Currant Bobrovaya

Medium-maturing variety, developed at Bashkir Research Institute of Horticulture in cooperation with VSTISP by pollinating the 'Krupnaya' variety with a pollen mixture of 'Bredtorp' and 'Khlyudovskaya' varieties. Authors: M.G. Abdeeva, V.M. Litvinova. Included in the State Register of Varieties Approved for Use in the Volga and Ural regions in 1994.

Medium-height, moderately spreading bush. Growing branches are medium, slightly curved, light green, weakly hairy, matte.

Three-lobed leaf, medium size, light green. Leaf blade is matte, loose, slightly wrinkled, convex, with rounded, non-curled teeth.

Flowers are medium-sized, brightly colored. Inflorescences have medium berry placement.

Berries are very large (2.6 g), one-dimensional, nearly black, with weak hairs, medium skin density. Taste is sour-sweet (4.3 points). Chemical composition of berries: total sugars — 9.6%, titratable acidity — 2.1%, ascorbic acid — 167.0 mg/100 g, pectin — 1.1%.

Highly winter-hardy variety, resistant to powdery mildew and anthracnose, average yield 13.0, maximum — 16.2 tons/ha.