Plum Mirnaya

Plum Mirnaya was obtained by E.P. Finaev at the Kuibyshev Experimental Station for horticulture from combining varieties "red early ripening"And" renklode bave ". This variety was entered into the state register in 1971 for the Lower Volga and Middle Volga regions.

Plum Mirnaya: description of the variety and characteristics

The Mirnaya plum tree is vigorous and grows rapidly. The crown has the shape of a regular circle or oval, the density is estimated average. The process of bearing fruits on rings and branches that have reached the age of two to three years. The bark on the trunk and main shoots does not have irregularities, the color is gray and brown at the same time. Branches are of ordinary length, grow straight, the color is dark and red at the same time, do not have any pubescence. The number of lentils is small, ordinary in size, the color is yellow.

The foliage of the Mirnaya plum variety is ordinary in length and diameter, the shape resembles an egg, at the end there is a slight sharpening, the color is dark green, there is a slight pubescence, the surface is not glossy. The leaf plate near the Mirnaya plum is non-voluminous, uniform transition to the spout, the base has the shape of a regular circle, no pubescence is observed. The edge of the leaf plate is serrate-crenate. The petiole is of ordinary diameter and length, with a special pigment. Stipules are small in size, fall off rather early. The glands are of ordinary size, their number is small, and have a yellowish color. In the inflorescences there are flowers with two or three leaves, the flowers themselves are of ordinary size, the color is snow-white.

Characteristics of Mirnaya plum fruits

Plum Mirnaya: photo of the variety

Mirnaya plums are large enough, but all fruits have the same size, most often the weight of one fruit reaches thirty point eight grams. The fruit has a rounded shape, the upper part is also rounded, the base does not have any depressions. The abdominal suture is small, if you do not look closely, then it may not be noticed. The peduncle has an ordinary length and diameter, it is extremely easy to remove the fruits from the branches, the fruit is not firmly attached to the bone. The color of the crop is dark purple, no ebb was found. There are many points located under the skin, they are white. The peel is of medium thickness, does not have any pubescence, the plaque of wax is quite thick, but it is extremely easy to remove it. The flesh of the Mirnaya plum variety has a yellow and greenish color, rather tender, filled with juice. The juice has no color. It tastes sour and sweet at the same time. It is extremely easy to separate the stone of Mirnaya plum from the pulp. The palatability of the fruit was rated by the tasters at four point and eight tenths on a five-point system. The presentation is very good, assessed by experts at four point and five tenths of a five-point system. Mirnaya plums contain:

• dry matter - sixteen point and seven tenths of a percent.
• sugar - ten point and twelve hundredths of a percent.
• acids - one whole and ninety-seven percent.
• ascorbic acid - ten whole and sixty-six milligrams per hundred grams.

Mirnaya plums are appreciated as dessert ones, but they can be used in technical processing, for example, for making jam, compote, jam.

Plum Mirnaya: features of the variety

The flowering process of Mirnaya plum most often falls on the tenth - twentieth of the last spring month. Ripening most often occurs in the second part of the last summer month.The timing of fruit picking is quite early, around the second week of the last summer month. Ripening occurs at approximately the same time, on fruit trees the crop is fixed quite firmly and only when the fruits overripe do they begin to fall off, but not all at once, only a couple of plums. In its raw form, the crop is stored for one to two weeks. The ability to transport fruits over long distances is not bad, and in order not to lose this opportunity, it is necessary to harvest the fruits a couple of days before ripeness. Plum Mirnaya bears fruit rather quickly, at about the age of four to five years. The amount of the crop is large and can be harvested every year. A fruit tree, when it reaches the age of six to eight years, yields a harvest of eight to twelve kilograms, and when it reaches the age of nine to twelve years, it brings a harvest of twenty five to forty kilograms.

Plum Mirnaya has a sufficient level of self-fertility. Planting pollinating trees of the following varieties is recommended:

• «Red early ripening»
• «Zhiguli»
• "Blue Kuibyshevskaya"
• "Kuibyshevskaya ternosliv"

The level of resistance of the Mirnaya plum to cold weather is quite good. In all cold winter seasons, fruit trees do not die. In the winter season of 1978 - 1979, fruit crops planted in 1976 had an estimated freezing level of nine-tenths. The level of resistance to cold in the flower buds of the "mirna" variety is higher than that of this variety. This variety has a high level of drought tolerance, on especially hot days it did not receive any damage, bearing ordinary fruits. Fruit culture is not exposed to gum flow. The crop is not exposed to various diseases. Damage to the peduncle is sometimes found.

Plum Mirnaya is bred by grafting seedlings of the varieties "krasnaya korospelka" and "kuibyshevsky ternosliv" on the rootstocks. If there is a large amount of harvest in this variety, it is required to apply fertilizing with mineral components every year, however, this variety is quite strong before drought, with irrigation, the fruit crop develops and produces a better harvest. Pruning and shaping the crown is ordinary.

Plum Mirnaya: reviews of gardeners

• Maria Yurievna, Chelyabinsk region: “Mirnaya plum unambiguously corresponds to its name, I really did not have any problems with it when growing. It is not very difficult to take care of it, and it gives a very large harvest, and besides, it is very tasty ”.
• Zinaida Viktorovna, Leningrad region: “Every year our Mirnaya plum is stable and brings a harvest of large and juicy berries. I just don't like the fact that this crop grows at no time. I come to the garden only on weekends, so it is inconvenient to harvest more than once. "