Seedling Muscat Black. Developed at the All-Russian Research Institute of Lupine. Breeders: M.V. Kanshina, A.I. Astakhov. Introduced into the State Register in 1993 for the Central Region.
Tree with restrained growth, strong medium-dense crown, wide-pyramidal, raised. Bud of medium size, vegetative egg-shaped, strongly deviated, generative oval. Leaves large, green, upper slightly pigmented, leaf tip sharply pointed, base pointed, sometimes rounded, large double-toothed, pubescence absent, leaf blade flat, edges slightly concave. Petiole of medium length, thick, pigmented, has 2 light-pink glands. Inflorescence with 3 flowers, small, corolla saucer-shaped, petals arranged freely, white, stigma positioned at the same level as stamens, calyx cup-shaped, toothed calyx lobes absent, stamens and stigma long. Fruit set mainly on bouquet branches.
Fruits of medium size 4 g, maximum 5.5 g, fruit height 20 mm, width 21 mm, thickness 18 mm. Fruits round, medium depression, rounded apex, pink color, yellow flesh, juice uncolored, fruits firm. Peduncle of medium length and thickness. Stone egg-shaped, mass 0.27 g (7.3% of fruit mass), light-brown, rounded apex and base, detaches from flesh moderately. Fruits attractive, pink, sweet, juicy, taste 4.1 points, resistant to cracking, dry detachment, universal use, contains dry matter 18.1%, sugars 13.8%, acids 0.47%, ascorbic acid 14.2 mg/100g.
Flowering and ripening are late. Enters fruiting at 5 years. Self-sterile. Best pollinators: Iputy, Revna, Tyutchevka, Ovstuzhenka. Average yield 55 centners/ha, maximum 103 centners/ha. Good winter hardiness of tree and flower buds. Trunk and main branch bases resistant to sunburn and frost cracks. After severe winters, tree damage was 0.4 points, flower buds 14%. After spring frosts at 3-5°C, 85% of stamens died. High resistance to coccomycosis, clasterosporiosis, moniliosis.
Advantages of the variety: restrained growth, high winter hardiness, resistance to fungal diseases, weak fruit rot, resistance to cracking, transportability.
