Description
Palatina, known in Hungary as Palatina or Augusztusi muskotály, is a white muscat table grape bred by Pál Kozma and colleagues in 1966 from Seyve-Villard 12-375 × Szőlőskertek királynője muskotály (Queen of the Vineyards). It ripens in the second half of August and carries medium-sized, slightly shouldered bunches of about 210 g. The medium oval berries are crisp, with a pleasant muscat flavour.
Characteristics
White muscat table grape; medium oval, crisp berries; medium-dense, slightly shouldered bunches of about 210 g; ripens in the second half of August; vigorous; good resistance to fungal diseases; berries rarely rot; good frost tolerance; undemanding about soil
Growing Tips
Palatina is a vigorous, undemanding vine that copes with most soils. Hungarian variety descriptions praise its resistance to fungal diseases and note that the berries hardly rot. Its frost tolerance is good as well. Give it ample room on the trellis, and harvest from the second half of August.