Seedling of open-pollinated variety Shershnevskaya. Institution-originator — South-Ural Research Institute of Fruit and Vegetable Growing and Potato Growing. Author: K.K. Mullaev. Included in the State Register in 2001 for the Ural region.
Tree medium-sized, spreading crown, medium density and foliage. Bark color (on sunny side) dark brown. Young shoot: weak anthocyanin coloration at tip (10-15 cm long shoot). One-year-old shoot: prominent kidney-shaped lenticels, average number, lenticel under vegetative bud small, branching strong. Buds (vegetative and generative) medium size, pressed. Leaf blade medium, round, green upper side color medium intensity, base obtuse, apex short-pointed, tip angle acute, margin serrated, undulation weak. Petiole short, thin, anthocyanin coloration upper and lower sides medium, predominant number of glands — one, gland size medium. Flower medium size, stigma above stamens. Petals round, medium closeness. Calyx cup-shaped. Pedicel very short. Flowering and fruiting type — predominantly on shortened shoots (bouquet branches and spurs).
Fruit weighing 20.4 g, shape round, suture absent, tip indented, pit medium depth, apex absent. Surface smooth, main skin color red, anthocyanin coloration medium intensity, isolated spots. Flesh yellow, fibrous, medium density. Pit round, dark brown (fresh), medium weight, makes up 7.3% of flesh, apex narrowly rounded, dorsal suture narrowly open, ventral suture medium, central rib expression medium, lateral ribs weakly noticeable, detachment from flesh medium.
Fruit appearance excellent (5.0 points). Flesh sugar content high, acidity low, aroma medium. Taste rating — excellent (4.5 points). Dry matter content low (17.0%), sugars — 10.0%, ascorbic acid — low (5.5 mg/100g). Fruit pedicel detachment dry. Transportability good. Horticultural purpose — universal. Technological purpose — for compote, jam.
Flowering period medium. Ripening period late. Age of fruiting onset late (at 4 years). Variety partially self-fertile. Fruiting good, not sharply periodic. Yield high.
Shoot and branch damage from winter frosts weak (1-2 points), flower buds from winter frosts and spring frosts — present. Drought resistance medium. Fungal diseases: clasterosporiosis, moniliosis, verticillium, infectious wilting, gnomoniosis, leaf curl, necrotic and chlorotic spots — no infection or sporadic. Pests: hairy caterpillar, aphid, winter moth, fruit fly, California scale, false scale, fruit moth, American white butterfly — no damage or very weak.
Advantages of the variety: high winter hardiness, tree yield, large, tasty fruits and early ripening.
