European plum Vitebskaya Pozdnyaya

Seedling of the 'Sliwa Markova' variety. Developed at the Belarusian Research Institute of Fruit Growing. Authors: E.P. Syubarova, V.A. Matveev. Introduced into the State Register in 2002 for the Central region.

Medium-sized tree with a moderately dense, bushy crown.

Fruits are large (30-35 g), round-oval in shape. Main color is dark red, with a blue-gray bloom. Stone is medium-sized (up to 4.3% of fruit mass) and easily separates from the flesh at full maturity. Flesh is pale-yellow, juicy, slightly fibrous, slightly acidic-sweet, with a taste rating of 4.0 points. Chemical composition of the flesh: dry matter content — 14.6%, acids — 2.2%, sugars — 12.1%, pectic substances — 0.7%. Harvesting period — September.

Medium-late maturing variety, cold-resistant, high-yielding (up to 20 t/ha with a planting scheme of 5 x 3 m on seedling rootstock of Alacha). Begins fruiting in the 4th year after planting in an orchard on seedling rootstock. Partially self-fertile. Resistant to Clasterosporium.