Vine Napoleon
Table Grape Varieties
 
Black seeded table grape variety of great interest as a late black table grape.
Large bunches and berries with an elongated elliptical shape.
The grape is highly resistant to handling, cold storage and transport.
 
Synonyms:
Napoleon is also known as: Imperial, black Almeria, black Murciana, black Aledo, black Don Mariano, black ohanes, black Ovan. 
 
curls: 
Large, of medium compactness, with a peduncle of medium length and with low lignification of the peduncle.
Conical or pyramidal in shape, sometimes winged. 
 
Berries:
Black-bluish-violet in color.
Large in size, elliptical elongated, with circular section.
Medium to large caliber between 20-22 mm.
Mole colored skin, except for sun-exposed curls.
Thick and with a medium level of decay, although this level can be high. 
Flesh soft, discolored, juicy and very vascularized, without specific flavors or aromas.
With pedicel of medium size. With a large calyx and very difficult to remove.
With very lignified and long seeds. 
 
Strains:
Grape variety of medium-high vigour, with an upright bearing and medium-low fertility, but with high productivity due to its large bunches.
It has many marketable bunches.
Fertility: Average.
Production: Very tall.
Force: Medium-High.
 
Phenology:
The indicated dates may vary depending on the growing area.
Station: Too late.
Budding Date: March 23rd.
Flowering Date: May 10th.
Coloring Date: August 29th.
Maturation Date: September 30th.
Fall date of leaf: December 8th.
Harvest date:From October to the beginning of January.
 
Cultural skills and adaptation to the viticultural environment.
It adapts well to driving in vineyards with medium pruning.
It presents problems of color uniformity that are solved with practices such as defoliation to increase sun exposure.
The grape is highly resistant to manipulation, cold storage and transport.
Variety sensitive to cracking.
It is of great interest as a late table grape.