Cherry Pink pearls

Cherry Pink pearls
The main characteristics of the variety:
  • Pruning: Yes
  • Fruit shape: rounded, with a rounded top, with a depression at the base
  • Authors: T.V. Morozov, All-Russian Research Institute of Horticulture. I.V. Michurina
  • Growth type: medium-sized
  • Appointment: universal
  • Tree height, m: 4
  • Crown: rounded oval, raised
  • Escapes: thick, straight, naked, gray-green, with a few small lentils
  • Sheet: large, narrow oval shape, double-serrated serration, smooth relief, dark green, shiny, without pubescence
  • Fruit size: above medium or large
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Pink pearls are very popular with gardeners and are considered to be the orange variety. It is distinguished for its resistance to adverse weather conditions, diseases and pests. Berries are suitable for fresh consumption, for freezing, making jam, compote, jam, jelly.

Breeding history

The domestic variety was bred at the V.I. I.V. Michurin, breeder T.V. Morozova. The culture was obtained from the seed of the Leningradskaya yellow cherry, treated with the chemical mutagen HMM.

Description of the variety

The tree is medium-sized, reaches a height of 4-5 m, its crown is rounded or oval, raised. The bark on the trunk and skeletal branches is brown, prone to peeling. The branches are thick, straight, gray-green in color. The leaves are large, narrow, oval, smooth, shiny, dark green. The flowers are large, white, collected in inflorescences of 3-5 pcs. Sweet cherry blossoms in mid-May, flowering can last until early June. Differs in a high growth rate of shoots. The life of the plant is about 15 years.

Fruit characteristics

The berries are medium or slightly larger, weighing 5.5-6.5 g, rounded, orange-pink in color. The pulp is of medium density, tender and juicy. The stone is medium in size, well separated. The appearance of the berries is very attractive, but their transportability is rated below average. It is not recommended to transport for long distances.

Taste qualities

The taste is sweet, with a slight sourness. Tasting score - 4.8 points.

Ripening and fruiting

The tree begins to bear fruit in 5-6 years, it belongs to the mid-ripening in terms of ripening - the harvest ripens in the first half of July.

After planting the seedlings, it will take a long time before you can see the first berries on the tree. The first flowering occurs only in the fourth year of the tree's life. At this time, the tree produces only a small number of flowers. In the fifth year, you can already expect more active flowering and the first, albeit small, harvest. A decent harvest can be harvested for 6-7 years.

Yield

Assessed as high and regular: about 13-18 kg are removed from one tree.

Growing regions

The variety is suitable for planting in the Central Black Earth and Lower Volga regions.

Self-fertility and the need for pollinators

Self-infertile species: additional pollinators are required to obtain a harvest, such as Michurinka, Michurinskaya late, Adelina, Ovstuzhenka, Poetziya, Rechitsa. Pink pearls themselves can act as a pollinator for other varieties.

Growing and care

The culture is considered easy to care for and unpretentious to grow. The tree prefers well-lit areas, does not tolerate wetlands and the proximity of groundwater. The seedlings are placed on a small elevation, and a drainage layer must be poured into the planting pit. Young plants are planted in the same way as other types of cherries.A distance of 2 m is left between the plants, 3 m between the rows.

Watering is recommended in moderation: watering Pink pearls only during the complete absence of rain. In this case, 5-6 buckets of water are poured under one adult tree, and 2-3 buckets are enough for a young one. Every year it is imperative to fertilize, about 2-3 times per season.

They are fed in early spring with nitrogen fertilizers, then during the ripening of the crop with potassium and phosphorus. In the second year after planting in March, 120 g of urea is added dropwise to a depth of 10 cm in the near-trunk circle, then watered. In the 4th year, 400 g is added to the trunk, and in August granular superphosphate is added - 350 g. In the fall, I mulch the root area around the trunk with humus and straw.

Pink pearls are pruned regularly in the early years to thin out the dense crown and stimulate yields. Branches growing vertically must be removed, they should not be more than a quarter of the total mass of the crown. In autumn, it is recommended to whitewash the stem to protect the bark in winter and early spring from sunburn.

Cherries are planted in a sunny and well protected place from the wind. The soil should be fertile, loose and moisture-permeable. There are two options for planting cherries - spring and autumn. The first option is the most preferred and is suitable for all growing regions. In the southern regions, planting can be carried out in the fall.
One of the benefits of grafting a tree is to restore overgrown plants, improve the taste of the fruit, and adapt southern varieties to cool climates. If you follow all the recommendations of experts, you can strengthen the immune system of sweet cherries, and it will be more resistant to pests and diseases.
In order to harvest a rich and tasty cherry crop every year, you need to properly care for it. Timely watering is one of the necessary stages of care. The rate of watering a cherry tree directly depends on how dry and hot the weather is, and on the amount of precipitation. Basically, cherries need to be watered about 3-5 times per season, depending on the weather conditions in your area.
One of the most important agrotechnical measures in the cultivation of sweet cherry is correct and timely pruning. Correct pruning eliminates the consumption of nutrients for infertile shoots, so more trace elements are sent to the fruiting branches. This process increases the quality and quantity of the harvest.

Disease and pest resistance

The culture has a high resistance to fungal diseases, primarily to coccomycosis and moniliosis. Of insects, aphids are often affected, from which treatment with the drug "Oxyhom" helps - dissolve 20 g of the agent in 6 liters of water and spray it. The interval between treatments is about 10 days. Other pests rarely attack.

When caring for cherries, you need to carry out timely protection against various pests and pathogens. Depending on the cause and nature of the course, all cherry diseases can be conditionally divided into several categories - infectious and non-infectious. Each category of diseases provides for its own plan and method of treatment, the use of certain drugs and folk remedies.

Requirements for soil and climatic conditions

This cherry grows well in temperate and warm climates, tolerates temperature changes well, and is especially resistant to sudden cold snaps. It perfectly tolerates spring frosts. Winter-hardy species: withstands frosts down to -27 degrees. Flower buds do not freeze even in severe winters.

This is a drought-resistant variety: prolonged drought and severe overheating have practically no effect on the quality of the crop. The plant prefers nutritious light loamy or sandy loamy soil with a neutral reaction.

Self-cultivation of sweet cherries is a complicated process. It is important to follow all the necessary subtleties and techniques for the fruit tree to take root.There are several ways to propagate cherries: grafting on another tree, cuttings, growing from a stone, propagation by root shoots or layering.

Review overview

According to gardeners, it is a trustworthy variety that has good winter hardiness. Very beautiful berries on the branches attract the attention of everyone who comes to the garden in summer, and they taste very sweet and fragrant. Berries appear every year, regardless of the vagaries of the weather.

Main characteristics
Authors
T.V. Morozov, All-Russian Research Institute of Horticulture. I.V. Michurina
Appointment
universal
Columnar
No
Average yield
80-137 c / ha
Transportability
weak
Wood
Growth type
medium-sized
Tree height, m
4
Crown
rounded oval, raised
Escapes
thick, straight, naked, gray-green, with a few small lentils
Sheet
large, narrow oval shape, double-serrated serration, smooth relief, dark green, shiny, without pubescence
Flowers
large, white, pinkish
Number of flowers per inflorescence
3-5
Fruiting type
on bouquet branches and partly on annual growths
Fruit
Fruit size
above medium or large
Fruit weight, g
5,5-6,5
Fruit shape
rounded, with a rounded top, with a depression at the base
Fruit color
orange-pink with red tan
Pulp color
orange-pink
Pulp (consistency)
medium density, tender, juicy
Fruit taste
sweet
Juice color
light red
Bone size
average
Separability of the bone from the pulp
separates freely
Detachment of fruits
dry
Appearance
beautiful
Fruit tasting
4,8
Growing
Self-fertility
self-infertile
Pollinator varieties
Michurinka, Michurinskaya late
Winter hardiness
hardy
Drought tolerance
drought tolerant
The soil
nutritious, light, loamy
Top dressing
annual fertilization is mandatory
Watering
moderate watering is allowed only during periods of long absence of rain
Pruning
Yes
Location
illuminated
Disease and pest resistance
steady
Resistance to fungal diseases
highly resistant
Coccomycosis resistance
highly resistant
Aphid resistance
unstable
Maturation
Early maturity
for 5-6 years
Flowering time
in the middle of May
Ripening terms
average
Fruiting period
in the first decade of July
Reviews
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