Qualitative chararacteristics of golden currant (Ribes aureum Pursh) cultivars in Russia

The purpose of the study was qualitative assessment of the fruits of 16 varieties of golden currant (Ribes aureum Pursh): Ermak, Isabella and Muscat, obtained at Novosibirsk Zonal Research Station named after I.V. Michurin; Venera, Zarina, Laysan, Nakhodka, Fatima and Shafak, tested in Bashkir RDIA UFRC RAS; Businka, Dragunskaya, Medovy Spas and Saintsaens, selected in the city of Belgorod (Botanical Garden; RI BelSU Buzuluk, Mandarinka, Khoper, tested in Moscow (MBG RAS). For fruits of Novosibirsk selection, on average, 54.9 mg% of vitamin C is characteristic; for Bashkir varieties - 59.2 mg, for Belgorod - 67.5 mg% and for Moscow - 62.8 mg%.On the example of varieties from Bashkiria, it is shown that the longest brushes were in the varieties Fatima and Shafak, the average weight of their fruits was 2 g. If one evaluates the fruits by size, the length in Nakhodka variety is 1.3 cm, smaller (0.8 cm long) - in Zarina and Laysan. The fruits of the varieties Fatima and Laysan differ in the smallest number of seeds, on average - 14 pieces, although the rest have up to 50 seeds; in the first variety, the weight of 1000 seeds is 0...