Hungarian Van Gengheim mix of dried fruit varieties. Originator — Crimean Experimental Selection Station of the All-Russian Research Institute of Crop Production named after N.I. Vavilov. Authors: G.V. Yeremin, L.A. Turovskaya. Introduced into the State Register in 1998 for the North Caucasus region.
Tree with a broad, dense crown. Trunk: gray color, medium-grained surface, weak cracking, short and sparse lenticels. Shoots are straight, internodes medium — 2.8 cm, brown-purple color, intense, unpubescent. Bud: vegetative conical, pointed apex, medium size, lagging; generative egg-shaped, rounded apex, medium size, lagging. Leaf blade rounded, bluntly pointed, short — 6.5 cm, medium width — 4.2 cm, small — 27.3 cm, green, moderately concave, leathery texture, matte, no pubescence on upper surface, weak and woolly on lower surface along central and main veins. Leaf margin doubly serrated, teeth small. Petiole very long — 9 cm, anthocyanic color. Stipules sessile, medium size, yellow-green. Flower: 1-2 flowers from one bud, stamen shape plate-like, large — 38 mm. Petals egg-shaped, length 18 mm, width 7 mm, large — 126 mm. Bud color white with greenish-yellow tints. Petals white, moderately closed, apex flat-rounded, upper margin with notch, weakly wrinkled. Few stamens — up to 20, filaments 10 mm, straight. Anthers yellow. Style 9 mm long, stigma 8 mm, straight. Stigma oval, located below anthers, stigma unpubescent. Calyx bell-shaped, unpubescent. Sepals narrowly oval-triangular, 5 mm long, 2.5-3 mm wide, pubescent on outer side. Leaf margin not serrated. Pedicel: medium length 11 mm, weak pubescence. Bears fruit on one-year growth and on branches up to 4-5 years old.
Fruit oval, asymmetrical, medium size, height 37 mm, width 30 mm, thickness 32 mm, weight 27 g. Main color green, covering dark-purple, covering entire fruit surface. No pubescence. Few subcutaneous dots, brown. Medium amount of streaks in form of dashes. Medium waxy coating. Apex elongated, base oval. Ventral suture weakly developed, does not crack. Peel difficult to separate, medium thickness, loose. Flesh color yellow-green, darkens moderately in air. Pulp cavity monochromatic with flesh, fibrous texture, medium density; medium juiciness. Pit egg-shaped. Length 21 mm, width 18 mm, thickness 7 mm, weight 1 g, small, 2.7% of fruit pulp weight, brown color. Apex narrowly rounded, base narrowly rounded. Dorsal suture widely open. Ventral suture medium. Central rib prominence medium. Lateral ribs clearly visible. Ridge medium, sharp. Surface finely pitted. Easily separates from flesh.
Fruit resistant to cracking, transportable, suitable for fresh consumption and preservation, including for making prunes. Preservation evaluation: prunes — 4.5 points, compote — 4.2 points, juice with pulp — 4.5 points. Fruit contains, on fresh weight: dry matter — 19.5%, sugars — 15.8%, acids — 0.96%, sugar-acid ratio 16.46, soluble polyphenols — 275 mg/100g, ascorbic acid — 5.9 mg/100g.
Flowering period medium — mid-April. Self-fertile. Ripening period medium — early August. Early bearing — fruits on 3-4 years. High winter hardiness. Moderate drought tolerance. Resistant to moniliosis, polystigma, clasterosporiosis, rust. High yield, regular fruiting.
One of the best varieties for intensive orchards.
Advantages of the variety: low growth, self-fertility, high fruit quality, high productivity and winter hardiness.
Disadvantages: insufficiently large fruit size.
