Felt Cherry Anniversary
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The article presents the Yubileinaya felt cherry: description of the variety, main characteristics, advantages and disadvantages.
Felt cherry Yubileynaya: variety description
Felt cherry Yubileynaya: photo of the variety
Cherry variety Yubileynaya was obtained by V.P. Tsarenko and N.A. Tsarenko by mixing the Damanka variety and a cross between Summer, Red sweet pollen and Ogonyok. The creation took place in 1997 with the support of the point of experiments on varieties in the Far East. It was added to the state register of varieties in 1999.
Felt cherry Yubileynaya: photo of the variety
Cherry bush Yubileynaya is powerful, 1.7 m tall, oval in shape and rather dense. Old shoots are dense, even, gray-brown in color, with a huge number of small beige lentils. Young branches are slightly pubescent, reddish brown. Eyes are medium-sized, with sharp tips, growing in triplets, slightly extending from the branch, pubescent, fast in maturity.
The leaf of the felt cherry variety Yubileynaya is curved, oval, 5.5 × 3.5 cm in size, dark green in color. The base and the upper part of the leaf are pointed; the surface is corrugated, dense, with light down on the inside, and felt on the outside. Double serrated plate along the edge. The stalk is 0.5 cm long, rather thick, greenish in color, drooping and with two sharp stipules. Flowers, usually 1-2, in the shape of a small saucer, corolla diameter about 2.2 cm, with five whitish petals, which are spaciously located. The pubescent set contains 26 stamens and one fruit breeder. The flower bowl is in the form of an elongated oval, green with pigmentation, external pubescence and five fluffy sepals in a small tooth. The stamens are 0.3 cm long, the pistil is 0.4 cm. The stem is fluffy, 0.3 cm long. It blooms and bears fruit in a continuous type along the shoot: on an old and young shaft with the help of fruit twigs and branches of inflorescences. The berries are close together.
Cherry felt Jubilee: characteristics of fruits
Felt cherry Yubileynaya: photo of the variety
Cherry fruits of the Yubileynaya variety are rather large, weighing 3.5 g, measuring 1.3 × 1.5 × 1.4 cm.It is presented in the form of a wide oval with a slight bevel at the top, a recess for a cutting in a rounded base and with a seam - a strip on the side of the berry. The skin is glossy, burgundy, with slightly noticeable pubescence. The pulp is scarlet, sinewy and tasty, the juice is red. A fluffy stalk, rather thick, 0.5 cm long. The knuckle is small, weighing 0.18 g, which is 5.1% of the berry weight. The shape of the stone is oval, color - light brown, the upper part with a sharp tip and base; not removed from the fetus.
Fresh, one Yubileinaya cherry contains about 12.4% of dry matter, 7.8% of sugars, 32 mg / 100 g of ascorbic acid and 1.1% of acids. The fruit looks very nice, the taste is sugary, sweet, slightly sour, has a professional taster rating of 4.3 points. The berries are torn off the stalk with medium dryness. The variety is versatile in application - suitable for use both after heat treatment (in preserves, jams, wine and compotes), and fresh.
Flowering and fruiting
The beginning of flowering of the Yubileinaya felt cherry variety is celebrated on May 21-29, and the fruits ripen in mid-late July, approximately on the 21-26. Ripening period is good, suitable for the variety. In addition, this cherry is considered early-growing. Grafted seedlings begin to bear fruit as early as the second year after transplanting. As for self-rooted seedlings, she starts this process after 3-4 years. Shrubs live from 16 to 18 years old, depending on the care.The variety of felt cherry Yubileynaya does not have independence in fertilization.
Yubileynaya's cherry harvest is good, about 9 kg per bush. In the climatic conditions of the Primorsky Territory, the trunk with shoots and buds have good tolerance to low temperatures, the flowers are resistant to spring cold snaps. The plant survives dry periods well, but does not tolerate excess moisture.
Cherry Jubilee: gardeners reviews about the variety
- Angelina Vadimovna, Leningrad region: “I have only positive emotions from the Yubileynaya cherry variety! Felt Yubileynaya cherry copes well with winter frosts, ripens quickly and bears fruit, a fairly high yield, large berries and their semi-dry separation from the cuttings, long-term viability of the shrub. "
- Ekaterina Andreevna, Chelyabinsk region: “Over time, I noticed that the Yubileynaya cherry is not as perfect as it seemed to me before. Obvious disadvantages are the reduction in the size of the berries when picking too many of them and the poor protection against monilia. But despite these nuances, in principle, the Yubileynaya cherry variety is very, very good: delicious berries, high yield, frost resistance. "
