European plum Startovaya

This variety was obtained by crossing Evrazia 21 x Volzhskaya Krasavitsa. Originator — All-Russian Research Institute of Genetics and Breeding of Fruit Plants named after I.V. Michurin. Breeders: G.A. Kursakov, G.G. Nikiforova, T.A. Pisanova, R.E. Bogdanov. Introduced into the State Register in 2006 for the Central Chernozem region.

Medium-sized tree with a broadly oval crown. Dense crown, medium leafiness. Shoots of medium thickness, slightly curved, reddish-brown with gray coating. Buds of medium size, pointed, conical, dark-brown, not pressed against the shoots. Many stipules, medium size, grayish-brown color. Leaves medium-sized, broadly oval, short-pointed, green, wrinkled. Leaf margin wavy, serrated. Stipules early-decaying. Petiole medium-sized, pigmented. Stipules medium-sized, yellow, 2 per petiole. Flowers large, white. Calyx bell-shaped. Stigma of the pistil higher than the stamens.

Fruits very large, oval-shaped, one-dimensional, weighing 52 g. Fruit apex rounded, base with indentation, small pit. Main color purple, covering dark red. No lenticels. Skin medium thickness. Flesh yellow, juicy. Juice colorless. Taste sour-sweet, 4.7 points. Fruits easily detach from the pedicel, transportable, universal use. Biochemical composition: dry matter — 16.23%, sugars — 8.52%, acids — 2.45%, P-active catechins — 209 mg/100g, ascorbic acid — 6.32 mg/100g. Stone large, oval-shaped, easily detaches from the flesh.

Advantages: super-early ripening, very large fruits of high quality, universal use.

Disadvantages: medium fruit yield.