The Best Varieties Of Hybrid Cherry Plum For The Moscow Region

2024 Author: Josephine Shorter | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-17 02:10

The best varieties of hybrid cherry plum for the Moscow region

Breeders of Russia and Belarus have created many popular varieties of cherry plum, suitable for growing in the middle lane, in Ukraine, in the Baltic states. Unpretentious and fruitful cherry plum is traditionally grown in many gardens of the Moscow region

Content:

• Alyonushka
• Asaloda
• Wind
• Comet (Comet Kuban)
• Lodva
• Llama
• Mara
• Found

Alyonushka

The beginning of fruiting	Tree height (m)	Fruit weight (g)	Harvest time	Shelf life (in days)
4-5 years	2.5	30-35	First decade of July	2-4

The early-growing variety was created by Russian breeders, it is highly resistant to disease. The tree is medium-sized, has a rounded crown. High yield allows you to get 30-40 kg of fruits from a tree for 5-6 years. The variety has an average degree of frost resistance, it can freeze after winter thaws. The stem is sensitive to sunburn, the near-surface part of the cortex can be underpinned.

Round, rounded-oval fruits of dark red color have bright yellow juicy pulp with a sweet and sour taste. There is a waxy coating on the matte skin, the bone does not separate from the pulp.

Advantages: the variety is large-fruited, the purpose of the fruit is to be used for preparations and as a dessert.

Disadvantages: without proper formation, the skeleton of the tree is prone to fractures, winter hardiness is too low for the climate of the middle zone.

Asaloda

The beginning of fruiting	Tree height (m)	Fruit weight (g)	Harvest time	Shelf life (in days)
4-5 years	2.5-3	24-26	First decade of July	3-5

The early-growing variety was created by Belarusian breeders; it has increased resistance to common diseases of fruit crops. The maximum yield (50 kg per tree) can be obtained in 5-6 years. Flower buds have increased frost resistance, the wood of the variety is frost resistant. In winter and spring, during thaws, the bark may become podoprevny and peel off at the base of the trunk. Rounded fruits ripen early and are of a standard size. With a plentiful harvest, they become smaller. On dark crimson fruits, subcutaneous dots are visible. Fragrant and juicy fruits have a sweet and sour taste of orange pulp, the stone is difficult to separate.

Advantages: early ripening and winter-hardy variety, fruits are suitable for use as a dessert and for processing.

Disadvantages: the fruits are not large, the stone is not easily separated.

Wind

The beginning of fruiting	Tree height (m)	Fruit weight (g)	Harvest time	Shelf life (in days)
3-4 years	2-2.5	22-24	First decade of July	2-4

A winter-hardy and early-growing variety, created by Belarusian breeders, has a high frost resistance. Resistant to the main fungal diseases of fruit crops. The maximum yield (up to 35 kg) reaches 6 years. Small fruits with a pointed apex are ovoid, with an average ripening period. Under the yellow-pink skin, there is a juicy yellow-greenish pulp with a sweet and sour taste. The stone is poorly detachable; on the fruits of this cherry plum, there is a gray waxy coating.

Advantages: the tree is easy to care for, has a low growth, compact size, excellent frost resistance.

Disadvantages: ripe fruits quickly crumble.

Comet (Comet Kuban)

The beginning of fruiting	Tree height (m)	Fruit weight (g)	Harvest time	Shelf life (in days)
3-4 years	2-3	26-30	First half of July	2-4

A fast-growing variety created by Russian breeders, disease-resistant, winter-hardy. High-yielding, reaching a maximum of 40-50 kg per tree at 6-7 years of vegetation. The tree is of medium height and has a flat crown with rounded outlines. Large egg-shaped fruits have a red skin with a beetroot hue and juicy sweet and sour pulp. The stone is easily separated in fruits that have reached full ripeness.

Advantages: one of the best varieties for home gardening, highly resistant to external conditions.

Lodva

The beginning of fruiting	Tree height (m)	Fruit weight (g)	Harvest time	Shelf life (in days)
3-4	2-3	40-50	First-second decade of July	2-5

The early-growing variety was created by Belarusian breeders, is resistant to the main diseases of stone fruit crops, and has good winter hardiness. The maximum yield (up to 40 kg per tree) can be achieved at 5-6 years of tree life. The variety has a medium size, conical crown. Very large fruits ripen early and have a characteristic furrow. They have a bright yellow skin, juicy yellow flesh with a sweet and sour taste. Bone separation is high.

Advantages: the variety has large, early ripening fruits with excellent taste.

Disadvantages: the tree needs strong skeletal branches formation, annual formative pruning, strong shortening of annual growth.

Llama

The beginning of fruiting	Tree height (m)	Fruit weight (g)	Harvest time	Shelf life (in days)
4-5	2-3	30-35	First half of July	3-4

The early-fruiting variety was created by Belarusian breeders, it has high winter hardiness, resistance to fungal diseases of fruit crops. Due to the early maturity of the variety, the maximum yield (up to 35 kg) is possible in the 5th year of the tree's life. A medium-sized tree has a spreading sparse crown with dark red leaves and flowers of the same color.

Large, rounded fruits have black fruits with dark red flesh with an easily separable stone. The taste of juicy fruits is sweet and sour, they have a dark bluish bloom on the skin.

Advantages: high decorative qualities, large fruits.

Disadvantages: ripe fruits crumble, the variety needs formative pruning.

Mara

The beginning of fruiting	Tree height (m)	Fruit weight (g)	Harvest time	Shelf life (in days)
4 year	2-3	23-25	1-2 decade of July	2-3

The early-growing variety was created by Belarusian breeders, has a high winter hardiness and resistance to fungal diseases of fruit crops. The tree is of medium height, has a spherical crown, the highest yield (40 kg) reaches 6-7 years of age. Medium-sized flat-round fruits ripen late, have yellow skin and yellow sweet flesh.

Advantages: it is better than others for pollination of cherry plum hybrids, has high winter hardiness.

Disadvantages: the fruit is small, the tree needs shaping and significant pruning.

Found

The beginning of fruiting	Tree height (m)	Fruit weight (g)	Harvest time	Shelf life (in days)
4 year	2-3	30-35	First decade of July	2-5

The Naydena variety is the fruit of the collective labor of breeders from Russia and Belarus. Possesses increased winter hardiness and resistance to fungal lesions, is fast-growing. Reaches a maximum yield of 40 kg per tree for 6-7 years. The tree has a dense rounded crown, medium height. Large dark red ovoid fruits, without crumbling, keep for a long time on the branches. The cherry plum variety has a dense, shiny skin, fragrant sweet-sour fruits with a juicy yellow pulp.

Advantages: the variety is large-fruited, has high commercial qualities, can be used as a dessert.

Disadvantages: a dense crown requires regular thinning to maintain productivity, the bone does not separate from the pulp.

Hybrid cherry plum has many advantages - it is hardy, productive, unpretentious to growing conditions. The flavor of cherry plum is superior to that of plum. New varieties of this tree should be in every garden.