Black currant is one of the most favorite berries in our region.
Large maroon-black "beads" of the bush, in addition to a rich taste, contain a record amount of vitamins.
Berry is often successfully used in the prevention and treatment of many diseases.
Black currant - quite a young culture. Currently, the berry is very popular with gardeners. There are already more than two hundred varieties of currant, selection continues to this day. Every year there are all new varieties.
Description variety Dobrynya
Currant "Dobrynya" variety description. This variety is rapidly gaining popularity. It is characterized by rather large berries (from 4.5 to 7 g) of glossy black color. The shape of the berries is oval. Currant skin is very dense and elastic.
Taste berries "Dobrynya" pronounced and sweet. They have a delicate pleasant aroma. The sugar content is not less than 6%, the concentration of vitamin C is approximately 200 mg for every 100 g of berries. The stem is thin, medium.
Young shoots are straight, have a purple color with glitter. The bush of this variety is compact. The brush is thick and sinuous, contains up to 10 flowers. Flowers Dobrynya yellow, large. The leaves are large, with wrinkled skin. Most of the fruits in the middle and at the top of the bush.
Breeding history and breeding region
Grade "Dobrynya" It is considered one of the best achievements of the breeder A.I. Astakhov.
He bred when crossing the currants 42-7 with the variety "Raisin" in the Research Institute of Lupine.
The variety "Dobrynya" is excellent for the middle band, and is also recommended for cultivation in most southern regions of Russia. Since 2004, "Dobrynya" began to grow in the gardens of the West Siberian and Central regions.
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Characteristics of currants
Have currants "Dobrynya" average ripening. It has excellent resistance to drought and spring frosts. For the development and growth of a highly fertile soil and high-quality agricultural technology. Variety skoroplodny and high-yielding. Excellent productivity and large fruits favorably distinguish "Dobrynya" from other well-known varieties.
Find out which black currant varieties have an average ripening period:
Gulliver, Bagheera, Venus.
It is characterized by moderate resistance to diseases and pests. Peculiar to berries enough sweet taste.
Planting and care
Before planting, young seedlings are best kept in a room with a low temperature. With the growth of buds should move the currants in a cooler place, well-lit enough.
Planting seedlings with shoots into the ground should be carried out with the exception of possible frosts.
For currants, it is better to choose wet, lighted areas of the garden. The landing takes place in early spring or autumn. For landing it is recommended to choose annual saplings no signs of illness and pests.
Before planting, plant roots should be soaked for several hours, and the ground part should be shortened to a length of not more than 20 cm.
It should be planted in pits with a depth and a diameter of approximately half a meter, two-thirds filled with fertile soil. The most suitable distance between neighboring bushes is 2 m.
When planting currant seedlings It is important to observe the correct depth - 8 cm above the location of the root collar.
When planting seedling should be kept inclined. After planting the plant is recommended to water - 2 buckets of water for each bush will be enough. Earth should be fertilized with a humus layer of several centimeters.
After the autumn planting the soil will need to spud. Further care for young currants includes regular watering, loosening the soil and dressing.
Pour currants two - three times a season at the rate of 4 buckets per 1 sq.m. It should be regularly cut the plant, as the greatest yield yield young branches. Circumcision can be carried out both in early spring and autumn.
"Dobrynya" considered frost resistant. However, in very cold winters with strong winds, perennial branches may freeze around the plant. If you cover the currants with snow, then it will be easier for it to transfer frosts below 40ºะก.
Diseases and pests
Black currants are much less susceptible to pests than red ones. For aphids, the bushes are recommended to be treated with the drug "Aktofit".
With sufficiently good agronomic conditions and high soil fertility variety currant "Dobrynya" shows excellent yield. Frost resistance and moderate immunity to disease make the variety very popular among gardeners.
