Sweet cherry Serviceberry

Introduced at the VNIILUPIN. Authors: M.V. Kanshina, A.I. Astakhov. Entered the State Register in 2001 for the Central Region.

Medium-sized tree, broadly pyramidal, with medium-density crown. Shoots are thick and straight. Leaves are medium-sized, inversely egg-shaped, leathery, with a concave plate along the vein. Petiole is medium-length and thickness, with two yellow glands. Inflorescence has three medium-sized white, plate-like flowers, stamens at the same level as the anthers. Fruits mainly form on bouquet branches.

Fruits have a medium weight of 4 g, maximum 5.6 g, elongated (like serviceberry), dark-red, with red flesh and light-red juice. Pedicel is medium, seed is elongated-oval, with oval apex and base, seed mass 0.3 g, 7.6% of fruit mass, light-brown, easily separates. Fruits are attractive, juicy, slightly sour, taste 3.8 points. Contains 7.8% sugars, 1.7% acids, 15.1 mg/100g ascorbic acid. Suitable for processing.

Flowering is late, ripening is medium. Begins fruiting at 3 years. Average yield 34 centners/ha, maximum 63 centners/ha. High winter hardiness of the tree and flower buds. Weak resistance to coccomyces and moniliosis.