Currant Rose

Medium-ripening variety, obtained at the All-Russian Research Institute of Fruit Crop Selection from crossing varieties Chulkovskaya and Rose Chayr. Authors: L.V. Bayanova, O.D. Golieva. Under state variety testing since 2001.

Medium-height, weakly spreading, moderately dense bush. Growing shoots are green, matte, straight, medium thickness.

Leaf five-lobed, medium size, green, leathery, hairy on the underside. Leaf blade wrinkled, concave along main veins. Lobes pointed, angle between main veins of lateral lobes acute. Basal lobes well developed, raised upward. Leaf base with small notch. Teeth large, sharp. Petiole medium length, thick, with anthocyanic coloration at base.

Flowers medium size, dish-shaped. Sepals yellow-green, not fused. Calyx green, indistinct. Inflorescences medium length (8.0 cm with petiole). Axis thin, hairy. Petiole medium length.

Berries medium-sized (average mass 0.5 g, maximum 0.8 g), one-dimensional, round, pink. Sweet, dessert flavor. Receptacle closed. Chemical composition: soluble dry matter — 11.1%, total sugars — 7.5%, titratable acidity — 1.5%, ascorbic acid — 49.0%, P-active substances — 210.0 mg/100 g, pectin substances — 11.3%.

Medium-yielding variety, average yield 8.8 t/ha, resistant to septoria, moderately affected by anthracnose and powdery mildew.

Advantages of the variety: dessert flavor of berries.

Disadvantages of the variety: medium yield, moderately affected by anthracnose and powdery mildew.