Sweet cherry Zvezda

The variety was obtained by crossing Amorel Kozlovskaya with Vladimirskaya. Originator — All-Russian Research Institute of Genetics and Selection of Fruit Plants named after I.V. Michurin. Authors: S.V. Zhukov and E.N. Kharityonova. The variety was submitted for state testing in 1990.

Medium-growing tree with a medium-dense, pyramidal crown. Branches are gray, medium-thick, curved. Buds are medium-sized, conical, pointed, gray, set back from the branches. Leaves are medium-sized, dark green, glossy, lanceolate with a pointed tip and narrowly oval base. Leaf margin is serrated, medium-toothed. Leaf surface is smooth, slightly folded into a boat shape. Petiole is medium in length and thickness. Flowers from one bud are 3-5, white, medium-sized, with oval petals. Stigma is slightly higher than the anthers. Fruit set occurs on the previous year's growth.

Fruits are large, weighing 4.1 g, one-dimensional. Fruit shape is round. Skin color is bright red, flesh and juice are pale pink, flesh texture is tender. Peduncle is long, medium thickness. Stone is small, 0.3 g, round, light-brown, easily separates from the flesh. Flavor is sour-sweet, 4.0-4.2 points. Fruits contain 16.4% dry matter, 12.48% sugars, 1.4% acids, and 12.3% ascorbic acid. Suitable for fresh consumption and processing.

Partially self-fertile. Flowering and ripening periods are early. Fruits ripen simultaneously. Trees begin bearing fruit in the 3rd year after planting in the garden, long-lived. Generative buds are resistant to winter frosts. The variety shows medium resistance to coccomycosis, infection rating 2.5 points.

Advantages: good winter hardiness, high annual yield, early ripening, resistance to coccomycosis.