Cherry Rival

Cherry Rival
The main characteristics of the variety:
  • Pruning: necessary
  • Fruit shape: heart-shaped
  • Authors: Belarusian selection
  • Appeared when crossing: Red dense x (Valery Chkalov + Ugolyok)
  • Growth type: medium-sized
  • Appointment: universal
  • Yield: high
  • Crown: pyramidal, raised, medium density
  • Fruit size: large
  • Fruit weight, g: 6,8
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Cherry of the Rival variety, aka Bird cherry, has gained recognition among gardeners due to its taste, fertility and other parameters. With proper care, the tree is able to calmly survive frosts and resist diseases. Nowadays, sweet cherry has many varieties and is widespread throughout most of Russia.

Breeding history

The rival as a hybrid variety appeared in 1983 in Belarus at the Institute of Fruit Growing. Breeders used Russian varieties of cherries Krasnaya Densenaya, Valery Chkalov (pollinator) and one Ukrainian Ugolyok (pollinator). In 2001, the variety was recognized as elite, and after 7 years it was transferred to the network of the State variety testing.

Description of the variety

The tree is medium-sized, has a pyramidal crown with a moderate number of leaves. The variety has a universal purpose.

Fruit characteristics

Yellow, with pink and red blotches, by the degree of ripening, fully or partially reach a bright light red hue. The peel and flesh of the berries are dense, average weight: 6.8 g. The shape of the fruits themselves: heart-shaped. They are large.

Taste qualities

The rival's fruits are juicy, sweet, practically not sour, with colorless juice. Fruit tasting score - 4.8 points.

Ripening and fruiting

The process usually takes place in the second half of the summer. Fruiting itself begins at 4 years of age. Ripening period: average.

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

The variety is characterized by a high yield level. Maximum: 32 t / ha.

Growing regions

It is more often found in the central part of Russia, in the Moscow region, but it acclimatizes well in the middle lane and other, more northern regions.

Self-fertility and the need for pollinators

The plant is self-fertile. Of pollinators, the following are well suited: Iput, Yantarnaya, Gostinets, Gronkavaya, Syubarovskaya.

Growing and care

The variety prefers sunny areas, with sandy loam, well-fertilized soil. When planting seedlings, a depression is made in the ground with a diameter of 0.5-0.6 meters. Humus or other non-nitrogen fertilizers can be added before instillation. After planting the seedling, the ground around it is tamped and watered abundantly (1-2 buckets). It will not be superfluous to use a support.

If you are planting two or more trees, the distance between them should be at least 3 meters. The first few months must loosen the soil - this provides oxygen access to the fragile root system. Summer cultivation is recommended to be done superficially.

It is important to prune young trees correctly, removing unnecessary and deeper branches.They also need timely prevention of diseases and pest attacks. In other aspects, the variety is quite unpretentious. The Opponent absorbs urea well from nutrient solutions. For 600 g, 10 liters of water are taken, spraying is done in the evening.

Sweet 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 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 essential steps in 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

Trees are well resistant to coccomycosis fungus. However, young and immature are prone to verticillosis. Until the leaves appear, the culture is treated with a solution of the fungicide Kuproksat. Bordeaux 3% liquid is considered a universal remedy in the fight against fungus. Newly formed leaves are also treated with solutions, as well as in the periods before and after flowering, at the end of summer and in October.

For more serious cases, use means: "Fundazol", "Polychrome", "Polycarbacin".

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

Experienced gardeners can judge the suitability of the soil at one time or another by the state of the leaves: they can turn yellow or fall off. The most common reasons include either a lack of fertilizer or oxygen. In the second case, it is recommended to water the ground with a weak solution of potassium permanganate.

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.
Main characteristics
Authors
Belarusian selection
Appeared when crossing
Red dense x (Valery Chkalov + Ugolyok)
Appointment
universal
Yield
high
Maximum yield
32 t / ha
Wood
Growth type
medium-sized
Crown
pyramidal, raised, of medium density
Fruit
Fruit size
large
Fruit weight, g
6,8
Fruit shape
heart-shaped
Fruit color
main - yellow, integumentary - red
Skin
dense
Pulp color
yellow
Pulp (consistency)
dense, juicy
Fruit taste
sweet
Juice color
colorless
Bone size
average
Separability of the bone from the pulp
good
Fruit tasting
4.8 points
Growing
Self-fertility
self-infertile
Pollinator varieties
Iput, Gastinets, Gronkavaya, Syubarovskaya, Amber
Winter hardiness
average
Landing scheme
5x3 m
The soil
loose, loamy, enriched, fertile
Pruning
is necessary
Location
Sun
Growing regions
Moscow region and most of the Russian Federation
Coccomycosis resistance
steady
Maturation
Early maturity
in the 4th year after planting
Flowering time
May
Ripening terms
average
Fruiting period
second half of July
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