Currant Kushnarenkowskaya

Late-maturing variety, obtained at Bashkir Research Institute of Agriculture by pollinating the 'Altayskaya dessert' variety with pollen mixture. Author: M.G. Abdieva. Under state variety testing since 2008.

Medium-height, medium-spreading bush. Growing shoots are medium, straight, green, woody parts dark-brown, glabrous. Buds are medium, light-green, glabrous, elongated, tapering to the apex, pressed against the shoot.

Leaf three-lobed, with fine notches, medium-sized, dark-green. Leaf blade is glabrous, matte, smooth. Leaf lobes' tips are acute, angle formed by the lobes is straight. Base of leaf has a medium notch. Teeth are blunt, short, not curled. Petioles are medium length and thickness, red.

Flowers are medium, bell-shaped, brightly colored. Sepals are medium, broad, brightly colored, arranged horizontally, weak hairs on the outer side. Inflorescences are medium, sometimes long, 6-8 cm, 8-10 berries. Inflorescence axis is thin, straight, glabrous, shiny.

Berries are large (1.43 g), black, round, medium skin, tart-sweet flavor (4.7 points). Pedicel is medium, green, thin, calyx half-open, medium seed count. Chemical composition: dry matter — 20.6%, total sugars — 9.8%, titratable acidity — 1.9%, ascorbic acid — 184.0 mg/100 g, pectic substances — 0.9%.

Highly winter-hardy variety, average yield 14.4 t/ha, high self-fertility, field resistance to powdery mildew, moderately resistant to anthracnose.

Advantages of the variety: high yield, low shattering, large uniform berries.

Disadvantages of the variety: with age, under the weight of the fruit, branches bend to the ground.