Cherry Alice

Cherry Alice
The main characteristics of the variety:
  • Authors: Tsarenko V.P., Tsarenko N.A.
  • Appeared when crossing: Summer x pollen mixture (Damanka + Sand-felt + Spark)
  • Year of approval: 1997
  • Barrel type: bush
  • Growth type: medium-sized
  • Crown: oval, medium density
  • Escapes: thick, straight, brown
  • Leaves: small, oblong-oval, dark green, wrinkled, with strong pubescence and crenate margin
  • Flowers: saucer-shaped, medium-sized 2.6 cm in diameter of the corolla, five-lobed, pale pink petals
  • Flowering and fruiting type: solid along the branch: on annual and perennial wood
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Cherry Alice is popular among summer residents due to its versatility. And also - pleasant to the taste, fragrant berries. If you follow all the rules of cultivation, then you can forget about some of the shortcomings of this species, the tree will grow healthy and give a considerable harvest.

Breeding history

If you plunge into the history of the variety, then it dates back to 1979 at the experimental gardening station VNIIR (Far East). The culture owes its appearance to the breeders V.P. and N.A. Tsarenko. The variety was created by pollination of the Leto variety with a mixture of pollen of different varieties of cherries Peschanovoilochnaya, Ogonyok, Damanka. In 1997, the plant joined the ranks of the State Register.

Description of the variety

By nature, this variety has a relatively low growth - about one and a half meters. The bush is dense. It is oval in shape. Growth rate is average. If the plant is many years old, then the color of the bark of the branches is gray and covered with pale small bumps - "lenticels". The branches themselves are powerful and straight. The shoots of the bush are brown, fluffy. The kidneys are tiny, with a sharp end. Leaves are oval and elongated, dark in color. The size of the flowers is medium, the petals are pale pink, similar in shape to a saucer.

Fruit characteristics

The berries are characterized by an oval shape with a slightly cut off top and a beak visible. Cherries ripen large, weigh about 3.3 grams. The skin is colored in dark burgundy tones, has an edge and is extremely thin, which impairs the transportation of fruits. The pulp is dark red, with a high density and juiciness. It is almost impossible to disconnect the bone.

Taste qualities

Cherry Alice tastes like a mixture of sour and sweet. Tasters give her an assessment of 4.5 points out of 5. Berries of this variety make it possible to make anything from them - jam, marmalade, marshmallow, drinks.

Ripening and fruiting

Since the described variety is felt, it is fast-growing. When planting young cherries, you can expect them to harvest in the third or fourth year.

Alice cherry blossoms occur in May, around the middle of the month. The described variety can be considered medium early in terms of ripening, the fruits ripen in the second decade of July.

When growing cherries on your site, you need to know some of the features of fruiting. After planting, the cherry tree usually does not bear fruit for the first few years. Under favorable conditions, this crop can bear fruit in 2 or 3 years. However, you often have to wait 4-5 years.

Yield

The cherry variety in question pleases gardeners with a bountiful harvest; an average of 8.5 kilograms of berries can be removed from the bush.

Growing regions

The geography of growing Alisa cherries is wide, this is her homeland - the Far East and the Urals, as well as the North-West, Volgo-Vyatka, Middle Volga, Siberian and other regions.

Self-fertility and the need for pollinators

This variety manifests itself as self-infertile. For this reason, to obtain a crop, it is required to keep pollinating plants next to it.Their role can be played by other varieties of felt cherries blooming at the same time, or trees such as cherry plum, apricot, plum, peach, almond.

Landing

It is allowed to transfer young cherries to open ground both in autumn and spring. However, spring (April) is more suitable for such a process, since the seedlings have enough time to grow stronger before the cold months.

When choosing a landing site, a number of conditions must be met:

  • the territory is not deprived of sunlight;

  • the soil is not sour;

  • the composition of the soil is light.

You can understand that the seedling is ready for planting by its appearance, it must have:

  • impressive shoots in size;

  • perfectly developed kidneys;

  • long root system with no damage.

On the eve of planting, the roots of the plants are slightly shortened and dipped in a mixture of ash and clay (you can add a growth-stimulating solution)

When planting cherries, it is necessary to ensure that the distance between the seedlings is one and a half meters, and the width and depth of the hole is half a meter. The bottom of the hole should be covered with a mixture of natural fertilizers and soil. The plant is placed in a hole in an upright position, without covering the root collar with earth. After that, the soil must be well moistened, compacted and mulched with peat.

For guaranteed survival of a cherry seedling in a summer cottage, all basic requirements should be strictly observed during planting. It is necessary to correctly determine the timing of planting, correctly choose a seedling, prepare a planting pit.
Cherry grafting is an agricultural technique, during which one plant fragment is transferred to another to obtain a new crop with its own characteristics and properties. During the procedure, the aerial part of one tree is spliced ​​with a fragment of another culture. This will increase the yield of the cherry tree as well as increase its resistance to diseases and pests.

Growing and care

After planting Alice cherries, it must be cut off, watered, fed, protected from rodents in a timely manner.

The pruning procedure is carried out in spring or autumn, they do this in order to:

  • rejuvenate the tree;

  • prevent excessive growth of branches;

  • form a crown.

Watering is best served in small portions so that there is no excess moisture. It is necessary to feed cherries after the completion of the flowering process and at the stage of bud and fruit formation.

As a rule, in the spring the soil is fertilized with nitrogen, and in the autumn with potassium and phosphorus. In order to protect against rodents, it is recommended to tie the cherry trunk with reeds, raspberry shoots, spruce branches.

One of the keys to a good cherry harvest is proper care, a mandatory step of which is pruning. Pruning is one of the simplest procedures, and it doesn't require a lot of tools and time. After the procedure, the cherry tree redistributes a significant part of its vitality to the formation of a crop, which becomes better and more stable.
For abundant fruiting and successful growth, the cherry tree must be fed. Cherry makes rather high demands on the quality of feeding. For it, you can use both organic and mineral mixtures. At each stage of the growing season of a fruit tree, it needs different trace elements.

Disease and pest resistance

Cherry Alice is characterized by high resistance to such well-known diseases as coccomycosis and clotterosporia. However, the plant is at risk of infection with moniliosis (in the presence of excess moisture).

Requirements for soil and climatic conditions

This variety tolerates winter frosts and spring frosts with honor, and also has considerable drought resistance.Dislikes swampy or heavy soil.

Cherries are found in almost every garden plot. And if every year she pleases with a bountiful harvest of large and sweet berries, then the question arises about the reproduction of such an effective variety. Cherries can be propagated by cuttings, seeds, layering, grafting, shoots. Each of the methods has its own characteristics.

Review overview

For the most part, gardeners speak positively about the Alice variety, they are attracted by the harmonious taste of cherries and the plant's good ability to adapt to the climate.

Main characteristics
Authors
Tsarenko V.P., Tsarenko N.A.
Appeared when crossing
Summer x pollen mixture (Damanka + Sand-felt + Spark)
Year of approval
1997
View
felted
Appointment
universal
Yield
high
Average yield
8.5 kg per bush
Transportability
weak
Wood
Barrel type
bush
Growth type
medium-sized
Height, m
1,5
Crown
oval, medium density
Branches
straight, thick, gray, with numerous light lenticels
Escapes
thick, straight, brown
Leaves
small, elongated-oval, dark green, wrinkled, with strong pubescence and crenate margin
Flowers
saucer-shaped, medium-sized 2.6 cm in diameter of the corolla, five-lobed, pale pink petals
Number of flowers per inflorescence
1-2
Flowering and fruiting type
solid along the branch: on annual and perennial wood
Durability of wood
17 years
Fruit
Fruit size
large
Fruit size, mm
1,8×1,6×1,6
Fruit weight, g
3,3
Fruit shape
elongated-oval, with a slightly sloping apex and a noticeable beak
Fruit color
maroon
Abdominal suture
large, striped
Skin
slightly pubescent
Pulp color
dark red
Pulp (consistency)
juicy, dense, fibrous
Taste
pleasant, sweet and sour, harmonious
Bone weight, g
0,2
Separability of the bone from the pulp
does not separate
Detachment of fruits
semi-dry
Fruit composition
dry matter - 10.8%, sugars - 8.9%, acids - 0.68%, ascorbic acid - 27.3 mg / 100 g
Appearance
attractive
Fresh fruit tasting
4.5 points
Growing
Self-fertility
self-infertile
Winter hardiness
winter hardy
Watering
does not tolerate waterlogging
Breeding features
green cuttings
Suitability for mechanized harvesting
No
Growing regions
North, North-West, Central, Volgo-Vyatka, TsChO, North Caucasian, Middle Volga, Lower Volga, Ural, West Siberian, East Siberian, Far Eastern regions
Disease and pest resistance
relatively stable
Coccomycosis resistance
steady
Resistance to moniliosis
amazed
Maturation
Early maturity
for 3-4 years
Flowering period
May 15-20
Ripening period
average
Fruiting period
July 16-22
Ripening nature
simultaneous
Reviews
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