shape, weighing about 400 g. The berries are round, medium in size, dark blue in color, but often almost black.
The yield is high, reaching about 100 kg per 1 square meter. plantings. The fruits are used exclusively in industrial winemaking. 
Frontylak
The frontallach is a technical variety, mainly of middle and late terms of ripening of fruits (about 140 days). The bush is characterized by a high force of growth and development, as a result of which the seedling will bear fruit already 3 years after planting.
Clusters of medium size, cylindrical shape, can be long on the bush without shedding. The berries are regular spherical shape, small in size, dark blue, almost black in color.
The plant is excellent fruiting and resistant to most fungal diseases, even in a period of high humidity, and also requires almost no additional care and watering.Fruits are used mainly in large-scale production of wine.
Adalmina
Adalmina is a predominantly wine grape variety. The ripening period is about 115 days. The strength of the shoots is average, the leaves of the correct three-blade form, which makes it possible to grow the vineyard as an ornamental plant on the arches or arbors.
The cluster is average in size, and its mass does not exceed 120 g. The berries are small in size, round, with a full ripening of a green-golden hue. The plant is resistant to most causative agents of dangerous diseases and bears excellent fruit.
In addition, Aldamina is able to withstand temperatures as low as -35 ° C without special hiding. Wine drinks from this variety are characterized by fruity aftertaste with light notes of citrus.
Frost-resistant grapes are an excellent choice for both temperate and southern climates, as they are able to withstand most of the extreme weather conditions and are unpretentious in content.
Despite its agricultural value, the correct elegant form of leaf and shoots of most members of the group is an excellent solution for decorating the site. 
Winter-hardy vineyard is the best plant for summer cottage, which will give not only tasty fruits, but also improve the site with its appearance.
