Characteristics and advantages of the Podbelskaya cherry variety

History and description of the variety

The history of the emergence of a wonderful variety of cherry Podbelskaya is associated with the name of K. Koch, who in the 19th century in Germany crossed the Lotovaya variety with Griot Ostheim. In the North Caucasus region, this cherry variety was zoned and entered into a special State Register in 1947. If we talk about the description of Podbelskaya cherry, then this fruit tree is vigorous, it can have a height of more than 5 meters. The crown has a rounded shape, and after a while it becomes a kind of flat-rounded, with a large number of leaves. The stem of the tree is distinguished by the presence of an ash-brown color of its bark, on which longitudinal cracks are clearly visible.

Skeletal branches are dark brown in color and deviate from the stem at an angle of about 70 degrees. The shoots of the tree grow upward, the leaves are quite large in size, dark green and with a slight sheen. They have an obovate or broadly oval shape, and they are also characterized by a sharp beginning of the apex.
The edges of the leaves are serrate or double-serrate. In each of the beautiful inflorescences, you can see about 4 flowers - large, saucer-shaped, with rounded petals. Fruiting of this cherry variety is mixed. Fruits appear in close proximity to each other, 1 - 2 each, their weight can reach 5 g. They have a dark red color, they are flat-round, the seam is located near the top. The pulp is dark red, the fibers are perfectly visible, with a refined pleasant taste.

Harvesting from grown fruit trees can be expected only three or four years after planting.

The fruits have a pit, which is medium in size, light brown in color, which can be freely removed from the pulp. The size of the stalk is about 28 - 37 mm, it is quite thick, and is not strongly attached to the fruit. In the Volga region, the fruits of this cherry contain about 19.6% of special dry substances, 17 mg per 100 g of ascorbic acid, 1.2% of free acids, 10.7% of sugars. And in the Krasnodar Territory, these indicators are somewhat different - 15.2% dry, 9.7% ascorbic acid, 1.2% free acids, 10.7 percent sugars.

In terms of flowering, this plant can be classified as early, and the ripening rate of this cherry variety is early-medium. Cherry Podbelskaya is self-fertile, and the best pollinators for it are May Duke, English Early, Griot Ostgeimsky, Anadolskaya, Lotovaya, as well as cherry varieties. The variety has a high productivity rate, this is especially typical for the southern regions of Russia, where, due to good climatic conditions, a large harvest of this beautiful berry is harvested.

Pros and cons of the variety

The advantages of this beautiful tree include a relatively high degree of resistance to various kinds of diseases, in particular, fungal ones. And also cherries pleases their owners with good productivity, ideal taste of fruits that have a dessert and technical purpose.In the southern regions, this fruit tree grows well and gives a large harvest, while in the northern regions it can suffer from frost and burns, annual shoots of the tree and generative buds can freeze.

By nature, Podbelskaya cherry is a cherry-cherry hybrid that resembles a simple cherry. The cultivar also has moderate resistance to hot and dry weather. Ripe fruit sticks pretty well to the tree. Ripening period - end of June - beginning of July. The disadvantages include the large size of the fruit tree, since they can somewhat complicate the procedure for caring for it, ripening fruits and harvesting.

Video "Podbelskaya Cherry"

After watching the video, you will learn about the ripening time, when fruiting occurs, what size the fruits are and about the features of caring for this cherry variety.