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Description of the best varieties of red currant
There are a lot of varieties of red currants. The bushes are frost-hardy, high-yielding, and the fruits are high in vitamin C and natural sugars.
The best varieties of red currant
When determining the best varieties, you need to take into account the yield, frost resistance and taste characteristics of the fruit.
The red currant variety “Rondom” has long brushes
Among the frost-resistant varieties, one can distinguish “Natalie”, “Beloved”, “Uralskaya krasavitsa”, “Jonker van Tets”, “Lights of the Urals”. They are suitable for growing in Siberia.
Depending on the taste and appearance of the berries, red currant varieties can be divided into 3 groups:
- The species with the highest vitamin C content in fruits. These include “Gazelle”, “Niva” and “Rote Shpetlese”.
- The species with the largest berries. Uralskaya krasavitsa, Asora, Ilyinka and Rondom have large berries.
- Species with a high sugar content in berries. The sweetest fruits in the varieties “Early Sweet”, “Sugar”, “Red Cross”, “Houghton Castle” and “Red Meat”.
High transportability of berries are possessed by “Star of the North”, “Gollandskaya krasnaya” and “Laturnites”.
Description of the best varieties of red currant
The rating looks like this:
- “Ural beauty”. Frost-resistant variety with fruits weighing up to 1,7 g. Productivity per bush – 15 kg. The berries ripen at the end of July. The disadvantages include low resistance to pests and drought.
- Early sweet. The berries are small, 0,4-0,9 g, they are collected in a brush up to 9 cm long. At the end of June, you can harvest up to 4 kg of the crop. The variety is resistant to frost, diseases and pests, early ripening.
- “Dear”. High-yielding frost-resistant variety, suitable for cultivation in Siberia and the Urals. Berries weighing up to 0,8 g, clusters up to 7 cm in length. The taste of the fruit is sweet and sour. The variety is prone to leaf spot.
- “Cascade”. A frost-resistant variety with large sweet berries, weighing 1,4-1,7 g. Up to 3,5 kg of harvest can be harvested from a bush. Fruits ripen in mid-June. The bunches are long, up to 10 cm in length. The disadvantage is the low resistance to fungal diseases.
- “Natalie”. This variety has delicious and aromatic fruits. Productivity up to 12 kg.
- “Jonke is torn Tets”. The bushes are vigorous, the yield is 6-7 kg. Good disease resistance.
For the Moscow region, the best varieties are Natalie and Early Sweet, and for Siberia, Dear and Ural Souvenir.
When choosing a variety of red currant, be sure to check its characteristics. Different species have their own advantages.