Cherry Nizhnekamsk

Cherry Nizhnekamsk obtained from the seedling "Early Moreli" by free pollination. The originator is the Tatar Research Institute of Agriculture. The authors are: A. M. Tveritinov, L. A. Sevastyanova. The variety has been listed in the state register since 1998, it is recommended for cultivation in the Middle Volga region.

Cherry Nizhnekamsk description and characteristics

The bush is weak, the crown is wide, rounded, lush, strongly leafy, leaves in the form of an egg, narrow, green, no anthocyanin coloration, the apex is sharp, the base is pointed, the edges are notched in the form of denticles, the surface of the plate is matt, slightly shiny, flattened, petiole medium length, thin, there is a weak anthocyanin coating at the base, the inflorescence contains four to six flowers on average, the flowers are small, the petals are white, touching. The variety blooms and bears fruit in a mixed manner.

Description of fruits

The fruits weigh three grams, they are eleven mm high, eighteen mm wide, sixteen mm thick, the berries are wide, rounded, the funnel is small, the top is rounded, cherry, dark red, the inner content is dark red, juice - also in a dark red tint, the pulp is moderately compacted, the fruit stem is shortened (thirty-five mm), thin, the stone is wide, in the form of an oval, weighs 0.2 grams, small, takes 6.7% of the berry weight, light brown coloration , the top is in the form of an oval, the base is wide, in the form of an oval, well separated from the pulp.

The attractiveness of the berries is at a satisfactory level, the pulp is very juicy, the palatability is good, sweet and sour. Fruits contain: dry matter (14.33%), sugars (9.14%), free acids (1.63%), ascorbic acid (16.55 mg per hundred grams). When the fruit comes off the stem, the funnel flesh may be slightly damaged in twenty-five percent of the berries. Therefore, the variety is not suitable for harvesting by machines. The fruit may crack. Berries are universal in purpose.

Features of culture

The variety blooms in the first or second May decade, the fruits ripen early or medium, evenly, the tree begins to bear fruit medium (from the third or fourth year after planting), the cherry of this variety lives for eighteen to twenty years, the variety is partially self-fertile. The yield indicator is 3.8 tons per hectare. The tree and branches are resistant to frosty periods, generative buds and flowers have an average resistance to frosty times, the variety has immunity to physiological diseases (gum lesions, or gommosis), the resistance to damage by a cherry mucous sawfly is average. The variety is suitable for cultivation on a private and industrial scale, for intensive garden areas.

Cherry Nizhnekamsk: pros and cons

Varietal advantages: resistance to the winter season, low vigor, the tree takes root well with green cuttings.

Varietal disadvantages: small fruits that are poorly transported.