Plum Skorospelka round

The Skorospelka round plum is the result of a folk selection process. This variety of plums was bred at the Pavlovsk Experimental Station of the VIR in the city of Pavlovsk, Leningrad Region. This type of plum was added to the state register in 1959 for the North-West region.

Plum Skorospelka round - description and characteristics

This fruit tree grows of ordinary size, approximately two hundred fifty - three hundred centimeters up, the crown is wide, leafy, the density is estimated as average. The bark on the trunk is gray and brown at the same time, there is a slight roughness. The branches are rather thin, receding at an angle of thirty to forty degrees to the trunk. Annual branches are slightly geniculate-curved, ordinary in diameter, the side on which the sun's rays fall are red and purple at the same time. The foliage has the shape of a regular circle or oval, the upper part is slightly pointed, the base is arcuate, small in size, approximately seven centimeters by three centimeters, dark green in color, slightly concave along the base, wavy at the edges towards the upper part. The consistency is leathery, the thickness is ordinary, the surface is shiny, there is no pubescence on the upper part, and there is rare pubescence throughout the leaf blade. Large double-serrated serration. The petiole is nine to thirteen millimeters long, with an anthocyanin color on the top. There is one piece of iron, but sometimes there are two, small, sedentary, color yellow and green at the same time. Stipules are small, awl-shaped, light green color. The flowers are of ordinary size, blooming in the third week of the last spring month. The flowering process lasts one to two weeks. The flowering and fruit-bearing process takes place on the branches of the previous year. Growth branches are located on the periphery of the crown.

Yield characteristics

The crop has a round shape, the mass of one fruit most often reaches eight to twelve grams, the color is dark blue with a purple tint and a slight bluish bloom, with small dots located throughout the fruit. The pulp is yellow in color, the grain is thin, the taste is sweet and sour at the same time, filled with juice, of good quality. The skin is quite dense, because of this it is harsh, it is rather difficult to remove from the pulp or not removed at all. The stone is small in size, in the form of a regular oval, it is perfectly removed from the pulp. The fruits contain:

• dry matter - thirteen point and eight tenths of a percent - fifteen point and six tenths of a percent.
• sugar - eight point and seven tenths of a percent - nine point and nine tenths of a percent, including sucrose - up to two point and nine tenths of a percent.
• acid - one whole and forty-five hundredths of a percent - one whole and fifty-one hundredths of a percent.
• vitamin C - seventeen point and six tenths of a milligram - twenty point and eight tenths of a milligram per hundred grams.

The crop is used raw and used for technical processing, for example, for the manufacture of jam, preserves and compotes.

Plum Skorospelka round: features of culture

These fruit trees are self-fertile crops. The best variety pollinating this variety of plums is considered to be “red early ripening". Fruit crops begin to produce crops when they reach the age of three to four years. The harvest ripens in the third week of the last summer month.This variety of plums bears fruit every year. The amount of the harvested crop from each tree is ten to fifteen kilograms, and sometimes twenty-five kilograms can be obtained. The crop does not crack, but falls off when ripe.

This type of plum has a high level of resistance to cold, but in severe winter periods it freezes strongly, up to about four to five points. They do not have a high level of resistance to such diseases and parasites as "aphids", "seed-eaters", "leaf rollers", "pockets", "milky shine", "fruit rot".

Skorospelka round plum: advantages and disadvantages

The advantages of this type of drain:

• quick entry into the fruit-bearing process.
• fast ripening of the crop.
• good amount of harvest.
• good quality of the crop.
• the bone is well removed from the pulp.
• universal use of the crop.

Disadvantages of this type of drain:

• severe freezing of fruit crops in severe winter seasons.
• low level of resistance to such diseases and parasites as "aphid", "seed-eater", "leaf roll", "pockets", "milky shine", "fruit rot".
• it is necessary to plant varieties that pollinate the given variety of plums.
• the peel is problematically removed from the pulp.