The best varieties of black currant. Review of productive black currant varieties with large berries. Sweet varieties of black currants

Black currant is the most common berry grown in temperate climates. It is planted in almost every country house or garden plot. And of course, all gardeners try to choose the best blackcurrant varieties for planting, which give bountiful harvest and at the same time the fruits have excellent taste. Taking these needs into account, in recent years, breeders have developed and introduced new varieties of healthy berries, distinguished by very tasty and large fruits.

There are quite a lot of types of black currant (about 150), and there are even more hybrid varieties, and in order to somehow organize this long list, we classify the crop into the following categories:

• by ripening period (early, mid-ripening, late, very late);

• by fruit size (large-fruited, medium-fruited and small-fruited);

• by resistance to diseases and external factors (resistant, moderately resistant and weakly resistant);

• by yield (high-yielding, medium-yielding, and low-yielding varieties);

• by sugar content or sweetness of berries (sour, moderately sour and sweet);

• by pollination method.

The best

It is clear that choosing the best varieties of black currants among all the variety is quite difficult. It should be noted that berries of any variety contain approximately the same composition of vitamins, microelements, and have excellent healing and preventive properties. The only difference in composition is the glucose level: the sweeter the berries, the more glucose they contain.

As for the main characteristics, every gardener must choose a currant variety based on their own preferences and climatic conditions. Climate and soil are crucial - for example, out of almost two hundred varieties of this crop, only 50 are successfully grown in the climate of the central zone and the Moscow region. The vitality of the crop is also important: resistance to diseases, cold resistance.

Obviously, the greatest interest among gardeners is in early ripening crops with large (3-6 grams) and sweet berries. Besides, in Lately New high-yielding varieties have been developed that do not require cross-pollination, as well as hybrids, for example, currants crossed with gooseberries - a high-vitamin product that looks similar to black currants, but is much tastier and healthier.

According to gardeners, the best varieties for growing in the climate of the Moscow region are such early and large-fruited varieties as Black Boomer and Zhemchuzhina. Legend is a very high-yielding early variety with sweet, albeit medium-sized berries (3-4 g). There are also interesting dessert varieties with a high content of glucose and pectins: Lydia, Temptation, Isolda, Minusinskaya sweet, Solomon, Kalinovka, Knyazhna, Charm. It should be noted that in recent years, Ukrainian breeders have also developed new varieties that have become very popular in Ukraine and are also suitable for cultivation in the latitudes of the Moscow region: Sofievskaya, Vernissage, Suite Kyiv, Kazatskaya, Amethyst, Chereshnevaya, Krasa Lvova.

Large-fruited

Varieties with large berries include the following:

• Vigorous - a high-yielding crop with very large (the size of a quail egg) and sweet fruits, with proper care it produces up to 10 kg of berries per bush, and the branches bend under the weight of the bunches;

• Ariadna is a high-yielding mid-early variety with sweet and sour large fruits, the crop is very resistant to cold and disease, planted in a sunny area can produce 7-8 kg of yield per bush, according to gardeners, it grows well in the soils of the Moscow region;

• Gross - a mid-season variety resistant to diseases and frosts, high yield, large, aromatic berries, with smooth skin, arranged 8-10 pieces per cluster;

• Belarusian sweet is a cold and disease resistant crop with good tasting berries, suitable for being grown for industrial purposes in the non-chernozem zone of most regions of Russia, including the Moscow region;

• Venus is an early winter-hardy self-fertile variety, high yield, smooth fruits, large in size (5-6 g), with a high sugar content;

• Dobrynya is a high-yielding, disease-resistant crop with smooth, large (5-7 g) berries, which is the most successful development of domestic breeders, suitable for cultivation in different regions of Russia: in the middle zone, southern regions and the climate of the Moscow region;

• Gulliver is a mid-season, high-yielding crop of domestic selection with large berries of 10-17 pieces on each cluster, resistant to disease and cold;

• Exotic is an early self-fertile variety with good winter hardiness, large fruits are sometimes larger in size than cherries, and the dense, smooth skin allows the berries to be stored and transported for a long time;

• Kozatskaya – mid-season high-yielding variety, undemanding to soil and climate, resistant to diseases, fruit weight is 5-7 g;

• The effect is a high-yielding and fairly hardy mid-season crop with large sweet and sour berries, resistant to disease, cold and drought.

Of course, these are not all varieties of currants with large berries. This list may include several dozen more, but it is fair to note that some of the large-fruited varieties are not distinguished by high taste, while others are simply not suitable for growing in the climate of the middle and central zone.

Super sweet

If currants are grown not for industrial purposes, but for yourself and your family, it makes sense to choose not only large-fruited, but also sweet varieties.

• Sweet berries include those with a sugar content exceeding 10% - these are the fruits that are ideal for making jam and eating as dessert. As a result of many years of research, the following varieties of currants fell under the description of “dessert”:

• Excellent (sugar content 11.1%) - a mid-season and frost-resistant crop, the fruits are medium-sized, very aromatic, 4-5 kg ​​can be harvested from one bush;

• Nina (sugar 11%) - a mid-season variety selected by Altai biologists, medium-sized fruits, very juicy and aromatic;

• Bagheera (sugar 10.8%) is a winter-hardy mid-season crop, the berries are large and very aromatic, the yield is high - up to 5 kg per bush;

• Triton (sugar 10.6%) is a mid-season self-fertile variety, resistant to frost and disease, valued for its high and stable yield, and is universal for growing in soils of the middle and central zone, including the Moscow region; Green haze

• (10.1%) – a high-yielding dessert crop bred at the VNIIS named after. Michurina, is highly resistant to diseases, is not demanding on the soil, therefore it is included in the State Register and recommended for cultivation in most regions of Russia;

Selechenskaya (10.01%) is an early-ripening crop with large (4-5 g), aromatic berries, resistant to cold and disease, and is universal for cultivation in many regions.

This rating was compiled by specialists from the All-Russian Research Institute of Fruit Crop Breeding. However, there is other data according to which the list of sweet varieties is much wider. Thus, the following varieties contain more than 10% sugar: Ladushka (10.5%), Labilnaya (10.4%), Pamyat Bordova and Vernissage (10.3%), Velikolepnaya and Vladimirskaya (10.2%), Pamyatnaya and Black Stork (10.1%).

Early

• Exotics are one of the earliest crops, the description of which is presented above, the ripening time is early June, it is resistant to cold, easily survives spring frosts, and regular watering is required to obtain a bountiful early harvest;

• A curiosity - an early ripening currant (mid-June) with large and tasty fruits, self-fertile, resistant to cold, but susceptible to bud mite damage;

• Vigorous - a very cold-resistant and high-yielding crop, the description of which was also presented above; fruit maturity occurs in mid-June, produces a bountiful harvest, but is to some extent susceptible to fungal diseases, which often affects the quality of the crop;

• The Little Prince is a cold-resistant currant of early ripening (mid-June), the fruits are small (2-3 g), quite tasty (sugar content 10.7%), resistant to diseases, but can be affected by bud mites;

• Overture is a very early ripening currant (early June), dense clusters consisting of 10-15 small fruits (up to 2 g), resistant to cold and disease, bred at VNIIR named after. Vavilov as a universal highly productive crop suitable for cultivation in the non-chernozem zone;

• Nara - the time of full ripening occurs in mid-June, resistant to cold, drought, fungal diseases, mites, medium-sized fruits (2-3 g), juicy with a sweet and sour taste.

Whatever currant you choose, it is important to know that maximum productivity is maintained for the first 7-10 years. Then the fruits become small, and the bush itself gradually degenerates. To get a bountiful harvest every year useful product, it is necessary to regularly prune branches that are more than three years old. In this way, the shoots will be regularly renewed and produce a high yield.

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Over the past ten years, significant progress has been observed in the selection of red and black currants. The productivity of a number of varieties has increased and improved taste qualities and medicinal properties, and also increased the resistance of currants to frost, some diseases and pests.

Let's look at the characteristics of the best varieties of currants and describe in detail how to organize the wintering of a fruit bush in order to maintain its high yield for the future.

Requirements for new currant varieties and stages of their breeding

Breeders annually develop new varieties of black and red currants, trying to ensure that the plant surpasses its predecessors in economically useful qualities.

Each time, before breeding, an ideal model is determined that has all the desired properties:

• high productivity;
• large fruit;
• rich in vitamin C;
• frost resistance;
• pleasant taste;
• drought resistance;
• resistance to pests and diseases;
• resistance to spring (return) frosts;
• different ripening periods.

After establishing the basic parameters of the plant, the breeder begins to select parental forms - the genetic basis of the future variety. This stage of work can take one to three years - during this time the breeder propagates the desired parent form vegetatively, plants it in the collection and studies the results of fruiting.

All the main characteristics of currants are transmitted only when vegetative propagation(by cuttings, layering and dividing the bush)

The next stage of developing a new variety is crossing (hybridization), which allows you to combine the hereditary characteristics of two parental forms. An amateur gardener can also carry out crossings.

Targeted hybridization involves artificial pollination, which results in fruits that contain seeds with hereditary information from the paternal and maternal plants. The seeds of ripened fruits are collected, dried and sown in the beds. Next year, hybrid seedlings of new currant varieties are ready for cultivation and propagation.

It is possible to judge the advantages and disadvantages of hybrid seedlings only after several years, after harvesting, assessing the taste characteristics, resistance to temperature fluctuations, diseases and pests.

If the plant meets the stated requirements, then proceed to next stage- primary variety study. A sufficient number of hybrid currant specimens (15-30 pieces) are planted, propagated vegetatively, and a comparative assessment is carried out with a standard (zoned) variety over three to five years. Highlight features hybrid variety and conduct state variety testing, based on the results of which the new variety is given a name and allowed for use outside the country.

High-yielding and industrial varieties of currants

The main requirements for industrial varieties of currants are as follows:

• high productivity;
• good presentation;
• ecological plasticity;
• product manufacturability;
• high resistance to pests and diseases;
• possibility of machine harvesting;
• high transportability.

It should be noted that industrial varieties of currants can be grown in household plots and summer cottages, because they are often less demanding in terms of care. However, their taste may be inferior to dessert, large-fruited and sweet currant varieties.

Blackcurrant varieties characterized by high yield include:

Industrial high-yielding varieties of red currant:

The best varieties of blackcurrant

Early varieties of black currant

There are many varieties of early ripening blackcurrants. We will try to highlight some of the latest and most promising achievements of breeders.

Black currant varieties "Exotica" obtained by crossing two varieties Seyanets Golubki and Bredtorp. The currant bush is vigorous, but not too dense. The leaves are large, the axis of the cluster with berries is straight, pubescent. The berries on the cluster are densely located (about 10 pieces).

The berries are quite large (2-2.6 g), have a sweet and sour taste, and thin, shiny skin. The yield of the variety is average, about 1 kg per bush.

The advantages of the variety include: frost resistance, size and manufacturability of the fruit.

Variety "Sibyl" bred in 2008, it is distinguished by high winter hardiness, dessert taste of fruits and large berries (up to 5 g). The yield of black currant "Sibilla" averages 8 t/ha.

The disadvantage of this variety is the low resistance of the plant to the bud mite.

New very early variety "Mriya Kyiv" has a stable average yield and is resistant to columnar rust, powdery mildew. The bush is medium-sized and slightly spreading. Large currant berries (4g) with a sweet and sour taste can be used for further processing and freezing.

Dessert varieties of black currants

Dessert varieties of black currant are often used for processing (preparing jams, preserves and for confectionery purposes). Typically, these varieties have a high sugar content and a pleasant aroma.

"Nestor Kozin"- an early ripening variety of black currant, the berries of which are sweet and quite large - 3-4.5 g (not one-dimensional). The bush is compact, height - 1-1.5 m. The variety gives good yield starting from the second year after planting. The fruit bush is resistant to diseases - it is rarely affected by anthracnose and powdery mildew. Winter hardiness and drought resistance are high.

Blackcurrant variety "Perun" can also be classified as dessert, since its fruits have a pleasant aroma and high sugar content, the size of the fruit is about 2g. The yield of the variety is average (1.5 kg/bush), the plant is resistant to spring frosts and tolerates dry periods well. The disadvantage of the variety is its strong susceptibility to powdery mildew.

Black currant "Selechenskaya 2", registered in 2004, has many advantages. First of all, it is the excellent taste of the berries (5 points), the size of the fruit (5.5 g), the high content of ascorbic acid, and disease resistance. The yield of the variety is good - up to 2.8 kg / bush.

Large-fruited varieties of black currant

Often, summer residents and gardeners prefer to grow large-fruited currants, varieties of which can be of both early and mid-late ripening.

Among other large-fruited varieties, it is necessary to highlight a variety with a medium ripening period - "Vigorous". Currant berries are one-dimensional, very large (5.5 g), and have a plum-like shape. The taste of the berries is slightly sour, refreshing. The yield of the variety is up to 12 t/ha. Black currant of this variety is resistant to frost, as well as to pests (grouse, bud mite). The disadvantages of “Yadrenaya” include the rapid aging of the bush.

"Dobrynya" refers to varieties of medium ripening, but is distinguished by very large fruits (6 g). In addition, the variety has good taste (4.8 points) and has an aroma. The yield of the variety is average (1.6-2.4 kg/bush).

The black currant variety also boasts large, one-dimensional fruits. "Lucia". Fruit weight is up to 5.5 g. The yield of the variety is high (10 t/ha) and stable, but the shrubs age quickly and are demanding on agricultural technology.

Varieties of black currants of medium and late ripening

Among the mid-late varieties of black currant, they are distinguished by high productivity "Bagheera" And "Agatha". The average yield of "Bagira" is 12.0 t/ha, "Agaty" - 11.0 t/ha (maximum - 13.3 t/ha).

The berries of “Baghira” are medium in size (about 1.3 g), while “Agatha” has large fruits, weighing up to 3.8 g. The taste of the berries of both varieties is sweet and sour. The varieties are winter-hardy, drought-resistant, and relatively immune to powdery mildew and bud mite.

The Bagira variety is distinguished by good transportability and suitability for mechanized cultivation technology.

Red currants: varieties and their descriptions

Early ripening red currant varieties

Among the best varieties of red currants, one can distinguish a variety that is distinguished by a dessert, very sweet taste - "Pink Pearl". The currant bush is slightly spreading, but quite tall. Small pink fruits, weighing about 0.7 g, can hang on the branches for a long time without spoiling. The yield of the variety is average. “Pink Pearl” tolerates frosty winters well.

"Cascade"- a large-fruited, early-ripening variety bred in the USA. The weight of the berries is about 1.4 g, the taste is sweet and sour, the length of the clusters can reach 10 cm. Red currants of this variety are practically not susceptible to fungal diseases and are pleased with their stable yield.

One of the new early ripening varieties "Niva" has a good and stable yield - about 2.1 kg / bush. The average weight of the berries is 0.7 g, the color of the fruit is bright red. The purpose is universal (the fruits have good gelling properties). The disadvantage of this variety is that spring frosts can significantly damage the flowers and currant ovaries.

Medium-late ripening red currant varieties

High yields are characteristic of mid-late ripening varieties: "Ilyinka" And "Beloved".

“Ilyinka” has large, one-dimensional berries, weighing up to 1.6 g with a pleasant sweet and sour taste. The yield of red currants in a favorable period is 5 kg/bush (average yield is 3 kg/bush). The plant is resistant to powdery mildew, but is occasionally affected by sawflies and anthracnose.

Despite the fact that the “Beloved” red currant variety appeared not so long ago, it has already gained popularity among summer residents and gardeners. The main advantages of the variety: excellent yield (11.4 t/ha) and good winter hardiness. The plant is resistant to powdery mildew, but can be affected by leaf spots.

Medicinal properties of new varieties of red currant

Many of the new varieties of red currant have high bactericidal and medicinal properties. Decoctions and juice from fresh red currant berries are useful for the following diseases:

• food poisoning;
• atherosclerosis;
• rheumatism;
• anemia;
• diabetes.

In addition, red currant is used to strengthen capillaries, improve metabolism and general immunity, and also as an antipyretic. The vitamin complex contained in the berries neutralizes the effect of nitrates and promotes their removal from the body.

Preparing currants for winter

Currants are frost-resistant plants. Therefore, even if the currants were not given due attention during the autumn preparation period, then, most likely, the bush will safely overwinter. However, after not complex work and by preparing currants for the winter, it will be possible to guarantee the preservation of a high harvest for the next year.

Stages of preparing red and black currants for winter:

With the arrival of spring, the currants need to be cleared of snow and the leaves removed, and after a few days the rope can be removed.

Currants from the gooseberry family were “tamed” by humans relatively recently - only about 500 years ago, when the cultivation of pears and apple trees dates back thousands of years. By the way, the Moscow River was once called Smorodinovka because of the growth of these bushes along its banks. Today, the “young” culture can be seen in any garden plot.

Breeders tirelessly offer us new hybrids, taking into account ripening periods for different climatic zones. When breeding them, attention is also paid to the size and taste of the fruit, the length of the brush, the formation of the bushes, and their resistance to cold and disease.

Important criteria for achieving the “ideal” currant are also its vitality, self-fertility, and productivity. At the same time, they are guided by domestic experience in manual harvesting for fresh and frozen consumption, for preparations (jams, jams, drinks, etc.)

And foreign selection is designed primarily for the mechanized collection of raw materials, regardless of their size or weight for industrial processing.

The popularity of black fruits is explained by its number of advantages over red and white ones, namely:

• higher saturation of all above-ground parts essential oils. They are contained in special glands densely located on the underside of the leaves. Therefore, the whole plant has a pronounced aroma, extreme aroma
• the content of ascorbic acid here predominates several times more than in “relative” fruits of a different color. By the way, even for still green berries useful substances 4 times more than in fully ripe ones. Isn’t that why our children love not-yet-ripe currants so much?...
• the fruits are less sour and not so watery compared to other fruits of these plants. Therefore, the volume of juice prepared from them will be about 10% lower than from lighter berries
• high frost resistance, which is very important for the cold regions of our country
• the possibility of propagation not only by bushes, but also by cuttings and layering.

Chokeberry is also characterized by high demands on soil moisture, vulnerability to various diseases, and damage by pests. At the same time, it requires constant formation and competent thinning of branches of different ages.

Many of these varieties can bear fruit for up to 30 years with proper care ( right choice soil and planting sites, pruning, watering, loosening, fertilizing, etc.).

Climate features and soil properties in different places affect the development and fruiting of the bush. This is of decisive importance when choosing seedlings. After all, only 50 of the more than 200 varieties available can be successfully grown in different regions of central and central Russia.

One of the important selection criteria for gardeners is, first of all, the timing of ripening, namely:

1. This rating was compiled by specialists from the All-Russian Research Institute of Fruit Crop Breeding. However, there is other data according to which the list of sweet varieties is much wider. Thus, the following varieties contain more than 10% sugar: Ladushka (10.5%), Labilnaya (10.4%), Pamyat Bordova and Vernissage (10.3%), Velikolepnaya and Vladimirskaya (10.2%), Pamyatnaya and Black Stork (10.1%).. Their flowering begins in the first half of May and ripe berries appear by mid-June. These include Summer Resident, Dikovinka, Dubrovskaya, Heiress , Pygmy, Mermaid, Selechinskaya-2, Black Boomer, Exotic, Spherical, etc.

1. Medium varieties They bloom from mid-May and ripen by the end of July. These are: Bagheera, Belarusian sweet, Vologda, Dobrynya, Daughter, Zhuravushka, Izyumnaya, Katyusha, Rusalka, Sadko, Selechinskaya, Black Pearl and a number of others.

1. Mid-late Bagira, Barrikadnaya, Venus, Vologda, Zhemchuzhina, Green Haze, Emerald Necklace, Titania, Yubileynaya Kopanya, Orlovsky Waltz and a number of other varieties reach ripening in the second ten days of July. They are most often chosen by gardeners and summer residents. After all, thanks to warm, sunny weather, berries accumulate the maximum amount of nutrients and vitamins.

1. Late The varieties here are perhaps the smallest group. They bloom from the second half of May, and the berries ripen in the first ten days of August. Due to the very long growing season, they are most susceptible to damage by pests and fungi. The most popular varieties are: Arcadia, Altai late, Lazy, Mila, Tatyana's day, Yadrenaya.

When choosing any of these options, it is important to remember that all berries have the same composition of microelements, vitamins, and excellent therapeutic and prophylactic properties. on their specific gravity, glucose levels, the degree of sweetness or acidity of currants are influenced by seasonal factors.

Note! The soil conditions of the places where varieties grow, the weather of a particular year/month can also affect these indicators.

The specificity of currants is that most of its varieties are capable of pollination with their own pollen, i.e. they are self-fertile. This is reflected in the number of their ovaries and the formation of fruits compared to plants with free pollination.

Among the varieties with 50% self-pollination are the large-fruited Azhurnaya, Dachnitsa, Temptation, Pygmey, Nara, Sevchanka and many others. Binar, Golubichka, Dar Smolyaninova, Debryansk, Temptation, Selechinskaya-2, Sudarushka, Tamerlan, Yadrenaya and others have a good indicator (from 30 to 50% of self-fertility).

Therefore, to increase the yield of large berries, it is recommended to plant several bushes from different varieties nearby.

When choosing currant seedlings for central Russia with low winter temperatures, it is important to take into account the structure of its infertile, acidic soil.

And achieving a positive effect presupposes that when planting it must be “ennobled” with fertilizer, liming, etc. This increases soil fertility and allows you to achieve the required degree of neutral or slightly acidic reaction (pH from 5.0 to 5.5).

• Based on practice, many gardeners consider the best early varieties for the climatic conditions of the Moscow region such as Dachnitsa, Zhemchuzhina, Izyumnaya, Nara, Nester Kozin, Pygmy, Selechinskaya, Black Boomer, Exotica. The fruitful, self-fertile, winter-hardy Moscow plant, native to the region, also feels good.
• Among the varieties with average terms ripening worthy of attention are Belorusskaya sweet, Detskoselskaya, Dobrynya, Dubrovskaya, Izmailovskaya, Katyusha and others.
• These are ideal for the Moscow region climate late varieties, like: Lazy, Vologda, Daughter. It is characteristic that they can safely tolerate low winter temperatures and remain resistant to pests and diseases.

A characteristic feature of these options is that they are adapted to the specific climate of the region: drought resistance, spring sharp changes in air temperature.

Climatic conditions in all regions of the Urals it is much more severe than in the central part of Russia. In winter, the average temperature here with strong winds can reach from -20°C to -40°C, and in summer – up to +35°C.

Therefore, when selecting large-fruited black currants, it is recommended to choose cultivated seedlings that take into account such features. To avoid massive damage to ovaries and flowers during spring frosts, varieties with different flowering periods should be planted.

We invite you to get acquainted with the hardiest plants that can develop and bear fruit even in fairly cool areas. Here you can focus on offers of zoned varieties from breeders from Sverdlovsk and other specialists.

• Among the early varieties of flowering and ripening berries, we recommend paying attention to the Ural Song, Good Genie, and Sibylla. Along with this list, the “old” assortment is also worthy of attention, namely: Gross, Pygmy, Memory of Michurin, Gift to Kuzior, Spherical.
• An intermediate option could be one of the best varieties recent years with early and medium ripening periods Pilot.
• Mid-late varieties are represented by Fortuna, Globus, Dashkovskaya, Venera, Sudarushka bred in this region, as well as by Siberian breeders - Prestige.
• Of the later species, Bagira, the local Slavyanka, the Siberian Yadrenaya, and the Ukrainian Krasa Lvova have proven themselves well.

In the vast expanses of Siberia with its climate and soils, local and European selections with different ripening periods can take root well. It is natural that seedlings with increased frost resistance from Far Eastern, Altai, and Ural selections occupy a worthy place.

They are bred specifically for the Northern, Northwestern, and Far Eastern regions. However, the latter develop somewhat more slowly at first and begin to grow normally, like their counterparts from Europe, only in the second year after planting.

The best large-fruited varieties here are considered to be those with high resistance to severe frosts and unpretentious growing conditions.

• Those who want to grow currant bushes with early maturation large berries can be used by seedlings Izyumnaya, Selechinskaya, Sibylla.
• Among varieties of the middle period ripening large-fruited black currants showed themselves well: Brown Far Eastern (another name is Brown Favorskaya), Hercules, Globus, Lucia ,
• Adapted to Siberian growing conditions late-ripening large, sweet healthy berries. These include the following varieties: Altai late, Arcadia, Bagheera, Venus, Lazy, Mila, Perun, Tatyana's Day.
• Admirers super large black berries Seedlings with different ripening periods are selected with their uniform distribution throughout the entire cluster. Among them are Globus, Dobrynya, Krupnoplodnaya Litvinova, Romantika, Pygmy, Selechinskaya, Sibylla, Yadrenaya. It is characteristic that the roots of the bushes and cuttings remained undamaged even during May frosts down to -10°C.
• For those who prefer among all indicators bountiful harvest We recommend Gross, Dacha, Druzhnaya, Izyumnaya, Lazy, Ussuri, Yadrenaya. And the most resistant against diseases and pests are considered varieties such as: Globus, Gulliver, Valovaya, Sevchanka, Sibylla.

“Hits” varieties of large-fruited black currants:

Bred by Siberian breeders and recognized as one of the world leaders among mid-ripening berry varieties. The bushes are spreading, low-growing, medium dense. Its plum-shaped fruits with a diameter of up to 3 cm weigh more than 6 g, have a refreshing taste, reach up to 8 pieces on a long brush.

They have dense flesh with a sour taste and a refreshing aroma. Capable of producing a high yield of up to 12 tons per hectare. The bush needs systematic rejuvenation. Has relative resistance to diseases.

It is characterized by a spreading bush of medium height and sparsely growing leaves. Round black berries with hard skin weighing up to one and a half grams with a “pearl” shine and reaching a diameter of up to 7 cm.

It is characterized by high winter hardiness, early ripening, productivity, and moderate resistance to diseases.

This large-fruited variety is characterized by stable fruiting and a high level of healing vitamin C and pectin. Well suited for manual and mechanized fruit picking in mid-July.

Titania

Which is also called the Swedish queen with Russian roots. After all, the variety was selected in Sweden by crossing Altai Dessert with Kajaanin Musta-Tamas (Musta Tamas).

It has a tall bush up to 1.5 m, from which you can collect up to 5 kg of large berries. The weight of each sweet and sour dense fruit out of 20 on one cluster reaches up to two grams. You can feel their dessert taste and wine aroma already at the beginning of July.

The advantages of Titania include its adaptation to the coldest climates, resistance to disease and bad weather, and a rich harvest without complex agricultural technology. Thanks to these properties, the variety is used as a base for further selection. For example, in Poland it is used to produce Tisel.

Occupies a worthy place among early ripening varieties. The bush is slightly spreading, medium-sized, rather dense. Very large, round, medium-dense berries weigh up to 2.5 g and contain a lot of sugar and ascorbic acid.

This high-yielding variety is cold-resistant, but is not afraid of hot seasons. Belongs to plants that require intensive care and fertile soil.

Selechinskaya is resistant to damage by powdery mildew, but to a lesser extent by harmful insects.

Dessert variety of Ukrainian selection with a medium-late ripening period. Its long clusters up to 11 cm can hold more than 20 berries. The pygmy is considered a favorite of summer residents for the attractive taste of its aromatic, sweet fruits.

Very large round berries have few seeds in the pulp. These slightly spreading bushes with thick and strong stems can safely survive severe winter frosts and hot summers.

It is characterized by high productivity, self-fertility, resistance to anthracnose and powdery mildew. Problems with growing this variety include some susceptibility to diseases (septoria) and bud mite damage.

It is a variety with medium ripening periods of super-large berries. The medium-sized, erect bush is compact and capable of generously bearing fruit up to 3 kg. Oval, black, shiny fruits with elastic, dense skin have an aromatic, sweet and sour taste.

Characterized by high winter hardiness, average resistance to spring frosts and aridity, early fruiting, and sufficient yield. In summer and spring it needs intensive care.

Dobrynya is not susceptible to powdery mildew, but can be damaged by other fungal diseases and pests.

It is one of the leaders of dessert varieties with early ripening of large berries. On a straight bush up to 1.5 m high, large round fruits grow, matte black fruits with a sweet taste. And at the end of July, after reaching full ripeness, they do not fall off, but when withered, they resemble raisins. Thanks to these exclusive qualities, it got its name.

This variety is winter-hardy, tolerates drought and sudden changes in the external environment. It is characterized by resistance against fungal diseases, bud mites, and ashtray. Disadvantages include poor rooting by cuttings.

Belongs to the varieties most late dates ripening only at the beginning of August. They ripen as the last hello of summer, when the bulk of plants stop bearing fruit, which is reflected in its name. However, the long wait for the harvest is quite justified.

Powerful, tall, spreading bushes with thick leaves produce very large, sweet berries. They have a round shape, black-brown color, a pronounced taste and aroma of medium-density pulp.

It is also attractive for its high frost resistance, ability to resist various diseases and pest damage. These are septoria, anthracnose, terry, columnar rust. However, it has poor resistance to powdery mildew.

Problems also include unfriendly fruit ripening and yield instability.

The Ukrainian selection pleases with its shiny, super-large berries that ripen in early June, weighing up to 7 g. They ripen evenly, have a one-dimensional shape, sufficient pulp density, exquisite aroma, and a high level of sweetness.

Clusters with fruits that do not fall off after full ripening on the stalks of powerful branches look like bunches of grapes. This unique variety is very loved by children, because it is one of the very first sweet berries of summer.

In terms of yield, Black Boomer competes with many varieties of currants and is very undemanding in care and resistant to diseases. According to many gardeners, these qualities have gained fame not only as a magnificent variety, but also have become a new era in the development of such a crop.

Belongs to varieties that ripen quite early. Here the currant bushes are medium-sized, slightly spreading with straight, not very thick branches. Round berries of uniform size reach a weight of up to 1.5 g and have a sweet and sour taste.

The peculiarity of the variety is its ability to bear fruit without abundant watering and even without it. Already in the second season of its growth, a young bush can collect about 1 kg of berries, and then up to 3 kg even in the driest times.

In the constellation of its advantages, along with the early periods of simultaneous ripening, the size and quality of the fruits, others can be mentioned. This is a good resistance to diseases and pests, high self-fertility and winter hardiness. Vulnerability – weak resistance to bud mites.

Belongs to early varieties and requires good lighting and high soil moisture. It has tall trunks with curved thick olive-greenish shoots with densely growing leaves. Hence their insistence on maintaining a large distance between neighboring plants (from 1.5 to 3 m).

At correct landing With proper care, one bush can produce more than 3 kg of very large round berries, each weighing more than 3 g. Shiny fruits with medium-density pulp have an excellent taste with a slight sourness, which many gardeners like. From the time of flowering to the full ripening of currants, up to 70 days pass.

Gulliver is resistant to severe winter cold and spring frosts, diseases and bud mites.

“The brainchild” of Dutch and Russian breeders. When breeding the variety, emphasis was placed on its ability to withstand over -35°C. They managed to achieve high yields from several low-growing, spreading bushes.

Very large sweet berries of summer residents with good taste, when abundantly ripened in early July, can bend the branches to the ground. To avoid this, it is advisable to use supports in a timely manner. It is typical that the berries fall off when ripe. Due to the uneven ripening of fruits, the harvest time can be extended. The variety is also interesting due to its increased resistance to infections, tick attacks, and sudden temperature fluctuations.

With medium ripening periods of berries, it has spreading bushes up to two meters high. Bagheera enters the time of abundant fruiting already in the second year after planting. This is one of the few fruit bushes that do not begin to shed their leaves with the onset of winter.

The rounded large fruits weigh up to 3 g, have an attractive glossy black color and have juicy, tender pulp covered with a dense peel. In nodes on 2-3 clusters, up to 7 pieces of sweet aromatic berries are collected, forming a massive and rather picturesque bunch. Having enough of them allows you to collect up to five kg from one bush. The variety is adapted to cold and heat and has average resistance against pests.

It comes from Scotland and is a mid-early variety with fairly large berries weighing about 4 g that ripen quickly. The fruits have an excellent dessert taste with a predominance of sweet notes over sour ones. Even after full ripening, they remain on the branches and retain their aroma and taste.

Only in extreme heat can such berries look like they have dried. Fruiting begins from a height of 15-20 cm of the trunk and ends at the top of a vertically oriented bush.

Achieving high yields is possible in the second year after planting - more than 5 kg, and in the third - over 10 kg.

The main condition for care is proper pruning, fertilizing the soil when planting and developing the bush, watering and other subtleties of intensive agricultural technology. The variety is very frost-resistant and can resist powdery mildew.

With medium-early ripening of large fruits. The variety has widely spreading bushes and moderate density of somewhat wrinkled convex leaves. Round berries of sweet and sour taste with a maximum weight of about 2.5 g form clusters up to 10 cm long on the petioles. The one-dimensionality of the fruit with a small number of seeds is one of the advantages of Valovaya. It has an average yield of about 4 kg per bush.

This self-fertile variety tolerates winter cold well and is quite resistant to various diseases and pest damage. The variety is intended for universal use, both fresh and cooked.

We hope that our article will help you choose your “format” of large-fruited black currants! Experience satisfaction from your diligence, get pleasure, benefits for your soul and body!

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Large-fruited varieties of black currant

• ​is a scientist-breeder with a capital letter. In love with currants, before releasing the variety into production, she tested it for a dozen characteristics. All varieties by T.P. Ogoltsova have complex resistance to fungal, viral diseases and bud mites. She always strives for a high content of vitamins and antioxidants, plasticity in different zones, and resistance to drought and heat in her varieties. Attaches importance to the beauty and size of the bush, self-fertility (pollination without bees). Its varieties usually produce large, tasty berries. To this day, in my garden, her Zusha, Lazy, Exotica are the record holders for the combination of all these characteristics.​
• ​from A.A. Astakhov from the All-Russian Research Institute of Lupine (Bryansk) - Gulliver, Nara, Sevchanka, Selechinskaya;​
• ​Expect that your plantings will take up a lot of space. The bush is vigorous and spreading. A very productive variety, from one bush you get more than 3 kg of berries. It is one of the largest-fruited of all late-ripening varieties. If you are looking for the best varieties of blackcurrant for the Moscow region, then consider your search over.​
• ​Nestor Kozin;​
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• ​At first, black currant was used by humans as a medicinal plant and only in the 15th century it began to be used as a dessert berry. Already in the 19th century, Europeans began to develop the best varieties of black currant, and now it is difficult to find country cottage area and a garden where this berry would not grow.​

​will delight you with the taste of the following varieties: White Fairy, Belaya Potapenko, Belyana​

Early varieties of black currant

But now all these farms are going bankrupt - prices for currants have fallen 10 times. The fault lies with farmers from Turkey, who began to grow black carrots and use them to make a concentrate with carotenoids and anthocyanins. This concentrate is several times cheaper - compare the prices of carrots and currants. AND food industry now it is not currants from Poland that are added to dark-colored juices, but carrots from Turkey.​

​it is most intensively consumed when the bushes come out of dormancy, when the buds open. And by the time of flowering, its consumption is halved and remains at the same level for two to three months, until the berries ripen. After harvesting, at the beginning of leaf fall, the intensity of nitrogen use increases again - it is needed for the development of roots and is stored in wood for the winter. In addition to nitrogen, currant bushes from flowering to the filling of berries they require

• ​has no equal in its outstanding yield of large, sweet and sour pear-shaped fruits that do not fall off or rot until September.​
• ​I could not say this about the largest-fruited varieties Yadrenaya, Pigmey and Selechenskaya, which were fashionable at that time. Yes, their berries were the largest, but not aligned in the cluster: at the beginning - large, then - very small. In addition, the bushes were sick, falling apart, and difficult to adapt to our climate.​
• ​from L.N. Zabelina (Altai) and the Lisavenko Research Institute of Horticulture of Siberia (Barnaul) - Vigorous, Altai Pozdnyaya, Hercules, Zhuravushka, Black Stork.​
• ​Probably everyone is most interested in sweet varieties of blackcurrants for the Moscow region. Large, tasty berries will become a favorite treat for the whole family. This variety was bred by the National Academy of Fruit Growing of Belarus. This is a real find for amateur and industrial gardening. The bushes very quickly enter the fruiting phase; already in the second year after planting the seedlings you will be picking berries. This is the highest rate of precocity of all that exists today. Plants do not tolerate winter frosts, but late frosts can destroy some flowers and significantly reduce the yield. The variety is resistant to diseases such as powdery mildew and anthracnose. The bush is quite large, spreading and very productive. Like all large varieties of black currant, it is very suitable for the Moscow region, and each bush can provide the gardener with 4 kg of magnificent berries. The variety is mid-season, the fruits have excellent taste.​
• ​Tisel.​
• ​Exotic;​
• ​In order to choose the right blackcurrant variety for planting on your site, you need to take into account that they differ in frost resistance, ripening period, size of berries, yield and much more. In order to decide which varieties of blackcurrant are best for you, you should familiarize yourself with their main characteristics.​
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• ​Gennady Fedorovich, thank you for the article, the following question remains unclear to me - how to properly deal with fallen leaves, whether to remove them or not, and if to remove them, when to do it in spring or autumn.​
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• ​After talking about old and new varieties, about their authors - outstanding breeders, let's talk about the agricultural technology of this berry, beloved by many. Agricultural technology in the arid south and in the rainy Non-Black Earth Region is different, so I will only talk about my experience. Currants have special features - for example, very high early fruiting: you root the cuttings, and after 2-3 years you harvest. This is its advantage, but there is the same drawback: diseases from neighboring infected gardens fly to currants with the wind and pests - first of all, glass, mites, viruses and pathogens of fungal diseases, so old bushes are a breeding ground for diseases.​
• ​More than 20 years have passed. Now the assortment has changed significantly. The industrial varieties of T.P. Ogoltsova are gradually disappearing from amateurs, and they are becoming fashionable

Dessert varieties of black currants

Then other varieties appeared from all over Russia:

• ​When choosing blackcurrant varieties, you need to look at reviews only if the person is talking about growing currants in your region. If he is located at least 150-200 km from you, his opinion and advice may be of little use for your dacha and the variety of blackcurrant that you want to grow. As you can see, a lot depends on agricultural technology, but a lot also depends on regional affiliation, which affects many other factors.​
• ​His homeland is the city of Orel. This is an early ripening variety that is great for desserts and fresh consumption. The berries are large, sweet, thin-skinned, very tender and tasty. The bush is easy to process, compact, erect. It is distinguished by good winter hardiness and resistance to powdery mildew, as well as bud mites. This is a fast-growing, self-fertile and productive variety; from each bush you can get up to 3 kg of excellent berries. If we talk about the best varieties of blackcurrant for the Moscow region, then the list must include the early-ripening Exotic variety and the late-ripening Effect.​
• ​Almost all dessert varieties of black currant are early and medium ripening berries.​
• ​Nara;​
• ​By different characteristics The following groups of blackcurrant varieties are distinguished: dessert, early and late, large-fruited and small-fruited.​
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• ​Tatiana. Why do they remove leaves? Because they are a breeding ground for pests and diseases, so they need to be removed in the fall. However, this is not always the case, but only with the abuse of mineral fertilizers and a minimum of organic matter in industrial gardens. Imagine my garden, every year after the leaves fall I add additional organic matter as mulch. From below, hundreds of worms and other spider bugs rush to the damp, fallen leaves, shielded from the light. The leaf that has passed through their stomach no longer contains pathogenic fungi and bacteria. The leaf is eaten, leaving uncovered eggs and cocoons of pests. They don't last long and are eaten by ants. ground beetles and other predators. thus, coprolites accumulate and beneficial insects, and pests and diseases disappear.​
• ​I don’t like bending branches from old varieties for rooting. Before propagating and planting a variety in the main garden, I check it for diseases. To do this, in the summer I choose the healthiest shoots with strong growth and cut ten green cuttings from them. They take root easily, in separate beds under non-woven material, which retains moisture and protects against flying pests. In the fall, I do not select all the seedlings, but only three out of a dozen, but with the best growth - they are obviously free from viruses and fungi. I plant them in the garden.
• ​varieties from A.A. Astakhov from the All-Russian Research Institute of Lupine (Bryansk)​
• ​YUNIIPOK (Chelyabinsk) - Sibylla, Pygmy, Venus, Sudarushka;

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​It doesn’t matter at all what kind of black currant (Baghira, Pygmy, Golubka, Gross, Titania, Lazy, Veloy, Zhemchuzhina or others) you choose for your dacha, be sure to read our material, where we talked about growing black currants, its propagation, planting and care. This information will help you correctly determine the place and soil for planting a bush, choose a good seedling, learn how to properly form a bush, how to deal with currant pests, etc.

​Another stunning variety that demonstrates the highest resistance to winter frosts. It can grow even in Siberia; it is not afraid of winter thaws with subsequent drops in temperature. Drought-resistant, can survive for a long time without watering. Resistant to most diseases such as powdery mildew, anthracnose, rust and blight. The bush is compact and very productive; it can produce up to 5 kg of berries. The fruit tastes with a pleasant sourness.

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- for example, Litvinovskaya, which takes 1st place at all exhibitions in Moscow in terms of size, taste and quality of berries. In addition, this is the only fairly winter-hardy Astakhov variety in my area. It is worth noting the variety Dar Smolyaninova - a record holder for the combination of the most important qualities: very large and at the same time very sweet berries, with high yield and resistance to disease.​

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Choosing blackcurrant varieties for the Moscow region

​Today we are looking at the best varieties of blackcurrant for the Moscow region. Reviews from gardeners are a good help when choosing, as they convey people’s personal experiences. All varieties presented in the article have the highest ratings; amateurs and professionals praise them for excellent harvest, large tasty fruits, as well as unpretentiousness. But I would like to mention another variety called Sudarushka. It will appeal to those who love very sweet berries. Bred in Chelyabinsk, it is relatively winter-hardy. In severe frosts, additional covering material must be used. But this inconvenience is compensated by the yield - one bush produces up to 5 kg of fresh currants. Mid-season variety, its tasting score is 5 points.​

​Pearl - early ripening (early July), berries weighing up to 6g, very sweet, bred in Siberia.​

Varieties of black currants with large berries for the Moscow region

​Heiress;​

​These include:​

The effect is the choice of most gardeners

​According to the opinions of amateur gardeners, the sweetest of the varieties black currant are Excellent student, Nina and Bagheera. Of the ones I personally grew, I especially liked the large-fruited and complex-resistant Yubileynaya Kopanya and Venus; Selechenskaya and Belorusskaya Sladkaya also have excellent taste, but these two varieties are not large-fruited and are not resistant to diseases.​

​Valery. Now in Moscow there are no problems with purchasing new products. Look on the PH website for currant lovers, there are hundreds of them. Annual exhibitions with tastings are held in the society of nature explorers. Oryol and Bryansk varieties are perfect for Moscow. I don't send cuttings. Medicine feeds me.​

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​in a ratio of 1.5:1. If these elements are insufficient in the early spring, many defective flowers are formed, shoot growth slows down, and in the fall the plants prematurely enter a dormant period. Knowing this, agronomists recommend mineral fertilizing during the season.​

Variety Exotic

​planting in spring.​

Veloy, Leningradskaya sweet

​Outstanding large-fruited and sweet Ural and Altai novelties have appeared, for example ​

Variety Sudarushka

​VNIIS named after Michurin (Michurinsk) - Bagheera, Green Haze, Constellation, Black Pearl; Sverdlovsk SSS – Slavyanka, Romance, Rhapsody.

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Dobrynya

​Each of us is interested in large varieties of black currants, and you can’t argue with that, because it’s always more interesting to collect a high-quality harvest than to try to find berries among the greenery. But here it is worth considering one point - all large-fruited varieties of black currant, well, at least most of them, were bred not so long ago, which means it is very difficult to accurately characterize each seedling and the correct conditions for growing it into a bush. Therefore, we give summer residents advice on how to choose the right currant variety in order to get a good harvest, and not continuous losses due to wasted time on useless care and the wrong choice of seedlings.​

Currant Yadrenaya ​Bred in the city of Bryansk and received recognition from many gardeners in the country and neighboring countries. This is a large-fruited variety that requires very good care and the highest fertility of the soil. The harvest will depend on this. Relatively winter-hardy, feels better in drought, and resists spring frosts well. Immune to powdery mildew and a number of other diseases. The bush is small and erect. The berries are very large, which is why gardeners love this variety. The taste is sweetish with pleasant sourness. This is one of the best large-fruited varieties. Don't forget that it's not just berries that are beneficial. Be sure to prepare fresh currant leaves for winter to drink in winter delicious tea

, which will support immunity.​

​Black Boomer - early ripening (early July), the berries are very, very large (5-7g) and sweet, very popular with children.​

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Although currants grow along river banks, they do not tolerate stagnant water in the garden, do not like dense clay or sandy soils, and do not like the shade of trees. I take this into account. Currant roots are superficial, the bulk of them are located at a depth of 15-40 cm and do not extend beyond the crown. Therefore, if you annually add loose organic matter along the projection of the crown in a layer of up to 10 cm, then

Early varieties of black currant

​varieties from Zabelina, Research Institute of Horticulture of Siberia named after Lisavenko (Barnaul)​

​It was interesting to conduct variety trials and adapt these varieties to my conditions. But I listed only the most outstanding varieties from our best breeders. Varieties from different places also had different characters: they withstood harsh winters differently, reacted differently to rainy summers, but all responded well to organic fertilizing. Most of these acquisitions are still bearing fruit for me. Well, how to part with varieties

Mid-season varieties of black currant

​Try not to consider the newest varieties of blackcurrants.​

​Bred in the city of Barnaul, well adapted to the conditions of Siberia and central Russia. The plant needs good care, be sure to fertilize every year. Resistant to frost of any intensity. Relatively resistant to common diseases (powdery mildew and others). The bush is quite compact, medium-sized, semi-spreading. This is the largest-fruited of all late-ripening varieties. The berries are very beautiful, black and shiny, with a characteristic sourness. Regularly gets great feedback from gardeners, but the cooler the climate you live in, the smaller the berries will be.​

Late varieties of black currant.

​Raisin - early ripening, large berries with sweet and aromatic pulp, tasting score - 4.7 points. It is characterized by high and regular yield.​

​Nika;​
​Dobrynya;​

​a very valuable crop. You can not only use its berries, but also leaves and twigs. There is benefit in everything.​

​First about Yadrenaya. Throughout the country, many varieties are sold under the name Yadrenaya. It is not a fact that a seedling of this particular variety will be purchased. Yadrenaya shows herself as well as possible only here in Altai. And even our severe frosts are not scary for her. If grown in the right place. Currants do not like open spaces; they need places where snow can completely cover the bushes. And it doesn’t melt quickly in the spring. Then the harvest will be abundant every year. When your neighbors collect berries from each bush individually, that is, from this bush there are ten, and from this bush about eight berries, yours will be treated to buckets of berries. Vigorous - sour currants. But currants are used differently. For food, let varieties with very sweet berries grow. And for jam it is also suitable with more sourness. It is better to dry the most fragrant one in order to enjoy the smells of winter.​

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Any soil will become suitable for the growth of this crop

• ​ - Lucia, Ruslan, Zoya, Mirror;​
• ​Vigorous​
• ​Choose only adapted varieties, in the second, third and higher generations.​
• ​We have presented to you the most popular blackcurrant varieties for the Moscow region (with photos and descriptions). This information will help you find exactly the one that will grow on your site and delight you with fresh berries every year. In order to provide your family with a harvest, you only need a few bushes.​
• ​Legend - very early ripening (at the end of June), large berries (up to 3.5g) are considered the most delicious among the early varieties. Bushes of this variety are characterized by high productivity.
• ​Sevchanka;​

Comfort - very unpretentious to grow;

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​Currant berries contain a lot of vitamin C.​

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​Hee... so I ask where to buy and what, so as not to make a mistake again. Life is short for experiments. I ask everyone for advice. So far, almost all of my currant seedlings are disappearing. I don’t know what grows. I took it from friends. No results! I buy currants at the market. That's why I have evergreens growing. I decided to rebuild. Cut down the hazel and pine trees and plant an orchard. For now I can only dry cones from fir trees
​I constantly mulch​

How I looked for successful varieties

​. Currants are not an apple tree; they love the annual deepening of the root collar - then they grow as a bush, and not as a bare stem: the sprinkled buds in the spring produce powerful zero shoots. By cutting out old three-year-old branches in a timely manner, you will always have a young bush.​
​YUNIIPOK (Chelyabinsk)​
​, whose berries are larger than cherries, or

• ​Buy only strong and high quality planting material, regardless of the currant variety.​
• ​Absolutely everyone loves blackcurrant, from a child to an old man. Absolutely everyone loves blackcurrant, from a child to an old man, and therefore we propose to consider the best varieties of black currant, from which you can choose a fragrant bush for growing in the country.​

​Lentyai is a blackcurrant variety that ripens the latest (late July - early August), but the berries are very large (up to 6g) and sweet, excellent for use in desserts.​

• ​Sibyl.​
• ​Sanyuta;​
• There are a lot of varieties of currants. There are large-fruited varieties, and there are very sweet ones.

​It would be better not to cut down the pine trees. We have a neighbor who is a summer resident. surgeon, head of department. He has a miniature botanical garden, divided into two zones - the old “dacha” and a new area with pine trees, on which there are almost no cultural plantings, but there is a recreation area.. The undergrowth was removed, something was planted around the perimeter, but not a single pine tree or He did not cut down the birch tree, and his advice is: “You only need to plant what grows well on the site.” We have sandy soil, the reservoir is 50m away. Only tomatoes grow well. Everything else requires effort and money, it doesn’t grow, but suffers.​​with half-rotted, loose organic matter from animal bedding and I spray it with AKCH many times. I don’t add manure (not rotted) and mineral fertilizers from the second year so that the currants don’t become watery and tasteless. Roots that are superficially located in organic matter do not like a flat cutter and a hoe, so the whole family does 1-2 times at the beginning of summer. I grow black currants both near the porch and in the large garden. - Gift from Ilyina, Hera;​​Sibyl​​Try to comply as much as possible with the agricultural technology for the plant that you have identified for planting on the site.​ ​Various varieties of black currants are famous for their taste, and therefore it is almost impossible to choose just one for your dacha. We offer an alternative method - choose the sweetest and largest varieties of blackcurrant, but several at once, plant them in the country and see which one is most suitable for your growing conditions. Having studied agricultural technology, tasted the berries of all varieties and determined which currant suits you best, you will be able to choose the best variety of black currant. It can be noted that Ukrainian breeders have bred and become most widespread in Ukraine the following varieties of black currant: Sofievskaya , Kozatskaya, Anniversary Kopanya, Suite Kievskaya, Vernissage, Sanyuta, Chereshnevaya, Amethyst, Chernecha, and Russian ones - Oryol Serenade, Gift of Smolyaninova, Charm, Rachel, Muravushka, Selechenskaya-2, Pygmy, Venus.​ ​These varieties include those those with a tasting score of berries higher than 4.5 points are divided into sweet and sour and sweet.​
​Large Litvinova - a very vitamin variety;​

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Sweet varieties include
​My soil is primitive sand. But there is a 1.5x1.5x1.5 box with hatches at the bottom of the walls, in which I “grow” compost, sprinkling it with earth food waste and greens. In addition, I bring free perennial humus soil from the community center. It’s clear what my beds are made of. I cut currant branches from friends, and then I root them first in water, then in the ground. I plant in holes 0.8 x 0.5 - hold the seedling and fill it with earth. I water and mulch generously. Periodically I water it at the root... The currants turned out not like Michurin, but normal. Gennady, I read your entire article from beginning to end. She interested me. I have 5 currant bushes growing. Of these, 3 are black. One bush grows for about 5 years, others only 2. I don’t know what varieties. But while the berries are medium, aromatic. We didn’t get sick, and I’m happy. Every year there is more harvest. I take care of the bushes as best I know, but after reading your advice, I realized that it’s not entirely correct. Needs better feeding. It’s good that you explained what to feed, otherwise I don’t want to lose the flavor. A neighbor has a yoshta bush growing - very large berries, but the aroma is not the same. And I even cut off the branches and tear up the leaves at the end of summer - I dry them for tea.​ We pull out all the weeds with our hands​Near the house​
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The best new currants of the last 15 years

​, whose bushes are distinguished by unprecedented productivity, or ​Do not forget about the modes of watering, fertilizing, pruning and forming bushes.​​Of course, you will also need to focus on the region, because among the hundreds of proposed varieties, not everyone will be able to develop normally on your site. Therefore, we recommend asking sellers what regions the seedlings are intended for, where they were grown and how long it takes to acclimatize at the point of sale. Thus, you can choose blackcurrant varieties for the Moscow region, the Urals, Siberia and even Ukraine.​
​Very tasty sweet and sour blackcurrant berries of any variety can be used both fresh (as a separate dessert or in combination with ice cream) and in processed form (compote, juice or jam).​ ​Centaur;​​Cherry;​ ​"Belarusian sweet"​​I also have sweet varieties of currants: “Raisin” is an early berry, the sweet one can hang on the branches for a long time, drying out and becoming like raisins. "Vigorous" - very large, about the size of a quail egg, sweet, productive branches bend under its weight. "Perun" is also a sweet variety, but the berries are not very large, "Dobrynya" - will be larger than those of "Perun", the berries are sweet, oval, easy to collect, but for maximum yield it requires attention and fertile soil, good fertilizing. And we immediately lay them out as mulch under the bush, this attracts earthworms. I definitely water it if there is no rain for a couple of weeks. I am not against mineral fertilizing if there is no good organic matter. But this is not my topic; I’ll just say:​ ​I only plant​ - Good Jean, Pilot. I found Ural and Altai varieties​Lazy​ ​Harvest on time and store it correctly.​​By planting blackcurrant bushes in your garden plots, you will provide yourself and your family with a complex of necessary vitamins and microelements.​ ​Perun;​
​Anniversary Digging.​ ​,​ ​Currants are one of gardeners' favorite berries due to their wide range of varieties, beneficial health properties, as well as their exquisite and unique taste, which can be sour, sickly sweet, watery and sweet. According to gardeners, the most delicious varieties of currants are white and red in the following categories:​

Secrets of blackcurrant agricultural technology

​do not overuse nitrogen and do not forget about lime, potassium and phosphorus​
​the sweetest and largest-fruited varieties​ ​the most winter-hardy​​, on which large clusters of sweet berries hang until September, capable of competing with grapes, or
​Naturally, it is advisable to study the descriptions of blackcurrant varieties before purchasing, but it is much more important to follow these tips from professional summer residents who have been successfully growing currants for many years.​Many of you will now wince. It’s a matter of sweet raspberries, what is this black fine sourness for! In fact, you are wrong, modern varieties of blackcurrant for the Moscow region make it possible to get very large, tasty and endlessly healthy berries. Today we will talk in detail about what type of shrub to choose for your garden.​
​Mriya;​​The newest large-fruited blackcurrant variety is Yadrenaya, bred in Siberia. Very large berries (up to 7.8g) ripen in mid-July, but are considered very sour. The disadvantage is that the bushes of this variety need to be rejuvenated often and it does not reproduce well. ​Red currant:​​. Previously, I successfully fed bushes on poor soil by locally introducing WMD with a predominance of potassium and phosphorus into holes along the perimeter of the crown. But my 40 years of experience in growing currants says: in the pursuit of the harvest, in the pursuit of the size of the berries, and when we abuse mineral water, we always lose the taste, both the very early and the very late. The strawberries have not yet departed, and the children are already beginning to compete little by little to see who can find the sweetest and largest currant berry - and so on until September. If a child (and an adult) constantly puts unwashed berries from the bush into his mouth, he at the same time receives live mushrooms and bacteria that are very useful and necessary for the body, and his intestinal microbiome is formed, which protects the body from harmful microbes. And fresh currants, moreover, contain not only vitamin C, as in concentrates, but hundreds of useful biologically active substances that are not found in store products. For example, ​Izyumnaya​ The characteristics of blackcurrant varieties are very important, because it is based on them that you can choose a bush that suits your requirements, but then you have an even more difficult task - the correct cultivation of the plant, which will require certain skills, effort and time from you. We recommend reading the article about red currants.​
​So, the best varieties of blackcurrant, which we will briefly describe to make your choice easier.​​ Having a small summer cottage, we are very limited in time and space, which means we cannot plant one variety after another, selecting the one by elimination using the method of elimination. which will be most effective. Modern breeders offer various varieties black currants for the Moscow region, and it is very difficult to choose among them those that you like best. According to the register, there are more than 170 species. Therefore, let's define the criteria that should be followed.​ ​Selechenskaya and Selechenskaya-2;​ ​These varieties include those whose berries ripen in the second half of June - early July:​,​​Ural souvenir​​I was able to grow the largest and most delicious berries only on living, organic-rich soil​

Why and how much organic matter do currant bushes need?

​In the garden​
​Good Genie​ ​, the berries of which can be eaten from the bush at least every morning, and you won’t get tired of it for an infinitely long time...​ We have always planted currants throughout our forty years of gardening. It grew with all the neighbors, and there was nothing easier than asking for layering or rooting a green cutting from the bushes you liked. But disappointment quickly set in.​​The early varieties include the following varieties of black currant: Selechenskaya, Buraya Dalnevostochnaya, Aleander, Karachinskaya, Vigorous, Overture, Exotica.​ ​The first indicator is the yield. The variety characteristics must indicate at least 3 kg of berries. This is not so much, but if there are 5-10 bushes growing on the site, then the harvest will be quite sufficient. The second thing you need to pay attention to is frost resistance. Although the climate in this region is milder than in many other areas, winter temperatures can drop by up to 40 degrees. The third indicator is resistance to late spring frosts. And finally, the last thing: blackcurrant varieties for the Moscow region should be quite self-fertile, that is, even under bad conditions weather conditions, when insects practically do not arrive, tie about 60% of the crop.​ ​Nadia;​ Yarynka is the earliest variety; ​"Bagheera"​​Meat red
​.​​I'm trying to grow​​ - very early, with large tasty berries, belongs to the group of varieties that are most resistant to bud mite and powdery mildew.​
​At this time, I re-read all the monographs about currants and realized that there are amateur (sweet and large) varieties - and there are industrial ones (for machine harvesting). The latter are characterized by high yield, simultaneously ripening berries with dense skin and easily separated stalks; all the berries on such bushes are leveled and of medium size.
The berries from the neighbor's bushes were small and low-yielding. The bushes are infected with bud mites, and as a result, viruses. In the damp summer, the plantings were completely covered with powdery mildew. Neighbors loved to share secrets traditional methods combat these diseases, and we sprayed the currants with everything that was recommended, but the result was zero.

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Gennady Raspopov, Borovichi ​But that's not all: we need varieties with large and sweet berries, with a good dessert taste. And finally, what is also important is the high content of vitamin C, which is so necessary to obtain excellent medicinal jam. Based on all that has been said, we need to choose the most suitable varieties

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​If a variety starts to get sick or produces low yields, I throw it away and never treat it. I have many varieties, new varieties are constantly appearing for testing, and there are beds with new seedlings growing up. By constantly rejuvenating the bushes and planting more and more disease-resistant varieties, I can Known a large number of

black currants, ripening early. The following are considered promising: significantly different from the usual currant berries, combining best differences

• wild currants and gooseberries. Its bushes tolerate dry periods without problems. The berries of this early variety are distinguished by their universal purpose; they are enviably high and amount to four to five kilograms per bush. The berries are large in size and round in shape. Color black, shiny. The weight of one is from three to five and a half grams, the taste is amazing. Every hundred grams of the product contains 161 mg of vitamin C. This variety can grow well in any area. Berry bushes are distinguished by strong, straight branches and do not need tying.

• - refers to those with large-sized berries, fully ripening in the middle zone. bred as a result of crossing Blueberry Seedling and Bredthorpe. The weight of the berries reaches three grams, their taste is sour-sweet, and the skin is shiny in color. When torn from the branches, the berries remain dry, are picked easily and quickly, and can be stored in the refrigerator for several days. The bush gives a high yield, is characterized by medium height and straight branches, and is not too thick. large-sized, the axis of the berry brush is straight. It bears up to ten berries. It resists powdery mildew, but is affected by anthracnose. The variety tolerates winter cold well. The yield is not very high - one bush produces up to a kilogram of berries, which are distinguished by their manufacturability.

• Maria Kyiv – gives stable average volumes. They are resistant to columnar rust and powdery mildew. Their shape is of medium height and slight spreading. The berries weigh up to four grams, are sweet and sour, and are used for processing or freezing.

• Nestor Kozin is another early variety. The berries are quite large (from three to four grams), sweet in taste. Compact ones reach one and a half meters. This variety produces good yields already from the second season of development. The plant perfectly resists anthracnose and powdery mildew, and tolerates frosty winters and dry seasons.

• Perun - this variety has a pleasant aroma and is considered a dessert variety. weigh about two grams and contain a large amount of sugar. medium size, up to one and a half kilograms per bush. The plant tolerates returning frosts well and does not suffer from dry seasons. The main disadvantage of this species is that it is considered overly susceptible to powdery mildew.

Average

Gardeners prefer to grow these varieties due to the large size of the berries and their ripening time:

• Dubrovskaya - tolerates the winter season well, resists bud mites and anthracnose, and does not succumb to terry. reaches three kilograms each, characterized by low growth and compact size. The berries are medium in size.

• Dobrynya - tolerates dry periods and frosts well. It is not susceptible to powdery mildew and has good resistance to anthracnose and mites. The bush is low-growing and upright, but is distinguished by large-sized berries and produces yields of up to two and a half kilograms.

• Izyumnaya is a dessert variety with a medium ripening period. Berries different sizes, from medium to large, their average weight is about three grams, their aroma is refreshing, in one hundred grams of the product the vitamin C content reaches one hundred and seventy grams. The plant is characterized by high productivity and resists powdery mildew, frost and winter cold. The berries are considered one of the sweetest among other currant varieties. They do not wilt on the branches and do not fall off when ripe.

• Yadrenaya is another representative of mid-ripening varieties. The berries are one-dimensional, quite large (about five grams), and have a plum-shaped shape. The taste is somewhat refreshing and sour. The yield is high, reaching twelve tons per hectare. The bushes tolerate frost well and resist various pests, powdery mildew and rust. The main disadvantage is the very rapid aging of the bushes, which occurs due to a decrease in the growth of young shoots. more suitable for Western Siberia. Growing it in the middle zone leads to a decrease in yield and berry size.

Late

• Vologda - a vigorous currant bush winters well, resists powdery mildew and bud mite, but is susceptible to rust. The yield of large-sized berries is about four kilograms per bush, and their ripening is uneven.

• Katyusha - winters without problems, is resistant to anthracnose and powdery mildew, and is susceptible to damage by bud mites. Tall bush, weak spreading. The berries are large in shape and have a thick skin.

• Rusalka - begins to bear fruit early and tolerates winter cold well. The yield reaches three and a half kilograms. The vigorous bush has medium spreading and large berries. The plant resists powdery mildew and bud mite, septoria and anthracnose.

• Bagheera - average yields of this reach twelve tons of berries from each hectare of average size, sweet and sour in taste. It tolerates winter cold well and is not susceptible to powdery mildew and bud mites. The main difference between Bagheera berries is their excellent transportability and the ability to use mechanized technologies during cultivation.

Features of different varieties

• berries, whose berries have a dessert taste, are recommended to be used for food. If the skin is thin, then the berries are better suited for rubbing with sugar. Thicker-skinned ones tolerate freezing well, maintaining their qualities.
• If you have problems, opt for breeding drought-resistant ones. Types of currants are divided according to the content of vitamin C in the berries and the resistance of plants to return spring frosts. It is very important to take into account the unpretentiousness of plants - resistance to winter cold, diseases and pests.
• The individual conditions of each site, climate and organization of care can affect the taste of berries, yield and other parameters.
• The results of long-term observations of the subjects have proven that almost all of them are able to endure winter conditions. Occasionally, freezing of shoots may be observed in the most severe cold weather.
• As a rule, black currant begins its growing season in mid-April or early May. From its onset to its onset, it takes from two weeks to one month.
  The plant blooms from the second half of May. At the same time, the earlier ones bloom several days faster than the middle and later ones. The flowering period lasts three to four weeks.
  Black currant bears fruit on mixed shoots, the annual growth of which is up to twenty-five centimeters. One of the main indicators of value is the weight of the berries, their sweetness and aroma.

Plant care

1. Blackcurrant loves bright areas, but can also grow in. Recommended posting. Their norm is half a bucket per bush. Superphosphates and potassium sulfate are used for the same purpose. are used annually. Eighty grams of saltpeter are applied under the bush.
   The currant system is located close to the surface of the earth, so we advise you to carry out loosening with great care.
2. Currants are planted before the buds open, at the beginning of spring. But the period is better suited for this procedure. Planting is carried out according to the scheme two meters by one and a half. Currant propagation is carried out using the method and layering. For planting, they are prepared in sizes of half a meter; it is recommended to deepen the seedling by ten centimeters, maintaining a slight slope. Planting is completed by cutting off the shoots to the second or third bud.
3. During the growth period, the bush should consist of fifteen to twenty branches, differing different ages. currants are recommended in early spring until the buds began to bloom. The same procedure is carried out after the fall is complete. In this case, the bushes are thinned by removing five-year-old branches that are characterized by weak growth.

Useful qualities of berries

• They count. The berries are used in traditional medicine for medicinal and preventive purposes.
  Black currant prevents cancer and has a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system.
• For older people, the consumption of currant berries is recommended to prevent the weakening of mental abilities.
• Currant berries prevent diabetes. For this purpose, they are introduced into the diet for the purpose of strengthening and during various diseases.
• Currant fruits help in the treatment of kidney stones, liver and respiratory problems. The vitamin C content in them is an important factor for the full functioning of the body.

Black currant belongs to. Berry bushes are easy to grow. All that remains is to choose varieties that will feel great in the garden. This amazing berry is preserved in it under all known processing methods and storage conditions.