Currant Vologda

Medium-late maturing variety, obtained at VSTISP from crossing the varieties Compact and Bredtorp. Authors: V.M. Litvinova, A.N. Zarubin. Included in the State Register of Varieties Approved for Use in the Northwestern, Central, Volga-Vyatka, Middle Volga, and Far Eastern regions in 1995.

Medium-height, strongly spreading, dense bush. Growing shoots are thick, light-green, with a reddish tip; woody shoots are thick, curved, gray-brown. Buds are large, asymmetric, spindle-shaped, pinkish, pointed, without hairs, pressed against the shoot, solitary, leaf scar shape wedge-shaped.

Leaf five-lobed, medium or large, green with a bluish-gray tint, without hairs, matte, slightly wrinkled, leathery. Main veins on both sides of the leaf are colored with anthocyanin. Middle lobe is long, sharp, with additional protrusions. Side lobes are sharp, medium in length and width, widely spaced, angle between their veins obtuse. Basal lobes are poorly developed. Base of the leaf has a heart-shaped notch, small, wide. Teeth are medium, sharp, curled, without a distinct claw, petiole medium in length and thickness, bluish-purple.

Flowers medium-sized, cup-shaped, sepals large, yellowish-green, reflexed, free. Inflorescence long (8-10 cm), medium density, stem medium thickness, without hairs, pedicel medium length, without hairs with a purple tint.

Berries large (average weight 1.7 g, maximum 3.0 g), round-oval, black, dry detachable, with average seed count. Receptacle medium, does not fall off, open. Taste sour-sweet (4.5 points). Berries of universal use. Chemical composition: total sugars — 8.1%, titratable acidity — 2.7%, ascorbic acid — 137.8 mg/100 g.

Cold-hardy variety, self-fertile, relatively resistant to fungal diseases, average yield 12.0 t/ha (3.7 kg/plant).

Advantages of the variety: large berries, dessert taste of berries. Disadvantages of the variety: spreading bush.