Gooseberry Chelyabinsk Green

Early-maturing variety, developed at the Southern Ural Research Institute of Fruit and Vegetable and Potato Growing. Origin unknown, selected by A.P. Gubenko in 1936 in one of the amateur gardens in the Sverdlovsk region. Included in the State Register of Selection Achievements approved for use in the Ural and West Siberian regions in 1959.

Medium-height, loosely branched, fairly dense bush. Growing shoots of medium thickness, straight or slightly curved, green with a slight pinkish tint on the upper third, hairless. Thorns at nodes along the entire shoot length, single, double, and triple, straight, medium length and thickness, pinkish with green tips, directed perpendicularly to the shoot or at a slight upward angle, shiny. Internodes below are covered with thornlets.

Large, light-green, shiny, wrinkled, leathery leaves; blade concave along midrib, sometimes straight or convex. Three-lobed. Lobes slightly pointed, central lobe with additional projections exceeding lateral ones. Angle between midribs of lateral lobes is right, lateral lobes widely spaced. Leaf base with a small notch. Teeth large, rounded, slightly curled. Petiole short or medium, thick, green. Petiole trace is rounded-triangular.

Flowers of medium size, solitary inflorescences. Calyx lobes medium in length and width, separate, intensely colored pink or red, reflexed, flower stalks long, thin, light green, hairless.

Berries medium (2.5-5.5 g), one-dimensional, slightly hairy, round-oval, light green with a slightly cloudy tint. Seed count medium. Sweet, pleasant flavor, rating 5 points. Chemical composition: dry matter — 16.6%, total sugars — 9.9%, titratable acidity — 2.4%, ascorbic acid — 36.0-40.0 mg/100 g. Berries of universal use.

Cold-hardy, productive variety; average multi-year yield is 7.3 tons/ha, maximum — 23.6 tons/ha (2.2-7.1 kg/plant), self-fertile, weakly damaged by fire blight and fruit borers.

Advantages of the variety: taste qualities, good yield.

Disadvantages of the variety: weak resistance to powdery mildew.