Plum Evening Bells

Plum Evening Bell was obtained at the Samara zonal experimental station for gardening by planting seed from a freely pollinated variety "beauty of the Volga" by a group of specialists, which included P. P. Ivanov, E. V. Tyuzhina and A. N. Minin. Plum variety Evening Bell was added to the state register in 2005 for the Middle Volga region.

Plum Evening ringing: description of the variety and characteristics

Plum Evening bell grows rather quickly. The crown of the plum tree The evening chime has the shape of a regular wide pyramid. It bears fruit most often on bouquet branches and spears. The branches are quite thick, straight-growing, dark red in color, no covering is observed. There are not many lentils, medium-sized, snow-white in color. The foliage is large, rather wide, with a shape resembling an egg, slightly pointed towards the tip, has a light green color, the number of wrinkles is medium, not glossy. The upper part of the leaf is pointed, the base has the shape of a circle, there is an ordinary pubescence. The edges of the foliage are serrate-crenate. Stipules are of ordinary size, weakly dissected, fall off early. The petiole is of ordinary length, rather thick, pigmented. Glands of ordinary size, in the amount of two pieces, pigmented. The flowers are double, single, resemble rose flowers, large in size, snow-white in color.

Characteristics of plum fruits Evening ringing

Plum fruits The evening bell is large, all fruits are of the same size, the weight of one fruit reaches thirty-four grams. The fruit is shaped like an egg or a regular oval. The upper part of the fruit is round, weakly depressed, the funnel is rather wide and deep. The base has a depression, a hole of ordinary depth. The abdominal suture is of ordinary depth, stands out strongly. The fruit stem is of ordinary length, rather thick, detaches from the branch without any problems, is not firmly attached to the stone. The color of the fruit is mostly red or purple, solid. The dots located under the skin are common, white, pronounced. The skin is of medium density, not covered with anything, there is a large bloom of wax, but it is quite easy to remove it from the fruit. The pulp is yellow or orange in color, tender, filled with juice, the color of the cavity is the same as that of the pulp. The juice has no color. The fruit tastes sour and sweet at the same time. It is quite simple to separate the bone from the pulp, large in size, in the form of a regular oval, has a sharpness, and is located in the holes. The taste qualities of the crop were rated by the tasters at four point and five tenth points on a five-point system. The presentation of the crop was assessed by experts at four point and five tenths on a five-point system. The fruits contain:

• dry matter - eleven point and seven tenths of a percent.
• sugar - seven point and twenty-four hundredths of a percent.
• acids - two point and thirty-nine hundredths of a percent.
• ascorbic acid - five point and seventy two hundredths of a milligram per hundred grams.

Basically, evening bell plum is used as a dessert variety.

Plum Evening ringing: features of the variety

The flowering process falls on the eleventh - twentieth of the last spring month. The harvest ripens at the usual time, around the twentieth - the third of the last summer month - the first autumn month.Harvesting time falls on the twenties - the third of the last summer month - the first autumn month. The commercial quality of the crop is quite high. The possibility of transporting fruits over long distances in an unripe form is available, quite good. Fruit trees can bear crops when they reach the age of four to five years. The number of crops at the age of six to seven years reaches ten to twelve kilograms from each specimen, at the age of ten to twelve years they receive twenty five to thirty kilograms or more. This crop brings a crop every year. The harvest keeps up well on the fruit tree, the fruits fall only when overripe.

Plum The evening bell is partly self-fertile. It is recommended to plant pollinating varieties nearby:

• «red early ripening».
• "Peaceful".
• "Kuibyshevskaya ternosliva".
• «Viola».

Plum Evening Bell has a high level of cold resistance. The level of resistance to cold is not worse than that of the “red early ripening” variety. During the cold snowy period of 1986 - 1987, there were burns of the bark, freezing of annual branches, branches at the age of two to three years and flower buds. The general level of freezing reached one point and five tenths - two points. The drought resistance of this variety is average. Such a disease as "gum flow" attacks fruit crops infrequently. In excessively humid years, the defeat of "moniliosis" reaches three tenths of a percent. And the "plum stalk" attacks up to five tenths of a percent.

Plum variety Evening ringing is bred by grafting on seedlings with rootstock "red early ripening", "Kuibyshevskaya ternoslivka", "October Hungarian". Plum variety The evening bell needs shelter from cold winds, requires drainage areas. It responds perfectly to the introduction of mineral fertilizing in the complex, it brings a large amount of harvest. A younger fruit tree requires formative pruning. And at a more adult age, the fruit tree has a thickened crown, which means that thinning of the crown is required, removing part of the branches.

Plum Evening ringing: advantages and disadvantages of the variety

Benefits of Plum variety Evening ringing:

• high level of cold resistance.
• large amount of harvest.
• large fruits.
• amazing taste.

Cons of plum variety Evening ringing:

• the fruits crack from excessive moisture.
• fruits crack when overripe.