Cherry Amorel pink: description and characteristics of the variety, cultivation and care with photo

Cherry growing in the summer cottage surprises not only with its luxurious spring flowering, but also with the amount of useful elements contained in it. Fruits, seeds and bark of cherries are used in folk medicine, cosmetology, especially varieties bred 20-30 years ago are used. Amorel is a cherry variety that has long been known to many gardeners, and some still prefer it because of its taste and early harvest.

History of the origin of the variety

The variety was bred by folk Russian gardeners more than 60 years ago, received a registration number in 1947 in the State Register of Breeding Achievements of Fruit Crops. Has several consonant names Amorel, Amorel early.

Features of the variety

Amorel belongs to the early self-fertile varieties of cherries. The tree grows from 2 m to 3.5 m in height. The crown is spreading, rounded, the branches are straight. The skeletal branches are straight, departing from the trunk at an angle, the bark is dark gray, rough, the trunk is brown-gray. The leaves are bright green above, the bottom plate is green-gray with pronounced veins. The flowers are white, collected in inflorescences of 2-4, bloom in the 1st-2nd decade of May.

Fruits of medium size, weighing from 3 to 3.5 g, rounded flattened, with a wide rounded funnel on long petioles.

Fruits have a pale red hue of dense, thin skin, creamy-pink flesh, sweet and sour. The stone is small, round, creamy yellow, slightly separated from the pulp.

A feature of the described variety is that on Amoreli the pink crop is evenly distributed throughout the tree. Depending on the region of cultivation, it begins to ripen at the end of June and until mid-July.

Features:

1. Frost resistance of the root system down to -25 ° C, the bark can be damaged after sudden drops of 2-3 degrees.
2. The variety does not like dry weather, requires moderate watering.
3. Yield average: from 4.5 kg to 15 kg per tree.
4. Medium resistance to diseases and pests.

Minus cherries - short shelf life, not transportable, fruit juice has a pale red color.

Features of cultivation

The tree begins to bear fruit in the 4-5th year after planting a seedling or grafting.

Choosing a landing site

The landing site should be sunny, without drafts, if planted near buildings, then the distance should be at least 2 m. The side of the site is south, southeast. The soil needs neutral, grows well in loam, black soil, sod-podzolic soil.Groundwater should be deep, the variety does not like flooding. The variety grows well in the Volga region, where it has become widespread.

Depending on the seedling of the parent variety or rootstock grown in the northern regions, it can be cultivated in the more severe climate of Southern Siberia.

Pick up time

The seedling is planted in the spring in April, the graft of the Amorel cherry variety is grafted when the sap flow begins, at the beginning of April. The main condition for planting or grafting is settled warm weather, warm soil up to 10 ° C. In the south of the country and in the center - starting from the beginning of April, in the North - from May.

Boarding rules

The seedling must be of good quality without mechanical damage and disease, pests, flexible branches and roots. The stem is from 50-60 cm in diameter, the trunk is at least 2.5 cm. The seedling must be chosen with a closed root system and necessarily moistened soil, otherwise the roots may be dry, which will affect the growth of the plant and its yield.The size of the pit should be 2-3 times larger than the roots, for a 2-3-year-old seedling, the depth should be at least 60 cm, width 50-70 cm.

A large layer of drainage must be laid out at the bottom so that the water does not linger for a long time, as the variety does not like flooded soil and acidic soil.

The soil needs to be rich with lots of nutrients, so if the soil is poor, then organic fertilizers can be put in the pit. Before planting, the roots must be treated with a disinfectant solution, and then soaked for 2-3 hours in a growth stimulator. Damaged, dry branches and roots are cut with a sharp pruner at an angle.

Care

Irrigation is very important for Amorel variety, especially in hot dry weather. On a 4-5-year-old tree, 1-2 buckets of water are poured around the trunk every 10-15 days, from May to mid-June, after which watering is reduced so that the berries do not begin to disappear from an excess of moisture.

Fertilizers are applied during the beginning of sap flow with dolomite flour, urea, rotted manure. The second time you can feed during the flowering period with phosphorus-potassium fertilizers, s altpeter. In autumn, nitroammophoska, ammophoska are introduced. All fertilizers must be applied to the trunk circle.

Diseases and pests

Amorel is often attacked by birds during the ripening period, as well as aphids and cherry flies, slimy sawfly. Frightening turntables are tied from birds to branches or a net is pulled over the crown. From other pests, Fitoverm, tar soap is used.

Cherry rarely suffers from coccomycosis, can often be affected by wilt, anthracnose, cercosporosis. Therefore, in spring and autumn, it is necessary to treat the plant with a fungicide, cut off diseased branches, and clear the garden of weeds. Cherry variety Amorel pink is more common for growing by amateur gardeners, it has a beautiful habit of forming a tree crown.

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