This autumn variety was obtained at the Scientific Research Institute of Horticulture of Siberia named after M. A. Lisavensky by crossing 'Purple Early' with 'Saffron Pepin' in 1937. Breeders: M. A. Lisavensky, I. A. Kukharsky, M. A. Sizemova, V. A. Sirotkina. Widely grown in commercial plantations and gardens of the population in Western and Eastern Siberia. Approved since 1959 for the West Siberian region.
Trees are low-growing, with round crowns and medium density. Fruit-bearing is concentrated, primarily on spurs and fruiting shoots, on 1-3-year-old growths.
Shoots are gray-green, hairy, with small light pubescence. Leaves are medium-sized, round, with a small tip, dark green, shiny, slightly puckered, slightly hairy underneath, with doubly serrated edges, long petioles, hairy, with small stipules.
Fruits are very small (30-51 g), round-conical, ribbed. Main color is yellow, covering color is bright red, solid. Peduncle is medium length, calyx is narrow and deep, rusted. Calyx is small, half-open, surrounded by pearls. Receptacle is small, ribbed.
Flesh is yellow, firm, juicy, slightly acidic-sweet, medium taste. Chemical composition of fruits: total sugars — 12.7% (7.2-15.9), titratable acids — 1.75% (0.84-2.38), tannins — 217 mg/100g (73-373), ascorbic acid — 29.9 mg/100g (6.6-61.5), P-active compounds — 514 mg/100g (104-754), pectin substances — 5.84% on dry weight.
Harvest maturity in the second decade of September, storage life up to 30 days. This is a technical variety, widely used in winemaking.
Begins fruiting in the third to fourth year. High, regular yield. High winter hardiness; in particularly severe winters, it suffers slight frost damage. Lost resistance to scab and became sensitive to it.
Advantages of the variety: high winter hardiness and yield.
Disadvantages of the variety: very small fruits of medium taste, sensitive to scab.
