Currant Saratov Jubilee

Late-maturing variety, obtained at the Saratov Experimental Garden Station by crossing the varieties Rtishchevskaya and Seyanets Golubki. Author: E.I. Olkhina. From 1995 to 2006, it was registered in the State Register of Selection Achievements approved for use in the Nizhnevолжский region.

Medium-height bush. Medium, straight, light-brown, hairless shoots.

Five-lobed, large, dark-green leaf. Leaf blade glabrous, shiny, leathery, with a medium notch. Base of the leaf with a medium indentation. Leaf tips are acute.

Medium-sized flowers, pale-colored, hairless. Stigma glabrous, round. Medium-sized fruit cluster. Cluster axis straight, hairless.

Large berries (average weight 1.1 g), one-dimensional, black, shiny, medium skin, taste rating 4.0 points. Medium, thin pedicel. Chemical composition: total sugars — 5.0%, titratable acidity — 3.3%, P-active substances — 346.0 mg/100 g, ascorbic acid — 144.0 mg/100 g.

Winter-hardy, high-yielding, average multi-year yield is 6.9 t/ha (2.1 kg/plant), resistant to powdery mildew, high drought resistance.

Advantages of the variety: yield and drought resistance.