Gooseberry Beryl

Mid-season ripening variety, developed at the South Ural Research Institute of Fruit and Vegetable Growing and Potato Cultivation by crossing the varieties Malachit and Samorodok. Author: V.S. Ilyin. Since 1998, it has been included in the State Register of Breeding Achievements approved for use in the West Siberian region.

Medium-height, moderately spreading, dense bush. Growing shoots of medium thickness, curved, with a drooping tip, with medium anthocyanin coloring. Thorns are usually located in the lower part of the shoot, weak, single, directed downward, sometimes perpendicular or even upward along the shoot; absent entirely on null shoots.

Large, green, soft, slightly wrinkled, shiny, non-hairy leaves. Leaf blade is concave along the midrib, smooth. Five-lobed leaf, with deep lobes, central lobe exceeds lateral ones, has additional protrusions, oval-shaped, pointed. Angle between midribs of lateral lobes is straight, occasionally obtuse. Lateral lobes with slightly pointed tips, widely spaced. Basal lobes well developed. Leaf base with a broad triangular notch. Teeth are large, slightly curved. Petiole of medium length and thickness, light green, slightly hairy. Buds of medium size, elongated-oval, brown, deviated from the shoot. Petiole trace slightly rounded.

Large flowers, brightly or moderately colored, cup-shaped. Sepals separate, pink or pale-pink, sometimes yellow-green with pink tinge, wide, medium length, reflexed. Inflorescence is two-flowered. Pedicels long, thin, green, slightly hairy.

Berries large (3.9-9.2 g), relatively uniform, light green, round, with thin skin, without hairs. Taste sour-sweet, dessert-like, rated 5 points. Receptacle of medium size, open or closed. Peduncle thin, long, green. Chemical composition: total sugars — 8.0%, titratable acidity — 2.2%, ascorbic acid — 17.2 mg/100 g.

Cold-hardy variety, high-yielding, average multi-year yield is 10.3 t/ha, maximum — 33.3 t/ha (3.1-10.0 kg/plant), self-fertile (53.8%).

Advantages of the variety: high yield, cold hardiness, large, dessert-flavored berries.

Disadvantages of the variety: medium susceptibility to septoria.