Cherry Fairy

Cherry Fairy bred by O.S. Zhukov. The tests took place in one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three, and were entered into the State Register only in two thousand and ten. The opening took place at the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution named after V.I. Michurin. The Feya cherry variety was obtained from the crossing of the Coral and Premiera varieties, so the Feya cherry is able to tolerate the winter season and fungal diseases, coccomycosis.

Cherry Fairy: variety description

Felt cherry Fairy: photo of the variety

The Fairy cherry tree is small in size, reaching from two to three meters. The branches are strong, strong, slightly raised, the crown has the shape of a ball. The foliage is large, dark greenish in color, the cuttings are red.

Snow-white buds. Fruits of the Fairy cherry are pinkish in color, weighing about three and a half grams, but it happens when the fruit reaches four grams. The berry is rounded, slightly elongated. The contents inside are light pink, tender, juicy. Felt cherry berries Fairy are sweet with a sour taste. For taste, it receives four point three points. The fruit stem is small in size, small in width.

Felted cherries of the Fairy variety are advised to be planted on the territory of the Central Black Earth Region.

Cherry Fairy: characteristic of the variety

Tolerance to many diseases, drought, frost is possible only on fertile soils. The Fairy stands on the Central Black Earth areas to grow felt cherries. When planting a variety in cooler areas, a large amount of care is needed.

Drought resistance and frost resistance of the Fairy cherry variety

Drought tolerance in Fairy cherry is average. It is not worth overmoistening, especially on hot summer days.

On the territory of the Central Black Earth Region, the Feya felt cherry perfectly tolerates the cold season, is resistant to temperatures up to minus twenty-seven degrees. At temperatures lower, the tree can be injured.

Cherry blossom and ripening period Fairy

Mid-early cherry Fairy in the northern territories during the inflorescence period does not tolerate spring frosts. If rodents are affected, only part of the fruit may be affected. The culture is self-fertile. Thus, one tree provides about fifty percent of the possible yield. When planting adjacent crops Lyubskaya, Vladimirskaya or Turgenevka, you can increase the amount of harvest. The ripening of the Fey cherry fruits ends in late June and early July on the territory of the Central Black Earth Region.

Cherry yield and fruiting Fairy

Fruiting of the Feya felt cherry is average, occurs three or four years after planting. Further, fruiting is annual, on average, the yield reaches up to eighty-three centners per hectare. From one mature tree in each season, you can collect from ten to twelve kilograms of cherries.

Even with a large number of its qualities, the Fairy cherry variety is not used in industry. Because the berries are poorly resistant to transportation, as well as semi-dry separation from the fruit stem.

Fruit consumption

In use, the Felt Cherry Fairy is versatile. Its advantage is that the fruit contains a large amount of ascorbic acid, about seventeen and a half milligrams per hundred grams. Consumption is possible both fresh and boiled. They prepare jam, compotes, wine, cocktails, add to desserts, cakes. It is worth using the berries immediately, since after collecting they will not lie for a long time.

Attention! Felt cherry Fairy belongs to the amorel, that is, when making juice, it will be yellowish in color.

Tolerance to diseases and pests

Like a large amount of vegetation, the Feya felt cherry is also attacked by insects. But the tolerance to fungal diseases is quite high, especially the resistance to coccomycosis. This advantage was transferred to the Fairy cherry from the parent variety Coral.

Advantages and disadvantages

Felt cherry Fairy: photo of the variety

Advantages Cherry Fairy:

• Excellent tolerance for coccomycosis;
• Various uses of berries;
• Tolerance to the winter frosty season;
• Great fruit taste;
• Sufficiently good parameters of the berry;
• Self-bearing fruiting;
• Harvest every season.

Also available minus, when planting in areas with constant cold weather and poor soil, care should be much higher; when planting, it will be more difficult for a seedling to adapt to the ground. There may be consequences such as:

• Small fruits;
• Semi-dry separation from the fruit stem;
• Immunity to transportation.

Attention! Also, most people refer to the flesh of the berry to the disadvantages of the Feya felt cherry. But this, as they say, is not for everybody.

Cherry Fairy: planting varieties

When planting the Fairy cherries, make sure that the soil is saturated, this is very important for the Fairy. This can be done like this: add compost, manure in large sizes to the pit.

Planting Period Felt Cherry Fairy

Planting cherry Fairy should be done in the spring, until the buds open. In areas with long-term warmth without frost, can be planted after leaf fall. If you bought a seedling late and think that it will not have time to take root in the new soil, then it is better to dig it in. And to land the next year.

Plot for planting cherries Fairy

The site should be sunny, but closed from strong gusts of wind. The distance from the soil to groundwater must be at least two meters. Ideal for the grade of a hill with a gentle slope.

The most important thing is fertile soil. The land is improved by adding manure, compost. You can get rid of the acid in the soil with dolomite flour or lime.

What varieties can be planted with Fairy cherries, and which cannot

Felt Cherry Fairy: Tree Photo

The ideal option for planting next to the Fairy variety will be such crops as: Turgenevka, Lyubskaya, Vladimirskaya. Despite the fact that the Fairy cherry variety bears fruit on its own, when additional pollinators for the Fairy cherry are planted, the yield will be many times greater. Other stone fruit varieties are also planted nearby.

Attention! When planting, observe the distance between the seedlings so that later the tree branches do not cling to each other.

Do not plant in the neighborhood such crops as: walnut, oak, birch, maple, bushes with a large developing root system. When planting black currants close to the Fairy variety, both crops will suffer.

How to prepare a Fairy cherry seedling for planting

Choose a seedling up to two years old. The root system must be formed, be healthy, without any injuries or diseases. A one-year-old tree that was grown correctly reaches ninety centimeters, and a two-year tree grows up to one hundred and ten centimeters. The shoots must be strong and the bark must be clean and healthy.

Planting algorithm

It is worth preparing the hole in the fall. The length and width should be up to eighty centimeters. In the depths, the pit should be from forty to fifty centimeters. The soil mixture is made from the earth dug out of a hole, manure, phosphorus, potassium are added. Mixed with sand, acid is removed from the earth with lime. Sequence of planting cherry Fairy:

• A support is placed in the middle of the hole, a seedling will be tied to it.
• Next, a bush is placed, the roots must be distributed so that they do not cling to each other, and are in comfort. Then fill the hole with soil mixture, tamping it so that there are no gaps. Keep the root collar at a distance of five centimeters from the ground.
• The seedling is attached to a peg.
• Next, the trunk circle is mounted.
• It is worth moistening the bush with two or three buckets of water.
• Next, add mulch using humus.

Cherry Fairy: Care

Felt cherry Fairy: photo of the variety

When planting the Feya felt cherry variety on the territory of the Central Black Earth Region, care is practically not needed. Only young seedlings should constantly moisten and loosen the soil. Further, it is worth watering only during drought, heat. Autumn watering is required.

Also, the culture must be fed with nitrogen fertilizers and potassium. Very little phosphorus is needed. This can give the cherry variety Fairy organic and charcoal. If you feed with miners, then remember that nitrogen is fed in the spring, and potassium and phosphorus are fertilized in the fall. The ideal option is a special fertilizer that can be purchased at a gardening store, and how to use it, you can find out in the instructions for use.

Cutting branches is necessary constantly. Thus, the culture will produce a large number of high-quality berries, and will also be less affected by insects and diseases. The cut for the development of the tree is carried out during dormancy, and the therapeutic pruning is carried out as early as possible.

When fighting the attack of hares, spruce branches are used, they are also covered with agricultural fiber, bags, net.

Diseases and pests

Felt cherry Fairy carries fungal diseases, also coccomycosis. To protect it from damage, the tree is treated with a fungicide that contains copper, and as leaf fall passes, it is treated with iron sulfate.

Of the affected insects, let us dwell on aphids, which always follow with ants that have appeared in the garden. As soon as you notice insects, immediately destroy them. If the aphid slightly injured the tree, then it can be saved with a solution of laundry soap. In case of severe damage, insecticides are used.

conclusions

Felt cherry Fairy: photo of the variety

Cherry Fairy is perfect for growing in small greenhouses in the Central Black Earth Region. Consumption is possible, both fresh and boiled, the taste does not change. The fruit contains a sufficient amount of vitamin C.

Cherry Fairy: reviews of gardeners

• Mikhail Petrovich Kurgan, 79 years old, the city of Voronezh: “I really liked the Cherry Fairy. Sweet to taste. I eat fresh, my wife prepares compotes, jam, or adds to the pies. And it doesn't even matter that the size is small, the felt cherry Fairy gives fruit every season, thanks for that. "
• Marina Petrovna Selivanova, 40 years old, city of Belgorod: “We bought a house outside the city and laid out a small garden. We have planted cherries, and now we are only doing that we are trying to make preparations from Fairy cherries. The berry is delicious! The compotes are sweet! The husband loves to drink compotes especially in summer, when it is hot. The Fairy cherry tree is small, so I'm not afraid that my boys might fall from it when they try to climb. "