Currant Tamir

Medium-ripening variety, obtained at the Buryat Fruit and Berry Experimental Station (now Buryat NIIIS) from crossing the variety 'Burya Dalnevostochnaya' with selected forms [(Primorsky Champion x Nadezhda) x Goliath]. Breeders: T.I. Voronina, N.K. Guseva, O.K. Zorkolytseva, D.A. Markova. Included in the State Register of Selection Achievements approved for use in the East Siberian region in 2004.

Vigorous, moderately spreading bush. Shoots are medium-length, straight, with a slight brownish tint, smooth. Buds are medium-sized, conical, dense, light-brown, densely located on one-year shoots with a sharp angle of deviation from the shoot.

Leaves are large and small, dark green, slightly pointed downward. Leaf blade is slightly hairy, leathery, dense, wrinkled, straight. Teeth are blunt, short, slightly curled.

Flowers are medium-sized, pale-pink. Stamens are positioned at the level of the pistil. Fruit cluster is long (7-9 cm), with a medium-length, straight, hairy axis.

Berries are large (1.1-1.8 g), round, black, shiny, with a slight groove, ripen simultaneously, with medium skin, dry detachment, good transportability. Berry stalk is medium-sized, green, calyx is closed. Taste is sour-sweet (4.8 points), tender, with aroma. Berries are of universal use. Chemical composition: total sugar content — 8.9-10.8%, ascorbic acid — 99.3-179.4 mg/100 g, polyphenolic compounds — 238.0-556.0 mg/100 g.

Highly winter-hardy, highly self-fertile (51-80%), resistant to bud mite, easily propagated by hardwood cuttings and layering, average yield 7.0 t/ha, maximum — 10.0 t/ha.

Advantages of the variety: winter-hardy, high-yielding, self-fertile, resistant to bud mite.