European plum Timoshka

The variety was developed at the NIISS named after M.A. Lisavensky in the forest-steppe zone of the Altai (Barnaul) by selection among seedlings from open pollination of the Amurskaya Rannaya variety. Breeders: V.S. Putov, I.A. Puchkin. Cultivated in gardens of the Altai Krai. Registered in the State Register in 2004 for the West Siberian region.

Trees are medium-sized with an elevated, inverted pyramidal, non-dense crown. The main type of fruiting is in clusters. Branches are brown-gray, emerging from skeletal branches at a sharp angle. The trunk is medium height. Shoots are straight, light-brown, red-bordeaux, with few large stipules at the tip. Vegetative buds are conical, fruiting buds are rounded. Leaves are medium-sized, elliptical, with a very sharp, slightly rounded tip and a wedge-shaped base, dark green. Leaf blade is slightly wrinkled, slightly folded like a boat, weakly shiny, with a doubly serrated edge, oriented downward. Petiole is anthocyanic in color, medium length. Each bud contains 2-3 flowers, which bloom before the leaves. Corolla is cup-shaped. Buds are white. Petals are white, inversely egg-shaped, large, with a slightly wavy edge, free, 10 mm long and 7 mm wide. Stamens 14-15, stigma is located above the anthers. Sepals are narrowly oval.

Fruits are elongated-round, with a deep, well-defined seam and a deep cavity, 36 mm high and 29 mm in diameter, average weight 16.6 g. Main fruit color is red, covering color is dark red, solid, with a bluish tint and strong waxy coating. Subcutaneous dots are few and barely noticeable. Skin is tender, flavorless. Flesh is pale-yellow, tender, juicy, loose, sweet-sour, with a strong aroma, good taste. Pit is medium-sized, elongated-round, medium-fleshed, warty, medium detachment from flesh. Fruits ripen in mid-August, their transportability is weak. Fruits contain 13.1% dry matter, 9.3% sugars, 1.46% titratable acids, 12.3 mg/100g ascorbic acid, 113.0 mg/100g P-active compounds. Variety is of universal use.

Enters fruiting on the 3rd-4th year after planting in a garden with one-year-old saplings. Yield is high but irregular. Winter hardiness of the tree is high, fruit buds are satisfactory. Variety is self-sterile. Not resistant to fruit rot. Affected moderately by clasterosporiosis and fruit moth, and moderately by seed-eating pests.

Advantages of the variety: good taste of fruits, high winter hardiness.

Disadvantages: not resistant to fruit rot and seed-eating pests.