Amber Krasnodar

This variety was selected at the Crimean Experimental Station of VIR from local forms of quince. Breeders: T. S. Vasilenko, I. M. Ryadnova. Approved and widely grown in the North Caucasus region.

Medium-sized tree, spherical and densely foliated crown. Main branches diverge from the trunk at an angle close to 90°, slightly curved, thick, bark dark gray with large brown wart-like bumps, giving it a brownish appearance. The trunk has the same coloration as the main branches, rough, peeling bark. Fruit set occurs mainly on one-year-old shoots, fruiting branches, and twigs.

Medium-thick, slightly curved, nearly straight, brown, shiny, pubescent shoots at the tips. Numerous, medium-sized, brown, round warts; internodes of medium length. Buds small, brown, conical, pressed. Leaf is equilateral, medium-sized and small, round shape, bright green. Leaf blade smooth, matte, slightly convex, thin, leathery. Pubescence on the underside of the leaf is weak; venation weakly expressed, coarse-netted, uncolored. Leaf apex pointed, tip short, tapering. Leaf base rounded or slightly pointed, leaf blade margins smooth, petiole short, weakly pubescent, strongly anthocyanin-colored. Bracts small.

Flowers solitary, medium-sized, light pink. Sepals thin, lanceolate, sharply curled downward. Petals medium-sized, oval. Filaments pale lavender, anthers yellow; pistils at the same level as anthers and slightly below.

Fruits medium-sized, weighing 150-200 g. Apple-shaped, surface slightly ribbed, oily. Main color bright yellow, orange, amber. Calyx closed, large, sepals tightly closed, small, weakly toothed. Receptacle wide, wrinkled, limited by five bumps; fruiting stem short, thick. Funnel small, wide, smooth, with a protrusion, rust-colored with radial spread. Heart-shaped, medium-sized, slightly asymmetrical, seed chambers closed, walls weakly wrinkled. Seeds large, egg-shaped, light brown, with small amount of sticky substances.

Flesh orange-yellow or bright cream, firm, coarse-grained, few stone cells, juicy, tart-sweet with strong aroma. Fruits contain 14.6% dry matter, 8.5% sugars, 1.16% titratable acids, 25.7 mg/100g ascorbic acid, 108.8 mg/100g raw mass of P-active substances.

Harvesting maturity occurs in the third decade of September. Fruits store up to 90 days, used to produce high-quality processed products (jams, juices, compotes), rated 4-5 points. High transportability.

Trees enter fruiting stage at age 4, fruit annually, average yield 100 centners/ha, maximum 280 centners/ha.

Moderate winter hardiness, high drought resistance. Variety resistant to fungal diseases.

Fruits resistant to under-skin spotting.

Advantages of the variety: early fruiting, high yield, high fruit and processed product quality.

Disadvantages of the variety: fruit size reduction in dry years, insufficient winter hardiness.