Black currant beaver

Black currant Beaver has become widespread and very popular among gardeners and gardeners in our country, mainly due to its tasty and healthy berries. Now there are a huge number of varieties of this crop, which differ in the shape and size of the bush, the size and color of the berries, in terms of yield and ripening period. In this article, we will take a closer look at the characteristics and features of one of the subspecies of black currant, called Beaver.

Black currant Beaver: variety description

Black currant Beaver: photo of the variety

Black currant variety Bobrovaya is a representative of plants with an average ripening period. The variety appeared in the Bashkir Research Institute of Agriculture together with VSTISP, thanks to the works of such breeders as M.G. Abdeeva, V.M. Litvinov, by pollination of the Large subspecies with a mixture of pollen of the following varieties: Khludovskaya and Bredthorpe. In 1994, the subspecies was entered in the State Register, and was zoned for the Ural and Middle Volga regions.

Characteristic

• The bush of the black currant variety Bobrovaya has an average height and an average level of spreading. Growing shoots are also of medium size, with a slight curvature. They have a pale green hue and matte structure, endowed with a little hairiness.
• The leaf of this subspecies is three-lobed, medium-sized and pale green in color. The surface of the leaf is matte, has a loose structure and slightly wrinkled. It is convex, with not bent and blunt teeth.
• The flowers are medium in size and rich in color. The brushes have an average arrangement of berries.

Beaver black currant berries are quite large, each of them can reach a mass of 2.5 grams. They are one-dimensional, almost black in color, with slight pubescence. The berries are covered with a medium density skin. These berries are sweet to taste, with a slight sourness. During the tasting, they received a score of 4.3 points out of five. In its chemical composition, beaver currant berries have the following content: the amount of sugars is 9.5 percent; titratable acids 2.2 percent; ascorbic acid 167.3 milligrams per 100 grams of product; pectin 1.13 percent.

Currant Bobrovaya: reviews of gardeners

• Ekaterina Vladimirovna, Volgograd region: “I have been growing the black currant variety Bobrovaya for several years. During this time, I have never been disappointed with the currant harvest obtained from this variety. Moreover, this harvest is also very tasty. To the delight of me and my family. "
• Kristina Olegovna, Samara region: “In my garden there are several currant bushes of different varieties at once. I noticed that the Bobrovaya currant variety differs from others in a rather high level of hardiness to frost, as well as good immunity to such a common disease as powdery mildew, and also to anthracnose. In general, I am satisfied with the variety of currant Bobrovaya ”.