Currant Baraba

Medium-ripening variety, obtained at Novosibirsk ZPЯOS by crossing varieties Smena and Krasnaya Andreychenko. Breeders: V.N. Sorokopudov, M.G. Kononova. Under state testing since 2001.

Medium-height, compact bush. Stems of medium thickness, straight, gray, glossy, non-shedding; tips of growing stems bluish-green.

Three-lobed leaves (basal lobes weakly expressed), medium size, dark green. Leaf blade hairless, matte, leathery, slightly wrinkled, straight, teeth blunt and short. Leaf base straight, with very fine notch. Petiole dark green, with magenta coloration in the groove.

Flowers medium-sized, pale in color. Calyx lobes medium-sized, pale, slightly curved upward. Inflorescences long (up to 7.0 cm).

Berries large (0.7-1.5 g), round, red, medium skin, closed calyx. Taste sour-sweet, score 4.1 points. Peduncle medium, light green, thin. Chemical composition: total sugars — 9.7%, titratable acidity — 1.3%, ascorbic acid — 50.0 mg/100 g, pectin substances — 1.2%.

Highly winter-hardy variety, yield 9.0 t/ha (2.7 kg/plant under 3 x 1 m spacing). Affected by anthracnose up to 1.0 point, septoria up to 1.5 points. Highly drought-resistant.

Advantages of the variety: large berries, high yield, upright bush, good berry taste.

Disadvantages of the variety: susceptible to anthracnose and septoria.