Cherry Early steppe
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Cherry Early steppe obtained by selection of seedlings bred by free pollination of selected varieties of cherry varieties "Stepnaya". The originator is the Central Siberian Botanical Garden of the SB RAS. The authors are: V.S.Simagin, M.N. Salamatov. Cherry variety Early Steppe has been listed in the state register since 1996, and is recommended for cultivation in Western Siberia.
Cherry Early steppe: variety description and characteristics
Cherry Early steppe: photo of the variety
Cherry bush Early steppe small size, heights up to one and a half meters, medium dense, large foliage. The bark covering the trunk is smooth, dark brown in color. Shoots grow upward, slightly bend, greenish-brown in color, next year the color changes to light gray, lentils are few in number, yellow-gray, small. Vegetative buds are in the form of an oval, pointed, generative - rounded, in the form of an oval, lagging behind the shoots in an average degree. Leaves in the form of an egg, sizes: four and a half by two cm, dark green color, the apex gradually becomes sharp, the base is in the form of a wedge, notches in the form of denticles, even, the plate is boat-shaped, slightly curved, smooth, glossy, there is no pubescence at the bottom, glands are located at the base of the plate, small, two or three, the petiole is 1.2 cm long, medium in thickness, has a pigment. The inflorescence is umbellate, contains three to four flowers, measuring twenty mm across, the corolla is in the form of a saucer, the petals do not close, white in color, the stigma slightly exceeds the anthers, the cup is in the form of a glass, the sepals are rounded, in the form of a triangle, the teeth are absent, the stamens grow up to ten mm, the pistil reaches thirteen mm. Flowering occurs mostly on annual branches.
Description of fruits
The fruits of the Early Steppe cherry variety weigh two grams or 2.4 grams each, they are sixteen mm high, sixteen mm wide, fourteen mm thick, the berry is round, flattened at the seam, the funnel is small, wide, the top is rounded, the rind is painted in dark red, solid color, the color of the inner contents of the fruit is red, the juice is cherry red, the inner contents are tender and juicy, the fruit stem is 2.2 cm long, medium in thickness, the stone is rounded, in the form of an oval, weighs 0.15-0.17 grams, takes about seven percent of the weight of the berry, the top is sharp, the base is rounded, the stone can be separated from the inner contents of the fruit. Cherry berries Early steppe ornamental, one size, juicy inner content. Taste sweet-sour, tart, satisfactory. Fruits contain: dry matter (14.1%), sugars (8.9%), free acids (1.55%), ascorbic acid (eleven and a half mg per hundred grams). The berry comes off medium. The crop can be harvested mechanically. The berries do not crack. The variety is suitable for processing. Jam, compotes, high quality juices are made from the fruits.
Cherry Early steppe: features of the variety
The early steppe cherry variety blooms early, in the Novosibirsk climate - at the beginning of the third May decade, the fruits ripen medium early - after the twentieth of July, at the same time; the tree begins to bear fruit from the third or fourth year after planting. The variety is self-fertile, good pollinators: “Transparent”And other at the same time flowering varieties of steppe cherry. The variety bears fruit regularly and abundantly.The yield indicator is three to five kg per shrub, when planting three to one and a half meters, the tree gives about sixty five to one hundred ten centners per hectare.
Adult wood, young shoots and generative buds are highly resistant to frost periods, flowers are moderately resistant to cold snaps in spring. Drought tolerance is high, heat tolerance is average. The variety has a weak immunity to coccomycosis, medium immunity to moniliosis and clasterosporium disease, resistance to the witch's broom remains unexplored, as well as to diseases caused by bacteria, viruses and fungi. The variety can be slightly affected by gum flow and calcareous chlorosis. Cherry aphids, slimy sawflies, cherry and bird cherry elephants, plum moth can cause damage to an average degree, resistance to other harmful insects remains unexplored. Reproduction is carried out using green cuttings and shoots, the stem lives for eight to nine years. The variety is suitable for growing in intensive garden plots.
Early steppe cherry: pros and cons
Advantages Cherry varieties Early Stepnaya: a high level of resistance to the winter season, a decent yield indicator, the fruits are suitable for various processing.
Minuses Cherry varieties Early Steppe: small berries, common in taste, self-fertile variety, weak immunity to coccomycosis and clotterosporia.
