Sweet cherry Low-growing

Variety from Tatarian Institute of Fruit and Vegetable Crops. Origin — Late pink × Zakharyovskaya. Breeders: L.A. Sevastyanova, V.A. Naumov.

Bush is low-growing; crown is broad-oval, dense, with strong foliage; leaf is narrowly oval, broadly lanceolate, dark green, without anthocyanin, apex strongly acuminate, base acute, serration of edges pinnate-toothed, surface of blade weakly glossy, pubescence of lower surface absent, blade flat, edges slightly wavy; petiole short (10 mm), thin (1.5 mm), green; flowers small, petals white, arranged loosely; stigma positioned relatively higher than anthers. Flowering and fruiting type is mixed.

Fruit weighing 3.4 g, height 20 mm, width 18 mm, thickness 16 mm, shape broadly oval, funnel shape narrow, oval; color dark red, flesh color red, juice color red, flesh texture medium dense; pedicel short (38 mm), thin; stone oval, mass 0.2 g, 5.9% of fruit mass, color light brown, apex weakly acuminate, base acuminate, detachment from flesh good.

Fruit appearance satisfactory; flesh juiciness strong; flavor mediocre, slightly sour. Dry matter content — 15.91%, sugars — 11.61%, free acids — 1.97%, ascorbic acid — 12.2 mg/100g. At detachment from pedicel, the funnel flesh is partially damaged in 25% of fruits. Suitable for mechanized harvesting; weak resistance to fruit cracking. Horticultural purpose — technical, for jams.

Flowering period — 2-3 weeks of May, ripening in medium time, uniform; age of fruiting onset early (2-3 years after planting); plant longevity 18-20 years. Variety is partially self-fertile. Yield — 7.5 t/ha. Trees and branches resistant to winter frosts; generative buds and flowers moderately resistant to winter frosts and spring frosts; moderately resistant to coccomycosis and cherry sawfly. Suitable for amateur and commercial cultivation, suitable for intensive orchards.

Advantages of the variety: winter hardiness, yield, low growth, early fruiting.

Disadvantages of the variety: small, mediocre-flavored fruits.