Currant black: varieties for individual and industrial cultivation

About black currant can be said as a valuable culture, which is found on almost every site. The high popularity of berries is due to its excellent taste, unpretentiousness in the care and the possibility of using the rest of the plant. Thus, young leaves that have the ability to lower blood sugar are used to make special salads for diabetics, and also add spices to pickles and homemade preparations.

Today, there are many different types of this berry. Very popular black currant Yadrenaya. This name is obtained because of the large size of the berries, which have a weight ranging from 3 to 8 grams. This is a true record for this type of plant. In addition, the Jadrenai variety is extremely productive, and one bush per season yields more than six kilograms of berries.

Black currant Yadrenaya is late in the ripening of its fruits by a plant. The average height of bushes usually does not exceed one and a half meters. During the ripening of the crop, the plant tends to overload with berries and requires regular rejuvenating circumcision. This process is the most labor-intensive for cultivation, for all other parameters of black currant Yadrenaya is absolutely unpretentious and does not require any specialized care.

A fine variety is black currant black Bagira. It is very resistant to any climate change plant, which perfectly withstands fierce winter frosts and summer heat.

Profit Bagira for people who are engaged in phytotherapy, eating black currant leaves, as green apparel falls very late. It is not uncommon for a currant to keep leaves until the frost, and covered with snow, without ever giving away the last sheets.

This variety grows very quickly and begins to yield a year after planting. According to the speed of ripening of berries the plant belongs to the mid-ripening, has a decent enough yield - from one mature bush it is possible to collect 4-5 kg of berry mass. The fruits themselves are large enough, they almost do not feel the presence of acid, the skin is dense dark color, the ripening of berries occurs simultaneously. These characteristics make it possible to make the variety profitable for commercial breeding and industrial use (the collected berries are well kept, do not start up the juice and are not crushed).

Currant black variety Bagheera has a poor resistance to pests. It is affected by rust, the kidney mite and other microorganisms. Therefore, it is necessary to take measures for special protection, to spray the bushes with antimicrobial agents.

For industrial breeding, the black currant Titania is perfect . The fruits of this variety are sweet, large and well detached from the branches. Fruiting occurs simultaneously with ripening clusters. The bushes are straight, medium-sized, which allows using mechanized harvesting methods. Titania berries can be used fresh, as well as sent for freezing or processing.

The bushes have an uplifted shape, with hard long shoots, and yield abundant harvests. Black berries with a light shine present have a fine wine-sweet taste. The pulp is juicy, greenish, with a sweet-sour aftertaste.

Blackcurrant black varieties of Titania is fast-growing. When it is cuttings already in the first year, a voluminous shrub is formed, which begins to bear fruit abundantly the next year. Berries ripen in early July and are great for preparing jam, jelly and compote.

The plant is resistant to all major diseases of black currant.