Cherry Flame

Cherry Plamennaya obtained by hybridization of varieties "Zagrebinskaya" and "Standard Urala". The originator is the Sverdlovsk Horticultural Selection Station. The variety was entered into the state register in 1989 and is recommended for cultivation in Western Siberia. The authors are: N.I. Gvozdyukova, M.G. Isakova.

Cherry Flame: description of the variety and characteristics

A bush of the Flamenaya cherry variety grows up to 1.6-2 meters, the crown is wide, rounded, spreading, medium dense, medium leafy. Bud size - 3.8 mm, in the form of an oval, deviates from the shoot. Egg-shaped leaves, green in color. The apex is obtuse, pointed, the base is wedge-shaped, serrations are in the form of double denticles. The surface of the plate is shiny, shines with silver, flattened, sometimes folds a little into the shape of a boat. There are two or three pieces of iron at the base of the leaflet, sometimes they are absent at all. The petiole reaches ten mm in length, one and a half mm in thickness, light green in color. The inflorescence of Flame cherry contains four to five flowers. The corolla is twenty-two mm across, in the form of a saucer. The petals are white, free-lying. The stigma of the pistil is higher than the stamens. The cup is in the form of a glass, the sepals are moderately serrated. The pistil reaches ten mm in length, the stamens grow up to five mm. Fruiting of the Flamenaya cherry variety occurs on annual branches and bouquet branches.

Description of fruits

Fruits of the Flamenaya cherry variety weigh three to four grams, maximum six grams, grow up to seventeen mm in height, up to nineteen mm in width, and up to seventeen mm in thickness, rounded. The top of the berry is rounded, slightly depressed, the funnel is medium in size. The color of the berries is deep red. The internal contents of the fruit are moderately dense, red, the juice is light red in color. The fruit stem is twenty-five mm long and one and a half mm thick. Cherries Fiery decorative, the rating for attractiveness is equal to four points, the inner content is juicy, sweet and sour, the taste is quite satisfactory. Fresh berry tasting score is three and a half points. When the fruit is detached from the fruit stem, the flesh of the funnel may be slightly damaged.

Cherry variety Flamenaya is suitable for processing. Compotes, jam, juice are prepared from berries. Berries include: dry soluble substances (13.6%), sugars (8.4%), acids (two percent), vitamin C (13.7 mg per hundred grams), vitamin P (343.9 mg per hundred grams). The stone is rounded, weighs 0.17 grams, takes 4.8% of the weight of the berry, brown color. The top is rounded, the base is wide, the bone is separated from the pulp in a medium way.

Cherry Flame: photo of the variety

Cherry Flame: features of culture

The cherry variety Flamenaya blooms - medium, but long (from May 20th to June 5th). Fruits also ripen medium (July 25-August 5), not at the same time. Cherry begins to bear fruit from the fourth year. Own-rooted bushes live for a long time - more than thirty years, given the timely rejuvenating circumcision. The variety is self-fertile, resistant to the winter season and dry periods. Cherry has a weak immunity to coccomycosis. Resistant to harmful insects.

Fruiting bush varieties of cherry Flame every year, well. The fruits are slightly cracked. The variety is highly appreciated in production (in joint farms of the Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk regions). They suggest using the variety for growing on an industrial scale and in private garden plots.Also, the variety is used as a resource for breeding, since it is of low stature, fruitful, gives large fruits, and is resistant to winter. Flame cherry is also suitable for cultivation in gardens of an intensive type.

Cherry Flame: reviews of gardeners

• Margarita Lvovna, Rostov region: “Cherry variety Flamenaya has been grown in my garden for 7 years. During this time, I noticed the excellent resistance of the cherry variety to cold weather, as well as an excellent yield indicator every year. I also like that the Flame cherry blossoms for a very long time, decorating the summer cottage. I have not identified any drawbacks in this cherry variety ”.

• Ekaterina Alexandrovna, Chelyabinsk region: “I learned about Flame Cherry relatively recently. Plot neighbors praised the variety for its excellent yield and frost resistance. Having grown the Flamenaya cherry variety in my garden, in general, I was satisfied. I didn't really like that the variety has a weak immunity to coccominosis, and the taste of Plamennaya cherries is not at the highest level for me, but it is good for jam and jam ”.