Sweet cherry Gronkava

Northern x pollen mixture of cherry. Authors: E.P. Syubarova, P.M. Sulimova, M.I. Vyshinskaya. Included in the State Register since 2002 for the Central region.

Fast-growing, medium-sized tree with a broad-pyramidal crown.

Fruits of medium size (4.6 g), heart-shaped, dark red. Dried detachment from the pedicel. Small stone, easily separates from the flesh. Flesh dark red, medium density, juicy, pleasant sweet taste, taste rating 4.8 points. Juice dark red. Chemical composition of the flesh: dry matter 15.84%, titratable acids 0.6%, sugars 12.3%, ascorbic acid content — 4.6 mg/100g, pectin — 0.37%. Harvesting period — mid-June.

Enters fruiting on the 4th year after planting in orchards on seedling rootstock. Self-sterile. Best pollinators: Narodnaya, Krasavitsa, Zhurba.

Early maturing variety, high yielding (up to 20 t/ha under planting scheme 5 x 3 m on wild cherry seedling rootstock). Winter hardy. Highly resistant to coccomyces, not affected by monilial burn.