Minusinskaya Stepnaya

Medium-ripening variety, obtained at the Minusinsk Experimental Station for Horticulture and Melon Cultivation from crossing the varieties Otрадnaya and Karelskaya. Authors: V.F. Cherkashin, L.P. Muravieva, G.A. Muraviev. Under state variety testing since 2004.

Bush is weak-growing, medium-spreading, medium-density. Growing shoots are thick, straight, light-green, with weak anthocyanic coloring in the upper part, hairless. Woody shoots are thick, straight, light-brown, hairy, matte. Buds are medium-sized, elongated, with a pointed tip, green, with medium-intensity anthocyanic coloring, slightly hairy, deviated, solitary. Leaf scar shape is rounded-lobed.

Leaf is three- to five-lobed, large, dark-green, matte, bare, wrinkled, leathery, blade positioned horizontally, flat. Central lobe exceeds lateral ones, long, sharp, with projections. Lateral lobes are medium-length, wide, tips are sharp, directed sideways, angle between veins of lateral lobes is acute. Base of leaf has deep notch. Teeth are large, tips of teeth are "claw-like", veins are not colored. Petiole is long, thick, with weak hairs along the entire length, light-green, positioned on the shoot at an acute angle.

Flowers are medium-sized, sepals are dark-pink, arranged loosely. Inflorescences are short, medium density, medium thickness. Axis is thick, pedicel is short, hairless.

Berries are large (1.4-2.9 g), round, irregular, nearly black, dry detachment, with many small seeds, thick skin, tart-sweet taste (4.6 points), aromatic, general purpose. Receptacle is closed, medium-sized, non-deciduous, peduncle is short, brown-green, hairless. Chemical composition: soluble dry substances — 15.4%, total sugars — 6.0%, titratable acidity — 2.3%, ascorbic acid — 174.9 mg/100 g.

Variety is highly winter-hardy, moderately drought-tolerant, heat-resistant, self-fertile (up to 46%), resistant to powdery mildew, anthracnose, septoria, and bud mite, average yield 8.1 t/ha (1.7 kg/plant).

Advantages of the variety: winter hardiness, early fruiting, high annual yield, complex resistance to main pests and diseases, increased transportability of berries.

Disadvantages of the variety: weak shoot-forming ability, short fruiting inflorescence, irregular berry size.