Grape cluster
In viticulture, the grape cluster (also bunch of grapes) is a fertilized inflorescence of the grapevine, the only part of this plant used for food.[1] The size of the grape bunch greatly varies, from few grams to kilograms, depending on the grape variety and conditions during the fruit set.[2]
Architecture
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The placement of a cluster on the vine is similar to that of a tendril,[3] as both develop from the same uncommitted primordia, the anlagen. The grape bunch position on the side of the stem opposing a leaf is unusual for inflorescence of the plants.[2] The typical shape of a cluster depends on the grape variety.[4]
The bunch of grapes, like a tendril, has two arms. The inner arm develops into a full-grown cluster, the smaller outer one might die off, develop into a small tendril-like arm with no fruit, or form a large "wing" with berries that sometimes ripen differently than the ones of the main cluster (for example, in Trebbiano).[2]
The grape cluster is shaped as a panicle, with the main branch ("axis") called rachis. Additional branches ("shoulders" or branch-twigs) are connected to the rachis irregularly and split into pedicels (short stems attaching individual berries). In a large cluster, the shoulders might bear secondary (sub-twigs) and sometimes tertiary branches before ending up with pedicels (the twig carrying the pedicels is also known as a terminal pedicel twig). The beginning of the rachis before the first split is called a peduncle.[3][5] In a ripe cluster the peduncle might be the only fully visible part of the cluster branches.[6]
The arrangement of the branches, so called cluster architecture, determines the distribution of berries and free space within the cluster. The architecture is complex and influences yield, quality, and resistance to pests and diseases.[7] While mostly determined by the ramification patterns of the rachis, its development can be influenced by management technique, like leaf removal.[8]
A relational growth grammar (RGG) can be used to describe the architecture of a cluster.[9]
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During the rapid growth phase of the vine shoot, future leaf buds and fruit buds are identical. A fruit bud differentiation process occurs in a mature vine under proper climatic and growth conditions will cause some buds to develop into the fruit ones.[10] The rudiments of the future flower clusters are formed during the summer season preceding the year of flowering[11] and develop after a winter rest.[12] The flowers develop simultaneously with the leaves, starting with calyx (about a week into the leafing phase) and followed by corolla (another week), stamens, and pistil.[4] The flowering takes about 45 to 70 days. The small greenish flowers are usually bisexual ("perfect").[13] The latter trait is most likely an effect of a long cultivation, the newer (mostly American) varieties have imperfect flowers with varying intersex degrees.[14] Self-pollination is typical.[15]
Symbolism
[edit]Grape cluster might refer to very diverse notions, from unity to immorality, it can also be a symbol of the gods of agriculture or fertility.[16]
Ancient Greek art though of clusters of grapes as symbols of fertility and sacrifice, the latter one due to blood-colored wine they produced, birds eating grapes were thought of as an expression of afterlife.[17] Personification of the grape bunch was represented by Staphylus.[18]
Like many other fruits and flowers, grape clusters are frequently used as symbols in the Christian art. Along with ears of wheat they represent the Eucharist, depicted alone might allude to the True Vine (playing the role similar to the lotus in Buddhism: "I am the vine"[19]). In the early Christianity, clusters were occasionally combined with cherubs, possibly under the influence of Bacchus worship. Two men that carry a gigantic grape cluster on a pole are Moses' spies[20] returning from the Promised Land,[21] this image is also frequently used in modern Israel to promote the tourism and wine.[22] The Bible also contains an analogy between the grape cluster and female breasts.[23][24]
Judaism used the bunch of grapes as a symbol of the nation of Israel.[25] Gary Porton (1976) suggests that the grape cluster in Judaism represents the (possibly Messianic) "great man" and points to its use during the bar Kokhba revolt.[26][27] Menahem Mor (2016) argues that a grape cluster on the Israeli coins of the Second Temple period depicts fertility and should be understood as a national, and not religious, symbol.[28]
Heraldry frequently does not make a distinction between a grape cluster and a vine charges,[29] the proper tincture of the fruit is purpure,[30] the typical meaning is direct (vineyard or wine production). In military symbols, a cluster corresponds to action in a wine-producing region (like France).[citation needed]
Decoration
[edit]The grape bunch is prolifically used in the decorative arts.[31]
Hellenized Jews used cluster images for mosaics at synagogues and decorations of tombs, probably alluding to the Greek symbolism of an eternal life, over time, these decorations lost their religious symbolism. As a reminder of the harvest (and thus joy), clusters of grapes are hung in sukkah, and can frequently be seen on Kiddush and Shabbat objects.[32]
See also
[edit]- Botryoidal, a term in mineralogy, defining mineral deposits shaped like a bunch of grapes
References
[edit]- ^ Galet & Towey 2000, p. 88.
- ^ a b c Coombe 2015, p. 116.
- ^ a b Winkler 1974, p. 118, The Cluster and Flowers.
- ^ a b Winkler 1974, p. 120.
- ^ Schöler & Steinhage 2015, p. 167.
- ^ Schöler & Steinhage 2015, p. 168.
- ^ Torres-Lomas et al. 2024.
- ^ doi:10.1016/j.cropro.2020.105079 will be fixed once the Citer is working again
- ^ Schöler & Steinhage 2015, pp. 167–168.
- ^ Winkler 1974, p. 112.
- ^ Winkler 1974, p. 118.
- ^ Winkler 1974, pp. 119–120.
- ^ Winkler 1974, p. 122.
- ^ Winkler 1974, p. 124.
- ^ Winkler 1974, p. 128.
- ^ Olderr 2017.
- ^ Frankel & Teutsch 1995, pp. 64–65.
- ^ Rose 2015.
- ^ "The Exhibition of Plant Forms Used in Design". Journal of the New York Botanical Garden. 20: 79. April 1919.
- ^ Num 13:23
- ^ Murray & Murray 1998, pp. 182–183, Flowers and Fruit.
- ^ Frankel & Teutsch 1995, p. 64.
- ^ Song of Songs 7:8
- ^ Hess 2008, p. 220.
- ^ Longenecker 1995, p. 50.
- ^ Porton 1976.
- ^ Hayward 1990, p. 9.
- ^ Mor 2016, pp. 417–418.
- ^ Fox-Davies 1909, p. 276.
- ^ Gough & Parker 1894, p. 602.
- ^ Coumbe 1920.
- ^ Frankel & Teutsch 1995, p. 65.
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