Black currant Otradnaya

Black currant Otradnaya belongs to the herbaceous group with an ordinary ripening time, was obtained at the Minusinsk experimental station of gardening and melon growing by free pollination of the planting material of the currant variety "Minusinka" with a mixture of pollen of European varieties and not only, namely, "Champion of Primorsky", "Champion of Altai "And" Zoya ", thanks to the work of a group of specialists in breeding VF Cherkashin, EP Kuminov and TK Smykova. The Otradnaya currant variety was entered in the state register for breeding achievements in 1990, allowed for cultivation in the West Siberian and East Siberian regions.

Otradnaya currant: description of the variety and characteristics

Fruiting bushes of currant Pleasant are usually large in size, spreading is assessed as weak, density is assessed as medium. The growing branches are thick, straight, light green, unpainted, without fibers, lignified branches of medium size, growing straight, light gray, without fibers, glossy. The buds of the blackcurrant variety are small in size, oblong in shape, the upper part has a certain sharpening, light green color, with a weak anthocyanin color, there are villi, rejected, located one at a time. A wedge-shaped leaf scar.

The foliage of the Otradnaya currant has three lobes, large in size, the color is light greenish, not glossy, naked, herbaceous, the leaf plate is concave along the main veins, with wrinkles. The blades have a certain sharpening, the main blade is larger than the others in size, with additional protrusions. The blades located on the sides are of medium size, the upper parts are pointed, looking on different sides, the angle between the veins is about ninety degrees. The base of the foliage has a slightly open groove. Serration of medium size, not bent, veins not colored. The petiole is large, at the base of the foliage there are no villi, the color is greenish, located on the branch at an angle of less than ninety degrees.

The flowers are of medium size, the sepals are light pinkish, they are located freely. The brush is small, the density is estimated as medium, rather thick, like the axis, the petiole is small, has no villi.

Description of fruits

Currant berries are gratifying large size, about one and a half to two grams, rounded shape, all fruits have the same size and shape, color black, glossy, come off from the fruit stem with juicing, there are many seeds in the berry, the peel is rather thin, the taste is sweet with a small acidity, tasters rated the taste of fresh fruits at four points on a five-point rating scale, the application is universal. The calyx is completely closed, of ordinary size, does not fall off, the fruit stem is small, the color is brown or green, no villi are observed. The fruits of Otradnaya currants contain:

• thirteen percent dry soluble substances.
• three and a half percent sugar.
• two and a half percent titratable acid.
• one hundred seventy six milligrams of ascorbic acid per hundred grams of fresh fruit.

Black currant Otradnaya has the highest immunity to freezing temperatures, as well as to heat and drought, is self-fertile, up to about thirty percent, resistant to certain diseases and parasites, usually it is possible to collect up to seven and a half tons from one hectare or one and a half kilograms from one fruit bush.

The cities in which the Otradnaya currant variety is cultivated most successfully:

• Saratov.
• Volgograd.
• Orenburg.
• Magnitogorsk.

Black currant Otradnaya: photo of the variety

Currant Otradnaya: reviews about the variety

• Kristina Dmitrievna, Sverdlovsk region: Black currant variety Pleasing to me, on the whole I liked it. Of the obvious advantages of the variety - the highest immunity to freezing temperatures, the yield of the variety, good resistance to diseases and pests. The only thing I didn’t like about the Otradnaya currant is the thin peel of the berries, which can harm the quality of the berries during picking. "
• Egor Alekseevich, Kurgan region: Chose a variety of black currant for growing Otradnaya because of its early maturity. The harvest is big and tasty. The process of picking berries caused a problem. They often break off from the fruit stem with the release of juice. But this is not so serious for me as to stop growing tasty currants Otradnaya. "