Sweet cherry Ob

This variety was developed at the Siberian Institute of Horticulture named after M.A. Lisavенко through selection among seedlings from open pollination of steppe cherry. Authors: M.A. Lisavenko, G.I. Subbotin, I.P. Kalinina. Introduced into the State Register for the Orenburg region.

The bush is multi-stemmed, 1.3-1.5 m tall. The crown is dense and round, 1.4-1.6 m in diameter. Fruit set is concentrated, primarily on one-year shoots. Shoots are thin, straight, drooping, gray, with light-yellow stipules. Leaves are medium-sized, elongated, tapering to a point, light green, with doubly serrated edges. Petioles are short.

Fruits are medium-sized (3.2-4.0 g), dark red, rounded-heart-shaped. The pedicel is medium-length and thin. Flesh and juice are light red. Flavor is sour-sweet, good. They contain up to 15.8% soluble solids, 11.5-12.1% sugars, 1.3-1.4% acids, 29-33 mg/100g vitamin C, 190-200 mg/100g P-active substances, up to 0.3% tannins. The taste rating for fresh fruit is 3.8 points, for jam and compote 4.5 points. The stone is medium-sized (0.2 g), easily separates from the flesh and pedicel.

Fruits ripen in the second to third decade of July. High cold hardiness, drought-resistant. Severely affected by coccomycosis. Average yield (1.7-3.8 kg per bush). Partially self-fertile.

Advantages of the variety: high cold hardiness, easily propagated by green cuttings.

Disadvantages: not resistant to fruit rot and coccomycosis.