Black Currant Necklace

There are more than two hundred varieties of black currant. They can differ in the size and taste of berries, the height of the bush and the ripening period of the crop, but they have one thing in common - black currant is a source of vitamin C and a host of other useful substances, as well as one of the most useful and best-selling berries in the world (this is not only fresh berries, but also about juices, jams and other products). In Europe, black currants are sometimes called "French balsam", since in France this plant still grows in forests and it is parts of the wild bush that are used to make all kinds of medicinal and aromatic infusions. In this article, we will consider the Black Currant Necklace.

Breeding history

Blackcurrant variety The necklace is a selection product of the Scientific Research Institute of Horticulture of Siberia named after Mikhail Afanasyevich Lisavenko. The authorship belongs to L.N. Zabelina, and the "Necklace" was obtained as a result of crossing the varieties "Seedling Golubki" and "Complicated-leaved". In 2000, the Ozherelye currant variety was included in the State Register and zoned for Western Siberia. At this time, the variety is most common in the gardens of the Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Kemerovo, Tyumen and Omsk regions, as well as in the Altai Territory.

Blackcurrant Necklace: variety description and characteristics

Blackcurrant Necklace: photo of the variety

Blackcurrant Necklace is a vigorous, moderately dense and not very sprawling bush. Young shoots are painted in a rich shade of green, and their top is brown-purple, lignified shoots become gray-brown. Buds are medium in size, oval-pointed in shape, tightly pressed to the shoot. Both shoots and buds are poorly pubescent, and pubescence is absent on the leaves. The leaf plate is five-lobed, medium or large in size. The leaf surface is dull and slightly wrinkled; the central lobe is more elongated than the rest. The main veins of the leaf are pink-violet.

Compared to other varieties, the currant flowers are considered to be large. The color of the sepals can be either cream, or pink or crimson, and the corolla petals are painted in green-cream shades. Fruit cluster of currant Necklace of medium size, on it there are from six to eight berries.
The mass of currants in the Necklace can range from one to one and a half grams, they have a shiny thin black skin and bright green flesh with a small amount of light brown seeds. The amount of sugars in the composition of berries does not exceed 7.5-8.5%, and the content of ascorbic acid, on the contrary, is quite high, so the taste of the berries is rather sour than sweet and sour. Tasters rate the taste at 4 points, the purpose of the berries is rather technical, that is, they are used to a greater extent for processing than for fresh consumption. Not only compotes, preserves and jams are prepared from the currants of the Necklace, but also jellies, marshmallows, syrup, tinctures and homemade wine.

Blackcurrant Necklace: reviews of gardeners about the variety

• Tamara Viktorovna, Sverdlovsk region: “The black currant Necklace turned out to be the most persistent among all the crops I grow in the garden. Currant bushes Necklace for many years have never been affected by powdery mildew, anthracosis and kidney mites. By the way, these are the main pests of my garden. "
• Ekaterina Stepanovna, Samara region: “Of all the neighbors, I was the only one who continued to grow black currants of the Ozherelye variety. The neighbors did not like the sour taste of the berries.But, as for me, it even gives a certain zest to the variety, and because of the taste, the beneficial properties of the necklace currant are not lost. "
• Mikhail Yakovlevich, Moscow region: “I like growing the black currant variety" Necklace ", and I like even more the results that can be achieved thanks to careful berry care. So, the yield of currant Necklace is amazing. Up to 4 kg can be harvested from one bush. berries! Yes, of course Blackcurrant Necklace cannot be called the sweetest variety, but the taste is still very, very good. "