Currant Nara

Currant Nara
The main characteristics of the variety:
  • Authors: Astakhov A.I. (FNTS VIC named after V.R. Williams)
  • Appeared when crossing: Dove Seedling x 32-77
  • Year of approval: 1999
  • Ripening terms: early ripening
  • Growth type: medium-sized
  • Yield: high
  • Appointment: universal
  • Berry weight, g: 1,9-3,3
  • Tasting assessment: 4,3
  • Escapes: medium, slightly curved, olive green, matte
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Black currant is a berry culture loved by the people of Russia. Even with the modern variety of varieties, our gardeners give preference to the developments of domestic breeding. These varieties were bred taking into account the Russian natural and climatic conditions. For example, the black currant variety Nara is zoned for the Central region of the country.

Breeding history

The variety was bred by the famous Russian scientist, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences A.I. Astakhov. His entire career was associated with the Bryansk region: from the position of an employee of a local experimental station to a leading specialist in the fruit department at the All-Russian Research Institute of Lupine. This scientific institution became one of the branches of the Federal Scientific Center "VIK im. VR Williams ", which is declared the originator of the Nara variety.

Alexander Ivanovich Astakhov worked with many fruit and berry crops, but he paid special attention to black currant. He created 12 large-fruited varieties of this berry.

The Nara variety was the result of crossing the high-yielding Siberian variety Seyanets Golubki and the hybrid form numbered 32-77. The application for admission was filed in 1994, and five years later the variety was included in the State Register. The name of the variety is most likely associated with the Nara River, which flows in the neighboring Kaluga region of Bryansk.

Description of the variety

Nara is a winter-hardy, resistant to major diseases, large-fruited variety of early ripening black currant with a sweet and sour taste. Has a high yield and universal application.

Slightly spreading bushes grow up to 1.5-2 m in height. The shoots of the plant are slightly curved, olive shade. The leaves are large, dark green, wrinkled-leathery, with three lobes and pointed tops.

Characteristics of berries

The variety belongs to large-fruited, the mass of even rounded berries ranges from 1.9-2 g to 3.3 g. Black berries with a dense shiny skin hang on elongated stalks. When assembled, they are not damaged, they remain dry when separated. The pulp is greenish in color.

Taste qualities

Tasters give the variety a high score of 4.3-4.6 points. A large amount of vitamin C (about 180 mg / 100 g), vitamins A, group B and others makes currants an irreplaceable product in our diet with unique medicinal properties.

Juicy fragrant berries have a sweet-sour dessert taste and contain: 6.8% sugars and 2.5% acids. They use them fresh, freeze them, make fruit drinks and compote, prepare jam, jam, marmalade and marshmallow. Do not forget about the leaves - they give their specific aroma to freshly brewed tea. They are also used for pickling tomatoes and cucumbers.

Ripening and fruiting

The amicable ripening of berries in this early-maturing variety begins in the first decade of June. A full harvest is harvested from 3-4 years of plant life. Fruiting lasts about 2.5 weeks.

The fruiting of currants depends on the variety, on the region in which it grows, what is the care for it, whether all agrotechnical measures are followed.In black currant, flower buds form on branches that are one year old. So the first small crop can be harvested the next year after planting. Full fruiting begins from the third year of the shrub's life.

Yield

Correct agricultural technology will ensure a stable harvest of this currant for 15-20 years. The Nara bush yields an average of 8 to 14 kg of berries. The industrial tax is 58 centners per hectare.

The harvested currants will not lose their presentation within three days of transportation. In a cool place, the harvest is perfectly stored for up to 5 days.

Growing regions

The variety is approved for private and industrial cultivation in the gardens of the North-West, Central, Volga-Vyatka regions and the Middle Volga. Such unfavorable weather factors as short-term dry periods and winter frosts are tolerated by Nara.

Despite the absence of the southern regions in the "passport" of the variety from the State Register, many gardeners and nurseries of the Krasnodar Territory successfully plant and propagate Naru.

Self-fertility and the need for pollinators

This self-fertile variety does not need forced pollination, but planting other varieties next to a bush with the same flowering time will have a positive effect on the yield. In May, the plant blooms with small flowers with a reddish tint.

Landing

Planting is carried out in autumn or spring after warming up the soil. The following methods are used for reproduction.

  • Cuttings - basal shoots, cut into 25-30 cm segments with 3-6 buds, are rooted in a sand-peat mixture.

  • Layers - the branches of the plant are bent to the ground and instilled. Vertical rooted shoots grow from the lateral buds.

  • Division of the bush - the dug out bush is carefully divided into 2-4 parts with a developed root system for each.

The best place to grow Nara will be a sunny, flat area with loamy, loose soil. The soil must be prepared: to improve the structure, river sand is added, high acidity is reduced by adding lime. Avoid places with a close occurrence of groundwater, and do not plant bushes next to a septic tank.

For each seedling, a hole of 50 x 50 cm is dug, a mixture of humus, ash and a mineral phosphorus additive is poured onto the bottom. Having filled up the hole, it is left alone for a week or two so that the soil settles. Only after that, the seedlings are rooted, deepening the root collar by 7-10 cm. Watering is carried out and the shoot is cut off, leaving about 15 cm above the ground.

Not a single garden plot can do without currants. This fragrant and healthy berry is very popular. When planting currants, you need to take into account many factors and nuances. It is necessary to choose the right planting material, determine the location, and competently prepare the soil.

Growing and care

Gardeners love the variety for its unpretentiousness, good immunity, frost and drought resistance.

Agrotechnical care for Nara includes:

  • regular watering (2-3 buckets for a bush);

  • loosening and weeding of soil;

  • seasonal pruning to rejuvenate the bush;

  • natural and complex dressings - nitrogen in the spring, phosphorus-potassium when tying berries.

If fertilizers were applied during the rooting of the seedling, then only in the 3rd year of the life of the bush they begin to be added regularly.

The most important step in caring for currants is the correct moisture of the crop throughout the growing season. Due to errors in watering, you can lose most of the crop and get small and tasteless berries.
Pruning is an indispensable element of caring for any fruit shrubs, including currants. If you carry out this agrotechnical procedure at the optimal time and do it correctly and regularly, the result will not slow down to affect the quality and quantity of berries grown.
Competent preparation of currants for winter is the key to a good harvest for next year. Autumn care for currants and preparation for cold weather includes the following stages: pruning, watering, feeding, treatment from diseases and pests, shelter.
In the process of growing currants, timely feeding is an important part of care. Organic and mineral elements are necessary not only for the harmonious growth of the bush, but also for the formation of the crop. During the entire growing season, the plant needs different substances, which is important to consider when choosing a fertilizer.

Disease and pest resistance

Variety Nara is resistant to terry virus and powdery mildew fungus.

Against numerous pests: aphids, ticks, larvae of currant gall midge, they are sprayed with biochemical preparations.

Currant is one of the most favorite crops of gardeners, it can be found on almost any personal plot. In order for the currant berries to be tasty and large, and the bush itself to be healthy and strong, you should properly care for, treat and protect the plant from harmful insects. It is important to recognize the signs of the disease in a timely manner and begin treatment in the early stages of plant damage.

If there is a need to increase the size of the planting of currants or to rejuvenate the shrub, then you can propagate the currants yourself. You can propagate currants in different ways: green cuttings, lignified cuttings and layering. Each of the procedures is a vegetative propagation of currants and allows you to get full-fledged seedlings without much effort.
Main characteristics
Authors
Astakhov A.I. (FNTS VIC named after V.R. Williams)
Appeared when crossing
Dove Seedling x 32-77
Year of approval
1999
View
black
Appointment
universal
Yield
high
Average yield
58 kg / ha, 10.0 t / ha, 1.5 kg / bush
Maximum yield
14.6 t / ha, 2.2 kg / bush
Bush
Growth type
medium-sized
Description of the bush
slightly spreading
Bush height, cm
up to 150
Escapes
medium-sized, slightly curved, olive green, matte
Sheet
three-lobed, large, dark green, leathery, wrinkled, slightly convex leaf blade
Flowers
medium with a pale reddish color
Brush
medium length, loose, winding, not pubescent
Number of berries in a brush, pcs
6-10
Berries
Berry color
black, shiny
Berry size
large
Berry weight, g
1,9-3,3
Berry shape
rounded
Taste
sweet and sour
Berry composition
sugar - 6.8%, acids - 2.5%, vitamin C - 179 mg /%
Separation of berries
dry
Pulp
greenish
Tasting assessment
4,3
Growing
Self-fertility
self-fertile
Winter hardiness
high
Drought tolerance
high
Soil requirements
loose, fertile, ideally loam; does not like acidified soils
The need for feeding
Yes
Moisture requirement
needs watering
Location
sunny
Growing regions
North-West, Central, Srednevolzhsky, Volgo-Vyatsky
Powdery mildew resistant
steady
Resistance to fungal diseases
steady
Kidney mite resistance
steady
Maturation
Ripening terms
early ripening
Fruiting period
At the beginning of June
Maturation features
amicable
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