Currant Good Genie

Medium-ripening variety, obtained at the Sverdlovsk Selection Station of Horticulture from crossing the varieties Fertodi and Dikovinka. Author T.V. Shagina. Under state variety testing since 2004.

Medium-height, medium-spreading, medium-dense bush. Growing shoots are medium, light green, hairless. Woody stems are medium, grayish, hairless. Buds are single, medium, with a pointed tip, slightly colored, slightly hairy, deviated from the shoot. Terminal bud is free. Leaf scar shape is rounded-triangular.

Leaf is three-lobed, medium, light green, matte, wrinkled, flat. Middle lobe is broad-triangular with a sharp tip, significantly longer than lateral ones, with additional protrusions. Lateral lobes are short, broad, sharp, tips directed sideways, angle between veins of lateral lobes is straight. Basal lobes are weakly developed, veins spread out. Base is heart-shaped, notch is medium, open. Leaf blade margins have medium teeth with clearly defined "tips". Petiole is short, thick, hairless, colored with anthocyanins, positioned at 45° angle to the shoot.

Flowers are medium, round. Panicles are short, medium density. Peduncle is medium, green, hairless.

Berries are large, round, black, dry detachable, with a large number of medium-sized seeds, sweet taste, culinary use. Calyx is small, non-deciduous, closed. Chemical composition: soluble dry matter — 13.0%, total sugars — 7.1%, titratable acidity — 2.7%, ascorbic acid — 213.3 mg/100 g.

Highly winter-hardy, self-fertile (68%), high resistance to diseases and pests, yield 9.0 t/ha.

Advantages of the variety: large, excellent-tasting berries, highly resistant to fungal diseases and bud mites, very early ripening, high winter hardiness.

Disadvantages of the variety: uneven berries, bush becomes strongly spreading under heavy fruit load.