Sweet cherry Tuytchevka

3-36 x Red dense. Released at VNIILupin. Developed by M.V. Kanshina. Registered in the State Register in 2001 for the Central Region.

Medium-sized tree, with a spherical, semi-extended, sparse crown. Bud medium, vegetative conical, pointed, generative egg-shaped. Leaves large, narrow, oval, apex strongly pointed, base rounded, toothed margin serrate, no pubescence, leaf folded like a boat, petiole short, thick, strongly pigmented along the entire length, has 2 large strongly pigmented glands. Inflorescence has 4 flowers, corolla bowl-shaped, petals touching, stigma at the same level as stamens, calyx narrow-bowl-shaped, no toothed margin on calyx lobes, stamens and pistil long. Enters fruiting at 5 years. Fruits on bouquet branches (86%).

Fruit: average weight 5.3 g, maximum 7.4 g, height 22 mm, width 23 mm, thickness 20 mm, broadly round, medium depression, apex rounded, dark red, covering color dark red with speckles. Flesh red, dense, juice light red. Pedicel medium length, thick. Stone oval, weight 0.31 g, 6% of fruit weight, light brown, apex pointed, base rounded, detaches from flesh moderately. Fruits are attractive, juicy, sweet, taste 4.9 points, dry detachment, good transportability, partially cracks in wet years, contains 18.4% dry matter, 11.1% sugars, 0.41% acids, 13.6 mg/100g ascorbic acid.

Flowering medium-late, ripening late. Self-pollination yields up to 6% fruit set. Best pollinators — Iput, Revna, Ovstuzhenka, Raditsa. Average yield 97 centners/ha, maximum 275 centners/ha. High resistance to moniliosis, moderate resistance to coccomycosis and clasterosporiosis. Good winter hardiness of the tree and flower buds. After severe winters, trees suffered 0.8 points of damage, buds 20%, pistils 72% at 3-5°C frost during flowering.

Advantages of the variety: high productivity, large, dense, transportable fruits, excellent taste.