Blackcurrant Northern Lights

Black currant Northern Lights is herbaceous with an average ripening time, was obtained in the branch of VIR "Polar Experimental Station" by combining such black currant varieties as "imandra", "stakhanovka altai", "m6478" and "Igarka", thanks to the work selection specialists S.D. Elsakov and T.V. Romanova. The currant variety was added to the state register of breeding achievements in 2007, and is allowed to be cultivated in the Northern region.

Black currant Northern Lights: variety description

Fruit shrubs grow of ordinary size, spreading is assessed as weak. The branches grow high and straight, the young branches have a weak anthocyanin. The bud is medium in size, usually round or oval in shape, located on a small petiole.

The foliage is of an ordinary size, greenish, not shiny, with slight wrinkles, the density is estimated as medium. The main scapula is narrowed, the angle between the main veins of the shoulder blades, located on the sides, is about ninety degrees. The basal scapula are pronounced. The main part of the foliage is rounded, with an ordinary notch. Serration is common, pointed. The petiole is elongated, slender, there is a weak anthocyanin along the petiole, located straight.

The flowers are large, pinkish; the sepal has an ordinary anthocyanin. The flower cluster is ordinary, the berries are arranged compactly, approximately six to seven berries, a thin axis, an elongated petiole has villi.

Black currant Northern Lights: characteristic of the variety

Black currant berries Northern lights of ordinary size, approximately one - one and a half grams, rounded shape, no edges are observed, completely black, glossy, small bowl, completely closed, sweet to taste, tasters rated the fresh harvest at four and a half points on a five-point scale evaluating, fresh currant aroma. The fruits contain:

• eight percent is sugar.
• four and a half percent organic acids.
• one hundred twenty-three milligrams - ascorbic acids per hundred grams of fresh product.

The Northern Lights currant has the highest immunity to subzero temperatures, is fast-growing, self-fertile, is not afraid of the most famous and common diseases and insect pests, usually it is possible to collect up to twelve tons from one hectare or up to three and a half kilograms from one fruit shrub.

The cities in which this fruit currant variety grows best:

• Republic of Karelia.
• Murmansk.
• Arkhangelsk.
• Komi Republic.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

Advantages of the black currant variety Northern Lights:

• high immunity to most of the most famous and common diseases.
• berries ripen at the same time.

Imperfections of the currant Northern Lights:

• small berries.