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Mara Eglite


(Māra)

High yielding cultivar with big fruits. Medium bud burst, late flowering and very late fruit ripening time.


Fruits

Size: Very large (average 1.3 g).


Shape : Raindrop


Colour : Black


Flavour : Subacid, rather good.


Glossiness : Medium


Skin thickness : Medium

Fruit trusses

Lenght: Short or medium.


Density : Medium amount of fruits per truss


Separation from the truss : Separates well

Fruit biochemical value and use

Brix: 15.5-17.3 %


Use : For fresh consumption, freezing and processing.


Phenols : 296 mg/100 g


Vitamin C : 172 mg/100 g


Anthocyanins : 226 mg/100 g

About the cultivar

Breed in Latvia, cross of ‘Black Naple's’ × ‘Katyusha’. Cultivar protected in Latvia, representative of plant breeder`s rights: National botanical garden.


Bush : Vigorous, rather wide, medium upright.


Winterhardiness : Good


Mechanical harvest : Good adaptability


Resistance to pests : Susceptible to bud mite.


Resistance to diseases : Good resistance to American gooseberry mildew, medium resistant to leaf spots, susceptible to BRV.