Blackcurrant Quiz

Blackcurrant variety Blackcurrant Quiz was bred by employees of the Sverdlovsk horticultural selection station: T. Shagina, E. Batmanova. Quiz belongs to the group of promising varieties & nbsp; late ripening.

Variety advantages: early maturity, high winter hardiness, large berries.

Variety features

Plantmedium-sized, semi-spreading. Medium length brushes – for 6-8 berries.

Fruitsround, large. The average weight of berries – 1.5-4 gr. Ripe currant peel – saturated black color, dense, which contributes to the dry separation of the fruit. Pulp Quizzes – green with red, juicy, sweet and sour.

Variety purpose: universal.

Yield Quizzes good – 2-3.5 kg of berries from a bush. Magpies ripen late, the main harvest occurs in August-September.

Immunity. The variety is resistant to powdery mildew, bud mites, anthracose, septoria.

Growing conditions. Smorodina Quiz is most adapted to both the natural and climatic conditions of the Middle Urals. It endures return frosts and frosts down to -33.5°C (over a layer of snow). Also suitable for cultivation in the regions of Central Russia, Western and Eastern Siberia, the Far East.

Selecting planting material

Before you buy blackcurrant seedlings Quiz, pay attention to:

• The state of the root system. It should have 3-5 main healthy and elastic roots – at least 20 cm long, with many small fibrous processes. Without traces of dryness, putrefaction, diseases.
• Appearance of shoots – well-developed stems in the amount of 2-4 pieces, at least 40 cm long. Bark without signs of dryness, cuts, breaks, unnatural spots.
• Age of seedlings. Most of all, 2-year-old plants are suitable for planting. They adapt more easily and will grow in a new place.

Beware of fakes and "sick" planting material! Buy seedlings of currant "Quiz" in nurseries and specialized stores.

Preparations