Apple Cherkasy Harvest

Late-season or autumn variety. Obtained at the Mlyevskaya Experimental Orchard Station named after L. P. Simirenko by crossing the varieties 'Parnen Winter Gold' and 'Kronselskoe Transparent'.

Trees are medium-sized with a broadly round or inverted pyramidal crown.

Branches are gray-brown, straight or slightly curved, hairy. Leaves are oval or egg-shaped, with a broadly rounded base, dark green, densely hairy, with a medium petiole and serrated-crenate leaf margin.

Fruits are medium to large, strongly or moderately flattened, round, smooth. Main color is light green, turning golden-yellow at maturity, with a blush of red stripes on part of the fruit. Peduncle is thick and short.

Flesh is pale cream-colored, tangy-sweet, pleasant, juicy. Aroma intensifies during storage. On infertile soils, fruits become smaller and lose quality. Prone to fruit drop.

Variety is early-bearing, productive, winter-hardy, susceptible to scab.

Advantages of the variety: early bearing and productivity, winter hardiness, and good fruit quality.

Disadvantages of the variety: susceptibility to scab, requirement for specific growing conditions, tendency to fruit drop.