Vegetative and generative growth and quality of black elder (Sambucus nigra L.) berries

The main goal of this study was to evaluate three different promising genotypes (Prigorje, Korčula, Zagreb) and to compare them with cv. 'Haschberg'. Studied parameters were: diameter of inflorescences, number of inflorescences per one-year shoot, length of one-year shoots, density of flowering, number of clusters per tree, mass of cluster, mass of the stem, berry/steam mass ratio, mass of 10 berries and total soluble solids. In majority of studied parameters genotype Korčula had significantly lower values than other investigated genotypes. However in majority of studied parameters between cv. 'Haschberg' and genotypes Zagreb and Prigorje no significant difference was recorded.