Blackcurrant Worthy

In this article, we will consider the Worthy black currant. The variety appeared at the Minusinsk experimental station of gardening and melon growing, thanks to the works of such breeders as E.P. Kuminov and V.F. Cherkashin, by pollination of the Blue subspecies with a mixture of pollen from the Khasanovets, Nadezhda and Minusinka subspecies. In 1993, the Dostoinaya black currant variety was entered in the State Register and zoned for the East Siberian region. Let us dwell in more detail on the characteristics of this subspecies.

Decent black currant: variety description and characteristics

Decent black currant: variety photo

The bush of the black currant variety Dostoinaya belongs to the representatives of medium-sized plants of this fruit and berry culture, has an average spreading, as well as medium thickening. The shoots are not lignified, they are of average size, they are straight and pale green in color, endowed with pubescence. Lignified runners have an average thickness, they are straight and pale brown in color, have a matte surface and pubescence. The kidneys are endowed with medium size and rounded elongated shape, with a sharp apical part. They have a pale green tint, with a slight anthocyanin tint, an average level of pubescence, and they are also solitary, with a deviation. The leaf scar has a wedge-rounded shape.

The leaf of the currant bush of the Dostoinaya variety is three-bladed, of medium size. He has a matte surface, naked, green in color. It has a wrinkled structure, herbaceous, the leaf blade has a horizontal position, flat. The blades are sharp, the middle one is larger than the lateral ones, elongated, with existing projections. The lateral lobes are of medium length, the upper parts are pointed, have a direction to the sides, with an acute angle between the veins of the lateral lobes. The base of the leaflet has an open-type notch and is of medium size. The teeth are very small, the upper part of the teeth has a "claw", the veins are colorless. The leaf petiole is elongated, without pubescence and of medium size, has a pale green color, with anthocyanin, has its location on the shoot at an acute angle.

The flowers, when opened, are of medium size, the sepals are endowed with a pale pink color and are in a free position. Medium size brushes and also medium density and thickness. The axis is also medium in size, the petiole is short, without pubescence.

Fruits of currants Worthy when ripe have a large size, each berry can weigh up to 1.5 grams. These berries are endowed with an oval shape, almost black in color, with a bloom of bluish color. The separation from the berries is wet. The inner part of the berry has very small seeds, in large quantities. And the berry is covered with a thin skin. The cup is of a closed type, small in size, has no peculiarity to fall off. The peduncle is short, has no pubescence, it is endowed with a brown-green color. These fruits are sweet to your taste with a little sourness. When tasting, they received an estimate of 4.8 points out of five. These berries have a universal purpose. In their chemical composition they contain: dry soluble substances 14 percent, the amount of sugars about 5.7 percent, titratable acids 2.2 percent, vitamin C 169 milligrams per 100 grams of product.

Decent black currant has a high level of frost resistance and an average dry season resistance. Self-fertility in the subspecies is quite good, up to 37 percent.It is also worth noting that this variety of currants is quite resistant to heat, has immunity to such dangerous and common diseases as powdery mildew, septoria, anthracnose, and also to such a pest as a kidney mite. The yield level of the Dostoinaya currant variety averages 5.3 tons per hectare, or 1.5 kilograms per bush.

Advantages and disadvantages

Like any other plant, the Worthy black currant variety has its positive and negative qualities. To the benefits varieties include:

• Early maturity.
• High level of frost resistance.
• High yield rate, and every year.
• Immunity to many dangerous and common diseases, as well as harmful insects.
• The ability for long-term transportability of fruits.
• High technological characteristics of the fruit.
• High ability to form shoots.

To the disadvantages the same varieties of currant Worthy include:

• The spreading of the bush.
• Increased pruning costs.
• Wet separation of fruits.