Blackcurrant Openwork

Black currant Openwork of medium ripening time, was obtained at the All-Russian Research Institute of Breeding of Fruit Crops from combining such varieties of black currant as "ruffled" and "lazy", thanks to the work of selection specialists T. P. Ogoltsova, L. V. Bayanova and S. D Knyazev. In 2004, this variety of black currant was added to the state register, allowed for cultivation in the Central, Volga-Vyatka and Central Black Earth regions.

Blackcurrant Openwork: variety description

Black currant Openwork: photo of the variety

Blackcurrant Openwork grows of medium size, spreading is weak, density is assessed as rare. Growing annual non-lignified branches of ordinary size, color green, no villi, lignified branches of medium size, glossy, gray and yellowish at the same time, the upper part is yellow. Buds in a single copy, medium size, ovoid shape, color pink and purple at the same time, the upper part is sharp, parallel to the branches, leaf scar with a rounded - wedge-shaped shape.

Currant foliage Openwork with five lobes, large, dark greenish, with slight wrinkles, leathery, glossy, slightly corrugated. The lobes located on the sides are narrow, triangular in shape with a large base, slightly elongated than the lateral ones, the upper part is elongated. The blades located on the sides are small, the notches between the blades are short, located straight, the back side is curved. The basal lobes are not pronounced, the veins are located towards the upper part, oblique or outstretched. The notch at the base is usually small, fully open and wide. Serration is small, sharp, wide. The petiole is of medium size, with a bright brown color, with villi.

Flowers and sepals in black currant Lacy medium size, bright color, brush of medium size, rather thick, the axial part of the brush is ordinary, there are villi.

Blackcurrant Openwork: characteristic of the variety

The fruits are quite large, most often the mass of one berry is about one and a half grams, the shape is round or oval, all fruits have identical dimensions, the color is black, glossy, the skin is dense, it is removed from the fruit stem without saping, there is an average number of seeds. The calyx is of medium size, rounded, falls, completely closed, the fruit stem is of medium size, grows straight. The tasters rated the palatability of the fruit at four and a half points on a five-point system. Fruits for universal use. The fruits of the black currant Openwork contain:

• dry soluble substances - eleven percent.
• sugar - seven and a half percent.
• titratable acid - three percent.
• ascorbic acid - one hundred fifty-nine milligrams per hundred grams of raw product.
• anthocyanins - two hundred milligrams per hundred grams of raw product.
• two hundred and thirty milligrams of leukoanthocyanins.
• two hundred and sixty milligrams of catechins per one hundred grams of raw product.
• seven hundred milligrams of P-active substances per one hundred grams of raw product.

Black currant Openwork has a high level of resistance to cold and frost, is fast-growing, brings a large amount of harvest, about sixty percent, berries are large, not often exposed to powdery mildew and rust, and kidney mites and some diseases are not infected very often, mechanical processing is allowed.the usual harvest is eleven tons per hectare, or one and a half kilograms per shrub.

Cities in which the Azhurnaya black currant variety grows best:

• Volgograd.
• Saratov.
• Astrakhan.

Advantages and disadvantages of this variety of black currant

Black currant Openwork: photo of the variety

Benefits of Blackcurrant Openwork:

• brings a crop every year.
• mechanical harvesting of fruits is allowed.
• large fruits.

Disadvantages of Blackcurrant Openwork:

• low level of resistance to various diseases.