Raspberry "Pride of Russia" was bred in 1992, thanks to the efforts of Professor V.V. Kichina. The description of the variety received many reviews, and became a real pride of domestic breeders, from where the plain name came from.
Description of raspberry variety “Pride of Russia”
The Pride of Russia raspberry variety produces dark red berry fruits that gleam slightly and have a velvety texture. The fruits grow large enough - the weight of one berry reaches 12 grams, homogeneous, in shape resemble a blunt cone. The berries are endowed with a sweet taste with sourness, and a light raspberry aroma, inside there is a lot of juice and a minimum of small seeds. Sometimes you can see double fruits on a raspberry bush “Pride of Russia”.
Raspberry variety "Pride of Russia", even when it finally ripens tightly "sits" on the bushes, does not crumble. At the same time, when harvesting, you can effortlessly pick a berry from the stem. However, in the description of the Pride of Russia raspberry variety, according to reviews, the average shelf life of the harvested crop is noted. It is best to eat raspberries as soon as they are collected from the bush.
Characteristics of Raspberry Variety Pride of Russia
Raspberry "Pride of Russia" ripens in the mid-early period, is precocious and self-fertile. In one season, it is possible to harvest from 5 to 6 times. For each collection, it is possible to collect up to 5 kilograms of ripe and juicy berries.
Raspberry bushes are compact but powerful, over the season raspberries can form many shoots and horse offspring, which allows the plant to multiply in the plot. The stems of the plant are tall, thick, have no thorns, in winter they acquire a gray-brown hue. On one branch of medium size can fit from 20 to 30 berries.
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A distinctive point in the description of the Pride of Russia raspberry variety is that it tolerates both cold and heat, and also has a high immunity to diseases caused by fungal infections.
Gardeners reviews
Raspberry variety "Pride of Russia" has received many reviews that are controversial. After reading a few reviews about the described variety, you can highlight its main pros and cons.
Helena: “As for me, the Pride of Russia variety is the most common. It is, of course, fruitful, but somehow unreasonably expensive, and to taste I would say that it is sour with sweet notes, and not vice versa. It’s suitable for jam, but you can’t eat a lot in fresh form. ”
Anna: “The Pride of Russia raspberry variety has been growing for me for several years, plus it is that this bush never hurt me, but the aphid attacks it all the time, I don’t even know what it is, because the raspberries are not attracted to aphids . But this variety produces a rich harvest, sometimes we don’t even know what to do with it. ”
Nina: “All my raspberry bushes are the Pride of Russia variety. The variety is unpretentious in care and gives a lot of harvest, if you take care of feeding. I use a mineral complex of fertilizers from magnesium, phosphorus and potassium. The berries ripen large, fleshy, and the taste, as I observed, is very dependent on weather conditions. "
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Olga
I have such a variety in the country. Of course, if you constantly take care of raspberries, then it may be possible to get a crop five to six times a season, but I only visit the weekend at the weekend, so I have a crop three or four times. Moreover, the first time the raspberry comes out rather small, so you have to use it for jam. The rest of the times are already larger and you can eat plenty, and we’re selling something. Many people consider it acidic enough, but it’s raspberry, it should always be sour. Too sweet, for example, I do not like. But as they say, on taste and color - there are no comrades.