Cherry Resistant: variety description and characteristics, advantages and disadvantages

Among the countless variety of fruit trees, our fellow citizens treat cherries with special love. The description of the Stoykaya cherry variety will be incomplete if we do not note its excellent yield and unforgettable taste data of the fruit. Anyone who prefers fresh cherries will love Persistent. It is also suitable for jams, compotes, liqueurs and other types of canning.

Description

The variety is partially self-fertile, artificially bred. Varieties Zhukovskaya were crossed with Cinderella, plus Dawn of the Volga region. The average yield is 84.2 centners per hectare, the maximum reaches 125.8 centners per hectare.

The very name of the Stoykaya variety is the most accurate description of it. And yet, we note the main parameters:

• an adult tree reaches a height of up to three meters;
• high winter hardiness for the recommended regions (Moscow region, mountainous and northern regions of Scandinavia, most of the Russian regions);
• mid-July is harvest time.

Seedlings require additional treatment for fungal diseases.

Tree and fruit characteristics

The tree has an average strength of growth. It has a spreading, medium-density crown. Cherries bear fruit on bouquet branches.

Dark red rounded berries, 4.4-5 grams. The fruits are rated 4.5 points (out of 5) by professional tasters.

Pollinators

In order for the cherry to bear fruit successfully, it is recommended to plant at least two trees of different varieties with the same fruiting periods on the site.

Since Zhukovskaya participated in breeding the Stoykaya cherry variety, the best pollinators for her will be:

• Moscow Griot;
• Turgenevka;
• Vladimirskaya;
• Love;
• Youth.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

The advantages of the variety can safely be attributed to high yields and delicious fruits.

The most significant drawback gardeners call the relative resistance to coccomitosis (a common disease of cherry trees caused by the marsupial fungus lat) and moniliosis (a dangerous disease of cherries caused by the marsupial fungus Monilia cinerea).

Rules of planting and care

In order for the cherry tree to grow quickly and bear fruit, it is important to choose a suitable site and correctly determine the planting time. And it will depend on the region:

• southern - in spring or autumn;
• northern and central - in spring.

The main thing is that the site is sunny, with sandy soil and no groundwater nearby. It should be chosen especially carefully, because this fruit tree does not tolerate transplantation well, so plant it for 15 years, no less.

Young cherry trees will need special care:

• loosening the soil from time to time;
• remove weeds;
• water;
• cut.

If the tree bears fruit, care should be different:

1. In the spring - water abundantly, spray with honey solution, loosen the soil, cut the roots and mulch the soil around the trunk.
2. In summer - water abundantly, apply nitrogen, phosphorus and potash fertilizers, pick fruits as they ripen.
3. In autumn - apply organic matter and mineral fertilizers, prune.

Stoykaya cherry has found its admirers in various regions of Russia.

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