Sweet cherry Sudarushka

Inbred seedling of Shpanka, local. Developed at VNIILUPIN. Authors: M.V. Kanshina, A.I. Astakhov. Introduced into the State Register in 2001 for the Central Region.

Medium-sized tree, crown rounded-pyramidal, dense. Branches thin, straight, long. Buds of medium size, vegetative egg-shaped, strongly deviated, generative — egg-shaped. Leaves broadly oval, dark green, apex of leaf short-pointed, base rounded, leaf blade concave like a boat, leaf margin doubly serrated. Petiole of medium length and thickness, pigmented only at the base. Stigmas small, yellow, 2 per flower. Inflorescence has 4 flowers, flowers small, corolla saucer-shaped, petals touching, white, stigma at the same level as stamens, calyx cup-shaped, no serrations, stamens and pistil medium-sized.

Fruit: mass 3.6 g, maximum 5.1 g, height 18 mm, width 21 mm, thickness 17 mm, fruits obtuse-heart-shaped. Stone round, mass 0.28 g, 7.2% of fruit mass, separates easily from flesh. Variety of universal use. Fruits juicy, sweet-sour, of universal use, taste 4.3 points, contain 8.7% sugars, 1.39% acids, 16 mg/100g ascorbic acid.

Bears fruit on one-year growth, partially self-fertile. Best pollinators: Oktava, Turgenevka. Flowering medium, enters fruiting at 4 years. Average yield 41 centners/ha, maximum 75 centners/ha. Good winter hardiness of tree and flower buds, resistant to spring frosts. Resistance to coccomycosis medium, to moniliosis — good.

Advantages of the variety: winter hardiness, resistance to moniliosis, good fruit quality.