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Currants - red, black and white - can be found on every household plot throughout Russia. It is believed that its berries, which hold the record for the content of vitamins and nutrients, have a characteristic sourness. But this is not so: the super large blackcurrant, bred by selection, is gaining more and more popularity among gardeners today thanks to its beautiful, rich, pleasant taste, fruits with a high sugar content.
What varieties of currants are the largest and sweetest
The general characteristics of an ideal currant simply do not exist. So, certain varieties of the largest sweet black currant, which are successfully grown in the Moscow region, are completely unsuitable for the harsh winters of Siberia, or the berries do not have sufficient sweetness and high taste characteristic of medium-sized fruits. It is advisable to grow several super-yielding varieties of black currant on your garden plot. It is good if the ripening period is different for them, and the purpose is universal. Bushes of red and white super large, sweet currants, which can be eaten fresh and processed, will be useful in the garden.
Varieties of sweet and large currants, black currants
Sweet black currant does not need a description and is traditionally the most popular among other varieties of berry crops. New specimens obtained by selection have such characteristics as medium or high frost resistance, drought resistance; disease and pest resistance; excellent yield; versatility of using super sweet, tasty berries - for fresh consumption and processing. Most of these hybrids boast large and even super large sizes.
Each type is characterized by certain properties, comparing which, you can make a choice. What you need to consider:
- taste qualities;
- frost and drought resistance;
- fruiting period;
- resistance to pests and diseases.
Bagheera
A drought-resistant, frost-resistant variety of large sweet black currant, intended for cultivation in all regions of Russia, including Siberia, the North Caucasus and the Urals. The culture is distinguished by a high sugar content in berries (11.8%), weighing up to 2 g, which retain an excellent appearance for a long time, easily tolerate transportation and have good keeping quality. The bushes are large, medium spreading, up to 1.8 m high, prone to thickening. Fruiting begins in mid-July, the yield is 3.5 - 4 kg.
Vigorous
The culture is late-ripening, very frost-resistant, capable of withstanding frosts down to minus 30 degrees, which is an ideal option for the East Siberian District. Super large berries reach a weight of 7 - 8 g, contain a large amount of sugar. Incredibly sweet, they ripen in mid-July and stay on the bushes until the first frost. The yield is, on average, 4 kg per bush. It is one of the super large sweet blackcurrant varieties.
Nina
It is characterized by very sweet, tasty and super large berries with a sugar content of 11% and a large amount of ascorbic acid. The dense, low bushes perfectly tolerate the most severe frosts, are distinguished by excellent resistance to powdery mildew, and abundant fruiting. Nina ripens at the beginning of June and allows to get up to 5 kg from each bush of large, super sweet berries weighing 2 - 4 g. Thin, delicate skin does not allow them to be stored for a long time, so the fruits have a greater degree of damage during transportation.
An excellent pupil
The sweetest variety of black currant is the record holder for sugar content (11.2%), weighing 0.8 - 1.6 g. Powerful, spreading, large bushes begin to bear fruit abundantly in early July with super sweet, small berries of a coal-black color. The excellent student belongs to medium winter-resistant hybrids with good resistance to spring return frosts. The culture has a low resistance to diseases. Its yield is up to 4.5 kg.
Green haze
High-yielding Green Haze has a large amount of sugar in round, medium and large fruits - 10.2%, they have excellent keeping quality. This variety is distinguished by good winter hardiness, easily withstands prolonged, severe frosts. Medium-sized, spreading bushes begin to bear fruit in mid-July and yield up to 5 kg. Their taste is pleasant, sweet with a slight sourness.
Sweet varieties of large red currants
Sweet red currant with super large berries, according to gardeners, has high taste, which is fully revealed during culinary processing. New breeding specimens have high winter hardiness and drought resistance, are unpretentious, give abundant harvests of sweet, super large fruits for this type of fruit. The culture is grown throughout Russia. Another of its characteristic features is good resistance to pests and diseases, which distinguishes the red variety from the more delicate and whimsical, white.
Ilyinka
Super large fruits with excellent sweet taste reach a weight of 1.8 g, abundantly covering a medium spreading shrub. Ilyinka is rightfully considered the largest red currant variety of all the super varieties known to gardeners and presented in the review. The taste of the fruit is sweet and sour, very pleasant. Fruiting of the culture begins in the middle of summer. It is perfectly adapted to the most severe climatic conditions, it is not subject to diseases and pests.
Alpha
Stable and very high yields are yielded by the red currant Alpha with super large and sweet fruits, reaching a weight of 1.5 g. Their color is light red, very bright and attractive. Alpha tolerates the most severe frosts, is resistant to powdery mildew, and is self-fertile. The fruits are consumed fresh and for processing. Alpha belongs to sweet red currant varieties intended for cultivation in Siberia.
Baraba
A compact, low shrub that begins to bear fruit in mid-July with rich red berries, weighing up to 1.5 g, sweet in taste, with a characteristic sourness. Despite the weather conditions, the shrub produces consistently super high yields. It differs in frost and drought resistance, but can be exposed to anthracnose. Baraba is highly prized by gardeners for its unique characteristics.
Roland
This medium spreading shrub is characterized by good frost tolerance, excellent yield - up to 7 kg. Intensely scarlet, large berries, which, when fully ripe, become super tasty and sweet, reach a weight of up to 1.5 g. Roland is resistant to fungal diseases, completely unpretentious.
Early sweet
Early sweet refers to early ripening shrubs, it also gives a friendly harvest of super sweet, fairly large berries.Neat, compact, medium-sized bushes bear dark red fruits weighing up to 0.9 g with a very pleasant pulp. They have an incredibly attractive shade and are a true decoration of the garden. The currant is frost and drought tolerant, with the same characteristics as the large, super sweet early black currant.
Cherry Viksne
Cherry Viksne does not belong to super large-fruited varieties of red currants, the weight of medium-sized fruits is 0.9 g. However, they are quite sweet, have a pleasant, refreshing taste with a high concentration of vitamin C. Beautiful, rounded berries of dark red, cherry color are distinguished by long-term shelf life and good transportability. Red currants are grown in the European part of Russia and are used mainly for commercial purposes. Cherry Viksne has medium frost resistance, drought-resistant, anthracnose resistant.
White currant varieties with large berries
Today, super-yielding and sweet varieties of white currants are becoming more and more popular among gardeners, which, in contrast to red and black, are more demanding on growing conditions. But the variety more than compensates for its requirements with delicious, delicate and sweet fruits that can be stored for a long time without losing their qualities. No wonder the culture of white is called the sweet tooth berry. Most often, it can be found in the gardens of central Russia, in the Far East. However, with the advent of new varieties with high frost resistance, the white variety has expanded its growing area and now pleases Siberian gardeners with a sweet harvest.
Versailles white
Small, compact shrubs of Versailles white currant are valued for their good yield, which is 3-4 kg, and the high taste of light cream berries weighing 1.5 g. They are super large, appearing at the end of July, not subject to powdery mildew. The main feature of the hybrid is its long life span, with the ability to give consistently high yields for more than 20 years. The fruits are very pleasant to the taste, sweet, with a characteristic, refreshing sourness.
White grapes
White grapes are a mid-late hybrid that tolerates frost and drought well and is not affected by recurrent spring frosts. The productivity of the spreading bushes is within the average. Although White grapes are not among the largest (weighing up to 1 g), they are distinguished by a dessert, very pleasant sweet taste of varieties. The fruits of the cult are white, slightly yellow, transparent and round. The plant has a low self-fertility, which significantly distinguishes it from super large-fruited black currant varieties.
Ural white
Self-pollinating, early ripening, with average yield of currants. It is distinguished by very good winter hardiness and drought resistance. She is not afraid of fungal infections - powdery mildew and anthracnose. The bushes are medium-spreading, low, in early July they are covered with spherical white berries of a translucent medium-sized shade. They are very sweet, tasty, aromatic and most suitable for fresh consumption.
Bayan
Super-yielding, late-ripening currant surprises with powerful, large bushes, branches entirely covered with white berries. Dessert berry taste, sweet, high quality, with a subtly expressed light sourness. Weight - up to 1 g, yield per bush is up to 10 kg with good care. Very winter-hardy Bayana successfully endure even the most severe winters. Powdery mildew does not affect it. The culture is distinguished by excellent gelling properties, which allows it to be widely used for the preparation of sweet culinary delights - jams, jellies, confitures.
Blanca
The semi-sprawling shrub begins to actively bear fruit in the second half of July, surprising with super large berries weighing up to 1.5 g, with dense pulp and a pronounced dessert taste.The juicy sweet fruit is widely used for the preparation of jams and wine. The plant is unpretentious to growing conditions and is able to actively bear fruit in all weather conditions. The berries resemble gooseberries in appearance.
There are also other varieties of super large, sweetest currants - black, white, red, distinguished by their unpretentiousness and high taste. These are plants of domestic and foreign selection, intended for cultivation in different climatic zones.
More information about black currants with large sweet berries can be found in the video:
Conclusion
Super large black currants, as well as red and white, are rightfully the most widespread and demanded berry crops. After all, both adults and children like vitamin fruits, which are extremely useful for the human body. In addition, they are very decorative during fruiting and paint the garden with rich, bright colors.
