Rustic Still-life. Gifts Of Nature, Produced By Hard Peasant Labour. Royalty-Free Stock Photo

Rustic still-life. Gifts of nature, produced by hard non-mechanized peasant labour on small private plots. Nowadays most of russian families have to cultivate their own vegetables and fruits to make both ends meet. In russian small towns and countryside most part of population is below the poverty line now. The currant is one of the most widespread berry shrubs of the Russian garden. It grows practically in all territory of Russia, doesn`t afraid of the frost, requires little maintenance, and it yields a harvest of berries every summer. Currant ranks first among the berries for vitamin C, so many families tend to conserve currants for the winter in jam, jelly, homemade wine, etc.