Cherry Ruby Kuban

Cherry Rubinovaya Kuban was obtained from pollination of such a cherry variety as "early cassini" with the help of pollen of various varieties of cherries at the North Caucasian Zonal Research Institute of Horticulture and Viticulture in Krasnodar. Thanks to the work of a group of specialists in breeding, namely E.M. Alekhina, M.A.Kolesnikova and I.M.Kirechek, this cherry variety was obtained. This cherry variety passed state tests in 2001 in the North Caucasus region. Cherry Ruby Kuban has a weak distribution, most often in the southern household plots of Voronezh or Belgorod.

Cherry Ruby Kuban: variety description

Cherry Ruby Kuban: photo of the variety

The cherry tree variety Rubinovaya Kuban grows of ordinary size at an age when harvesting is possible; in nurseries it has good growing ability. In young fruit trees, the crown is in the form of a regular circle, then it becomes wider, slightly drooping, but rather dense. Branches are silvery in color. Buds of ordinary size, vegetative buds in the form of a regular cone, generative buds in the form of a regular oval, slightly depart from the branches, at an acute angle, about thirty degrees. Platinum leaf in the form of a regular oval, dark green color, anthocyanin is not observed, ordinary dimensions, approximately sixteen centimeters by seven centimeters, the upper part has a strong sharpening, the base is in the form of a regular circle, the foliage is double-serrate along the edges of the foliage, the front side does not have any irregularities , not glossy, the back side is slightly pubescent. The petiole is three to four centimeters thick, there is an anthocyanin color along the entire petiole. The glands are available in two copies, of the usual size, well colored. The leaf plates in the autumn season are yellow with anthocyanin. The flowers are included in inflorescences of three to four specimens, of ordinary size, the shape of the corolla resembles a saucer, the petals are located one after the other, the shape resembles a wide inverted egg, snow-white in color. Stamens are of ordinary size, but short, pistil of ordinary size, located slightly higher or lower than the anthers. There are about forty-six stamens. The shape of the calyx resembles a bell, sepals have their own color, jaggedness is not observed. Cherry fruit bearing Ruby Kuban usually occurs on bouquet branches, approximately eighty-eight percent, as well as at the base of annual branches.

Cherry Ruby Kuban: characteristic of the variety

The harvest of cherry varieties Rubinovaya Kubani is large than usual, most often the mass of one fruit reaches six point and five tenths of a gram, and sometimes fruits weighing seven point and a half grams are found, the shape of a regular wide circle, the height of the fruit is about two point and two tenths centimeters, and a diameter of about two whole and six tenths of a centimeter, a thickness of about two whole and one tenth of a centimeter, a large funnel, there is a small depression, the upper part is in the form of a regular circle. The cover color of the skin is dark red; when fully ripened, it is dark ruby. The pulp is strong in color, the density is estimated as medium, full of juice, the color of the juice is dark red. The stone is in the form of a regular circle, regular size, beige color, the top and base are in the form of a regular circle.The fruit stem is elongated, approximately four centimeters and seven millimeters, the thickness is estimated as average, it can be easily removed from the fruit without saping. The harvest is of a good presentation, glossy, good taste, tasters rated the taste of the fruit at four and a half points on a five-point system, they are immune to cracking. The cherry fruits of the Rubinovaya Kuban variety contain:

• dry soluble substances - sixteen point and eight tenths of a percent.
• sugar - twelve percent.
• acids - five tenths of a percent.
• ascorbic acid - eleven point and four tenths of a milligram per hundred grams of raw product.

Harvest of universal use, used for inclusion in the diet raw and for technical processing.

Features of the variety

The cherry tree variety Rubinovaya Kuban begins to bear crops when it reaches the age of five years, the flowering process occurs quite early, the harvest ripens at the same time, most often on the fourteenth to fifteenth of the first summer month. Differs in partial self-fertility. This variety of cherries is included in the list of the most generous crops for the harvest, the largest amount of harvest is from seventy kilograms to ninety kilograms from each tree, or fifteen tons from one hectare, usually you can get nine to ten kilograms from one hectare, the recommended planting pattern is eight per six.

The level of resistance of the cherry variety Rubinovaya Kuban to cold weather is high, and normal to spring cold. The level of resistance to diseases of the fungus is not bad, but sometimes it can let the gardener down.

Areas in which the Ruby Kuban cherry grows well:

• Republic of Crimea.
• Rostov region.
• Krasnodar region.
• Adygea.
• Stavropol region.
• Karachay-Cherkessia.
• Kabardino-Balkaria.
• Ingushetia.
• Chechnya.
• Dagestan.

Cherry Ruby Kuban: advantages and disadvantages

Advantages cherry varieties Ruby Kuban:

• High level of cold resistance.
• Large amount of harvest.
• Good taste.

Flaws cherry Ruby Kuban:

• Low level of resistance to spring frosts.
• Low level of resistance to fungal diseases.