European plum Kubanskaya Rannaya

Seedling from open pollination of the Vengerka Wiener variety. Originator — Crimean Experimental and Selection Station of the All-Russian Research Institute of Plant Cultivation named after N.I. Vavilov. Authors: G.V. Yeremin, L.L. Danilova. Approved for the North Caucasus region since 1987.

Medium-growing tree, with a wide oval crown, sparse. Trunk slightly curved, smooth, with rare, large lenticels. Shoots straight, thick, internodes medium and long (2.5-3 cm), color on the sun-exposed side is pink-purple in moderate intensity. Weak pubescence. Flower bud medium-sized, egg-shaped, apex rounded. Vegetative bud small, conical, apex pointed and pressed. Apex of the growing shoot is weakly colored. Leaf blade horizontal, oval, apex bluntly pointed, base rounded, medium length — 8.5 cm, medium width — 5.6 cm, blade size medium — 46.6 cm2. Green color, blade slightly concave, loose consistency, medium thickness. Leaf surface matte on top, without pubescence, bottom with weak, hairy pubescence along central and lateral veins. Leaf margin doubly serrated, teeth medium-sized. Leaf petiole medium length — 1.6 mm, weakly colored. Stipules raised, two, large, yellow-green. Bracts lanceolate, medium size, pale green. Flower: 1-2 flowers from bud, plate-like shape, medium size — 22 mm. Petals round, 11 mm long, 11 mm wide, medium size. Buds white, petals white, slightly closed, apex rounded, edge wavy, slight corrugation. Number of stamens very small — 11, 6-10 mm long, filaments straight. Anthers light-yellow. Pistil 9 mm long, style 8 mm, straight, stigma rounded, located above and below stamens, unpubescent. Calyx bell-shaped, unpubescent. Calyx lobes wide oval, 5 mm long, 3.2 mm wide, with pubescence, leaf margin not serrated. Pedicel medium — 12 mm, unpubescent.

Fruit large, oval-shaped, maximum diameter at the center, symmetrical, suture weakly expressed. Main color yellow, covering purple. No pubescence. Subcutaneous dots few, white. No stripes. Wax coating medium. Apex rounded. Base rounded, small pit. Abdominal suture poorly developed. Skin medium thickness, elastic, difficult to remove. Flesh yellow, moderately darkens on cut. Consistency fibrous, medium density, juicy, sugar and acid content medium. Taste sour-sweet. Stone oval, length 23 mm, width 17 mm, thickness 10 mm, mass 1.7 g, 4.2% of fruit mass. Color brown, apex bluntly pointed, base slightly elongated. Central rib poorly expressed. Abdominal suture narrow. Lateral ribs poorly expressed. Ridge large, sharp. Surface rough.

Fruits suitable for fresh consumption and preservation, transportable. Preservation evaluation: frozen fruits — 4.1 points, dried fruits — 4.0 points, compote — 4.2 points, juice with pulp — 4.2 points, marinade — 4.6 points. Fruits contain, on fresh weight: dry matter — 13.48%, sugars — 8.47%, acids — 0.83%, sugar-acid index 8.47, pectin — 0.31%, polyphenols — 540 mg/100g, anthocyanins — 61.7 mg/100g, ascorbic acid — 4.5 mg/100g.

Flowering period medium — mid-April. Self-sterile. Ripening period early, mid-July. High winter hardiness, medium drought resistance. Resistant to polystigma, spot disease, but susceptible to monilial burn. Medium yield.

Advantages of the variety: early ripening, large fruits of good quality.

Disadvantages: moderate yield, vigorous growth.