Black currant Sightseeing

Black currant Zaglyadienie refers to varieties with an average - late ripening time of the harvest, was obtained at the All-Russian Research Institute for Breeding of Fruit Crops from combining such black currant varieties as "27-3-63" and "Sunderbyun 2", as well as "Orlov waltz", thanks to the work of selection specialists T.P. Ogoltsova and S.D.Knyazev. The black currant variety Zaglyadienie has been undergoing state tests since 2001.

Black currant for sightseeing: description of the variety and characteristics

Black currant for sightseeing: photo of the variety

Currant shrub Sightseeing usually grows of medium size, the spreading is assessed as weak, and the density is assessed as medium. The growing branches are light green in color, rather thick, grow straight, have a weak anthocyanin color, glossy. Lignified branches are rather thick, gray in color, glossy. The buds are large, rounded, alternate, the upper part is dull, there is anthocyanin, no villi are observed, receding from the branches, solitary, rounded leaf scar.

Foliage with five lobes, large, glossy, wrinkled, leathery, convex. The central lobe is larger than the others; the upper part is pointed, elongated, with pronounced lateral lobes. The blades located at the edges are short, with sharp tips, the tops are looking in different directions, the tops are on the same line, the angle to the main blade is ninety degrees, the blades are located below, curves in relation to the base, a notch between the main blade and lateral small. The angle between the veins of the blades located on the sides is more than ninety degrees. The basal lobes are usually pronounced, the veins are extended. The base of the sheet plate has a shallow recess. The serration is large with blunt tips, the petiole is medium in size, has a color, has no villi.

The flowers are of medium size, the sepals are not bright. The brush is medium in size, ordinary density, there are villi, the fruit stem is of ordinary size, the color is brown and green at the same time, there are villi.

Harvest characteristics

Black currant berries are a big sight, most often the mass of one berry reaches two grams, the shape is round, all berries have the same size and shape, the color is black, glossy, comes off the fruit stem without juice, with an ordinary number of seeds. The peel is of ordinary density, the calyx is ordinary, does not fall off, completely closed, the fruit stem is medium in size. The berries taste sour and sweet at the same time, the tasters rated the taste of the fresh harvest at four and a half points, the fruits tone up. Fruits for universal use. The fruits contain:

• twelve percent dry soluble substances.
• eight and a half percent sugar.
• three percent titratable acid.
• one hundred fifty-three milligrams of ascorbic acid per one hundred grams of raw product.
• one hundred twenty-one milligrams of anthocyanins per hundred grams of raw product.
• three hundred milligrams of leukoanthocyanins per hundred grams of raw product.
• one hundred and sixty milligrams of catechins per one hundred grams of raw product.
• five hundred seventy milligrams of P-active substances per one hundred grams of raw product.

Characteristics of this fruit crop

The black currant variety Zaglyazenie has a high level of resistance to cold and frost, is early-growing and self-fertile, approximately seventy-seven percent, a good level of resistance to various diseases, mechanical harvesting of fruits is allowed,usually nine and a half tons can be harvested from each hectare.

Advantages and disadvantages of this variety of black currant

Advantages of the black currant variety Zaglyadye:

• good level of resistance to various diseases.
• large berries.
• the berries are identical in shape and size.
• mechanical harvesting is possible.

Disadvantages of black currant for sightseeing:

• has an insufficient level of resistance to parasites.