Currant Saratovskaya Krupnoplodnaya

Medium-ripening variety, obtained at the Saratov Experimental Garden Station by crossing the varieties Rtišchevskaya and Seyanets Golubki. Author: E.I. Olkhina. Under state variety testing since 1994.

Bush is low-growing, moderately spreading. Stems are medium, straight, light-brown, hairless.

Leaf is medium-sized, dark green. Leaf blade is bare, matte, leathery, straight. Leaf lobes have medium indentations. Leaf base has a small notch. Teeth are blunt and short.

Flowers are medium-sized with pale coloration. Ovule is bare, round. Fruit cluster is medium-sized. Cluster axis is thick, straight, hairless.

Berries are very large (2.2 g), one-dimensional, black, with medium skin, hairless. Berry stem is medium, fleshy. Chemical composition: total sugars — 6.5%, titratable acidity — 2.3%, P-active substances — 300.0 mg/100 g, ascorbic acid — 132.0 mg/100 g.

Variety is winter-hardy, average yield is 7.3 t/ha (2.2 kg/bush), resistant to powdery mildew and drought (data used for variety description are from state variety testing).

Advantages of the variety: yield, winter-hardiness, and drought resistance.