Gonobobel is the berry of the Russian North. Popular varieties of tall and light blueberries

Gonobobel is a berry common in the Russian North. Closer to autumn, peat bogs and lowlands, banks of rivers and lakes, overgrown with shrubs for tens of square kilometers, acquire a blue and blue shade due to an incredible number of small fruits. Fragrant and tasty, they have long been used not only in fresh form, but also for billets along with cranberries, cranberries and blueberries. However, the name "gonobobel" is not familiar to everyone. About what this plant is, you will learn from our article.

The berry is gonobobel. How is it called differently?

Behind the traditional name, widely known in the Trans-Volga region, is a familiar blueberry common. The shrub widely spread in the northern hemisphere has gradually conquered new territories. Blueberry is a plant from the Heather family, also known as a bluebird, waterboy, gonobob, blueberry, gonoboy, a drunkard, blue grapes, a blueberry, a drunken berry. Such common names are tentatively associated with one feature of culture. In its natural habitat, its eternal companion is the marshy ledum, which actively releases essential oils into the air. They have an effect on a person when collecting berries: there is an easy headache, dizziness and even nausea.

Blueberry: description

So, gonobobel and blueberries are the names of one shrub. The height of the plant is small - 20-50 cm on average, often with creeping shoots. A distinctive feature of blueberries from blueberries is a stalk that lignifies almost completely, an even flower of berries, a lighter color of obovate or oblong leaves and shoots. The shrub has a fibrous root system, mycorrhiza promotes the production of nutrients from the soil. Small five-toothed flowers of the drooping type are painted in pale pink or white. Gonobobel - the berry is rounded, much less often elongated, measuring up to 1.2 cm in diameter, with a characteristic bluish bloom on the outside and a flesh of purple. The plant is durable, the bush can grow up to 100 years.

Places of growth

The natural area of growth is the entire northern hemisphere with a cold and temperate climate (peat bogs, marshes, tundra and forest zone, the upper belt of mountains). Due to its unpretentiousness to weather conditions, love for acidic and moist soils, the shrub is promising from an agrotechnical point of view.

In the garden culture two forms are popular: blueberry and tall. They differ in size and some peculiarities of cultivation. Numerous varieties are derived from them.

High-blueberry varieties

The native land of the plant is North America, where shrubs grow in damp places and in swamps. A full-fledged garden culture, growing to 2 m in height. Flowering begins on the 3rd year, berries are large - 10-25 mm in diameter. Tall blueberries in the suburbs can be grown very successfully, but here for the middle band and the Urals are not all sorts of suitable. They simply do not have time to ripen, so you should pay attention to the choice of early and mid-term hybrids.

• Weymouth is a spreading shrub up to 90 cm high, winter-hardy. Large berries up to 1.5 cm in diameter have a saturated dark blue color, maturation begins at the end of July and ends in August.

• Blues is a plant that forms a powerful and spreading shrub (up to 180 cm) with medium ripening dates. This gonobobel, whose berry is large in size - up to 1.7 mm in diameter (photo above). Fruits are light blue, collection begins from the middle of August and lasts until September. The yield is increased - up to 2.7 kg of berries from one bush.

• Rankokas is a medium-sized plant that reaches a height of eight to eight years. Light blue berries are collected in a large brush resembling grape (pictured below), strong, with good commercial qualities. The yield is high - up to 2.3 kg from one bush. Timing maturation is similar to the Weymouth variety.

Blueberries (top, short): features

Under this form is meant a short shrub, a traditional one for our climate, which was called the genobox in the people. The berry is smaller compared to tall varieties. However, the main advantage of the plant in a wide ecological amplitude. The shrub grows in the marshes and in the mountains, in the light and in the shade, cold-resistant, it does not undergo spring frosts, it can withstand poor and very acid soils, the latter being most preferable. There is a positive reaction to burning out thickets. Fruits annually, the harvest is modest - up to 200 g of berries from the bush, the size of a single fruit - 1.2 cm in diameter. Maturity dates - 40-50 days from the moment of flowering. Fruiting is regular, annual.

Varieties of low-blueberry

If you choose blueberries for cultivation for the purpose of subsequent realization, then surely the first group of varieties has an advantage in terms of yield volume, the size of berries, but it is demanding for the climate. However, the short form compensates for this by a high survival rate and resistance even to the most unfavorable conditions. For the Urals and Siberia, the following varieties of blueberries are recommended:

• Taiga beauty - a hybrid, forming large sprawling bushes with vertically growing branches. It has high indicators of winter hardiness - can withstand up to -40 ° C, is resistant to diseases and pests. Grade of the average maturity period. The berries are large, dark blue, collected in loose brushes, with sour, fragrant, resistant to cracking with an abundance of moisture. The variety is considered the most favorable both for amateur growing and for industrial.

• Blue placer is a medium-ripening variety obtained by selection from a natural population of blueberries. The bush is high (up to 1 m), the plant is frost-hardy. Berries are small, weighing up to 0.6 g, collected in small brushes, the taste is sweet and sour.
• Iksinskaya is a sort of average ripening period. The plant forms large bushes, is not affected by diseases, winter-hardy. Large round berries are collected in a brush, the taste is sweet and sour. Fruits do not crumble and are resistant to cracking.