Cherry Troitskaya: description of the variety, characteristics
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The article presents Troitskaya cherry: description of the variety, history, main characteristics, advantages, disadvantages.
Cherry Troitskaya: description of the history of the variety
Cherry Troitskaya: photo of the variety
The authors of the Troitskaya cherry variety are F.E. Pankratova, K.K. Mullayanov and P.M. Nazarov. It is believed that the Troitskaya cherry variety was bred by natural crossing of varieties Vladimirskaya and Early Morel. The development and naturalization of cherries was carried out on the basis of the South Ural Research Institute of Fruit and Vegetable Growing and Potato Growing. It was added to the register of varieties of the country for the Ural region in 2002.
Cherry Troitskaya: variety description
Cherry Troitskaya: photo of the variety
The Trinity cherry bush has several trunks at once, about 5-6 pieces in height from 1.5 to 3 meters with a stem of 60 cm and a width of 7-9 cm.The crown is oval, pointed at the top, rather dense, with a large number of leaves on branches. The branches are even, of moderate thickness; brown, slightly silvery, with slight pubescence. One-year-old branches are 25 to 40 cm long. The eyes are small, elongated in length, pointed at the upper tip, turned away and without irregularities.
The leaf is oval, medium-sized (8-9 cm long, 4-5 cm wide), dark green in color. The base and the upper part of the leaf are pointed; the plate is without bulges, smooth and glossy (on perennial trees it can be dull), there are also a small number of glands on it and there is no pubescence. The edge of the leaf is uneven, with rounded notches.
The stalk is not very long, about 1.6 cm, has a certain pigmentation, without stipules. In a bunch, most often there are 5-7 small flowers, 2.6 cm in diameter, pink with curved petals, which sometimes block each other. The petals have an elongated oval shape, with a corrugated surface and a tip divided in two. The stigma of the fruit grower is located below the anthers, about 32 stamens, the flower stem is 2.5 cm long, the flower bowl is presented in the form of a bell. Cherry bears fruit and blooms in a mixed form: on young offspring - 30%, on the branches of inflorescences of two-year-old trees - 30%, on the same branches, but old wood - about 40%.
Cherry varieties Troitskaya: characteristics of fruits
Cherry Troitskaya: photo of the variety
Fruits are medium-sized, weighing 4.5 g, rounded, dark scarlet; the apex is also rounded, but slightly depressed on one side with a widened recess for the cutting. The pulp has a color similar to the skin, dense, rich in taste. The stalk is elongated, about 5 cm, from the fruit and from the branch comes off effortlessly. The knuckle is large - 0.15-0.17 g (this is about 5.3-7.1% of the total weight of the fruit), round, cream-colored, easily removed from the berry.
In appearance, the fruit of the Troitskaya cherry is of excellent quality, with a professional grade of 5 points; the taste is pleasant, interesting, estimated by the taster at 4.2 points, the berry is easily separated from the cutting. The fruits of this variety can be harvested mechanically, since the berries are quite dense and do not crack. They can be consumed in any form: fresh and after heat treatment (in compotes, preserves, jams, etc.). The berries contain 16% of powder substances, 2.2% of acids, 10.5% of sugars and 9 mg / 100 g of ascorbic acid.
Flowering, resistance of the variety
Troitskaya cherry begins to bloom in mid-May, about 11-18, one-time for all bushes. Fruits ripen by the period from 12 to 27 July. The bush begins to bear fruit 3 years after planting, the life span is sometimes more than 20 years, and the plant is also partially independent in fertilization. The harvest is about 10 kg per bush.The trunk, branches and buds of the bush tolerate winter temperatures well, and the flowers tolerate the frosts of spring. Good resistance to drought and high temperatures. Moderately tolerates coccomycosis and other types of fungal diseases, as well as the action of parasites. The variety is grown both in nurseries and in amateur gardens.
Advantages and disadvantages
The advantages of the Troitskaya cherry variety can be called its vitality, its shape in the form of a trunk and a large number of branches growing from the base; good reliable yield, large fruit size with a mild taste, self-fertilization in other ways, for example, with the help of green petioles.
The disadvantages of Troitskaya cherry are fast and short flowering, but with proper care of the plant, its quality does not change.
