Cherry Rastunya

Cherry Rastunya bred among the people, is widespread in the Volga region (in its middle and lower territory). It has many forms, very similar in morphology and biology, which are called, as: "Volga panicle", "Gorkovskaya", "Dolgostebelka". Considered zoned since 1947. Included in the state register, recommended for cultivation in the center.

Cherry Rastunya: variety description and characteristics

Cherry Rastunya: photo of the variety

The crown of the Rastunya cherry tree is wide, in the form of a pyramid, lush, the branches grow upward, the crown height is five meters. The variety is presented as a tree and as a bush, a large amount of growth is formed, often reproduction occurs with its help. The bark of the trunk is rough, the color of the trunk is brown, and there is also a bloom of gray color. The main branches are brown, the bark cracks and flakes, the branches grow back from the trunk at an acute angle. Branches-annuals are thin, light brown in color, a bloom of silvery-gray color covers branches 0.5 in length. Vegetative buds are pointed, generative ones are presented in the form of an oval. Leaf size from small to medium, eighty-five by forty-four mm, flattened, long, oval or narrow, egg-shaped, matte or slightly glossy, serrated edges, small, denticulate, thin petioles, twenty mm long , there are often no glands, stipules in the form of an awl, have pointed awns of brown color along the edges. The inflorescence contains three to five flowers, the flowers are small, twenty to twenty five mm across, the petals are wide, in the form of an oval, eleven by nine mm in size, have an obtuse angle base and a round apex that bifurcates, a cup in the form of a glass , green in color, has a rich anthocyanin on the side illuminated by the sun. The stigma of the pistil is located at the same height as the anthers or higher. The inflorescences are on the same axis, reaching twenty-five to thirty-five mm in length, the flowers within the inflorescence have flower legs, ranging in length from twenty-five to thirty-five mm. Fruiting of the Rastunya cherry variety occurs as in varieties in the form of bushes: mostly on annual branches, and only ten percent on bouquet branches.

Description of fruits

Cherry fruits of the Rastunya variety are formed in inflorescences one to three pieces, small, sizes: thirteen by fourteen by fourteen mm, weigh from two grams to 2.8 grams, round or flattened round, black and red, almost black, slightly compressed in that place , where the abdominal suture is located, the apex is round, the funnel is small, narrow, the line of the abdominal suture is difficult to see. The inner content of the fruit is dark red, juicy and dense, medium, sweet and sour, satisfactory taste, a little knit, rich red juice. When cultivated in the Leningrad Region, cherries contain: dry matter (14.2%), sugars (9.4%), free acids (two percent), ascorbic acid (12.8 mg per hundred grams of wet weight); in the middle Russian latitudes: sugars (10.4%), free acids (1.9%); in the south: dry matter (17.9%), sugars (11.8%), free acids (one and a half percent), ascorbic acid (11.6 mg per hundred grams). The stone of the Rastunya cherry is small, seven and a half by seven and a half by six mm, weighs 0.26 grams, it is ten percent of the weight of the berry, round, light brown in color, smooth, the base and top are round, the abdominal seam is clearly visible, the stone can be easy to separate from the pulp.The fruit stem is forty to fifty-two mm long, thin, with a rich anthocyanin, when the berries are fully ripe, the separability of the stem has a dry place of separation. Berries of the Rastunya cherry variety are processed, and they are also well transported. Due to the fact that they are very sour, fresh fruits are rarely eaten.

Cherry Rastunya: pollinators, variety features

The trees that were planted with the help of the shoot begin to bear fruit from the fifth or sixth year, with the help of grafting - from the second or third year after planting. The variety blooms in the middle time, ripens medium late (in the last days of July). The variety is notable for its self-fertility, excellent helpers are the pollinators of Rastunya cherries: “Vladimirskaya», «Zhukovskaya», «Lyubskaya"," Polfat ","Ukrainian". This cherry gives great yields. In the Volga region, when the tree is fully fruiting, the yield indicator is eighteen to twenty-five kg of berries from one tree. In the Volgograd region, the yield of eight-year-old cherries reaches twenty-two kg, and of cherries five to seven years in three years - 15.9 kg. In the Crimean conditions, a record maximum was reached - sixty-one kg from one cherry. In the conditions of the Volga region, the Rastunya cherry variety is resistant to the winter season - in the frosty winter seasons, only generative buds freeze. In the Russian center, Rastunya cherry is moderately resistant to winter and frost - branches can freeze out in severe frosts, in the north (in the Leningrad region) the behavior of the variety is the same as in the Volga region, but annual branches can also freeze out. Cherry variety Rastunya can averagely affect fungal diseases (coccomycosis, moniliosis), in the south, the disease can significantly affect cherries (the degree of defeat by coccomycosis is four to five points). In some seasons, the culture can be affected by the cherry slimy sawfly.

In the Volga region, the Rastunya cherry variety is the most widespread cherry variety. In addition to the fact that it has good resistance to the winter season and a decent yield indicator, a self-rooted crop also has a high level of drought resistance, unpretentious to soils, however, in overdried places it can suffer from gum leakage.

Cherry Rastunya: reviews of gardeners

• Ekaterina Georgievna, Moscow region: “I didn't like the Rastunya cherry variety at all. The berries are too sour and too small. Maybe someone will like this taste, but definitely not for me. "
• Georgy Ivanovich, Leningrad region: “I really liked that the Rastunya cherry variety has a high level of resistance to the winter season and drought. I also liked that the berries can be safely transported over long distances, they do not burst or crack. The taste is quite specific, but I like it. "