Duke Hodos

Duke Hodos
The main characteristics of the variety:
  • Authors: A. Sychov
  • Barrel type: wood
  • Growth type: medium-sized
  • Crown: moderately thick, globular, compact
  • Escapes: very similar to cherry
  • Leaves: dense, leathery
  • Flowering and fruiting type: mixed, most of the crop is formed on bouquet branches
  • Fruit size: large
  • Fruit shape: rounded
  • Fruit color: dark red
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The Khodos hybrid is winter hardiness, large-fruited and excellent taste. Berries are consumed fresh, used for making jams, marmalade, candied fruits, decorating cakes and pies. They can be used in industrial bakery and confectionery industries.

Breeding history

Cherry-cherry hybrid bred by breeder A. Sychov.

Description of the variety

The tree is medium-sized, reaching a height of 3-4 m, the crown is compact, spherical, not very dense. The branches are at a 60-degree angle from the trunk and are covered with smooth dark brown bark. The leaves are large, pointed, dense and leathery, bright green. The flowers are large, white, collected in inflorescences. Flowering times may vary from region to region. Differs in a high rate of growth of shoots. Duke has a lifespan of about 30 years.

Fruit characteristics

The berries are large, weighing 6.8-7 g, rounded, slightly flattened at the top, dark red. The pulp is quite dense and tender, with a cherry aroma, the stone is large, detachable. Good transportability, stored in the refrigerator for about 2 weeks.

Taste qualities

Dessert taste, excellent, sweet, with sourness.

Ripening and fruiting

The tree begins to bear fruit 4-5 years after planting, and then regularly. The species is considered average in terms of ripening, the harvest ripens in early July, in temperate climates a little later.

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

On average, 12-15 kg per plant, under favorable conditions, remove 25-30 kg.

Growing regions

The hybrid is suitable for planting throughout Russia, with the exception of the northernmost regions. For colder climates, this species is grown in the form of a bush - this makes it easier to make shelter for the winter.

Self-fertility and the need for pollinators

A self-fertile variety, additional pollinators are required to obtain a crop. Pollinators can be cherry and cherry trees, as well as hybrid forms - dukes. Self-fertile varieties are suitable: Lyubskaya, Molodezhnaya, Ovstuzhenka, Businka, Priusadebnaya, Annushka, Donchanka, Iput. From pollination of cherries, the yield becomes slightly higher.

Landing

The plant is planted in sunny, wind-protected areas with deep groundwater. The culture is contraindicated in shade, lowlands and swampy soils. Acidic soils are neutralized with chalk or lime. Bushes are placed at a distance of 5 m from other seedlings and fruit trees.

A hole is dug in advance, for spring planting - in the fall. It is made with a diameter of 60-70 cm, and a depth of about 60 cm. For a seedling, a nutrient mixture is prepared from humus - 3 kg, wood ash - 200 g, superphosphate - 50 g, potassium sulfate - 40 g and garden soil. The resulting substrate is filled with 75% of the total volume. Before this, for 1-2 days, the roots of the cherry are kept in a slightly pink solution of potassium permanganate, 3 hours before transferring to the ground, the root system is placed in a growth stimulator: "Kornevin", "Zircon". The planting plan is the same as for other cherries and cherries. After planting, watered with 20 liters of water, then moistened weekly.Up to 5 years old trees need regular watering. In young dukes, the top and skeletal branches are pruned: at least 60 cm should remain from the ground surface to the extreme point. The next year, all branches are cut off by about 1/3.

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 caring

Duke Hodos is an unpretentious culture, caring for it is easy. It is enough to follow simple agricultural techniques: first remove all weeds, then water and loosen. Watering should be done regularly, but in moderation: one adult tree takes 20-40 liters of water; in dry periods, the frequency of watering is increased. The variety is considered drought-resistant, but with a lack of moisture, the berries will not be so juicy. After watering, the soil is loosened and mulched with hay.

The hybrid practically does not require additional fertilizing: it bears fruit perfectly on soils of medium nutritional value. It is enough to dig up the ground around the trunk in the fall and mulch with grass.

The crown needs regular pruning, since its thickening has a bad effect on the quality of the crop. A young tree grows very quickly, but with the onset of fruiting, growth almost stops. Rejuvenating pruning is done every 5 years, removing shoots up to the height of a 4-year-old tree.

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 microelements.

Disease and pest resistance

The culture has a high immunity to pests and diseases. The plant resists the main diseases of cherry: coccomycosis and moniliosis. Not afraid of the cherry fly. It can be damaged by powdery mildew - for prevention, spray with an iodine solution - 10 ml of iodine per 10 liters of water. This procedure is carried out several times with an interval of 3 days. When fruit rot appears, they are sprayed with an infusion of garlic, wood ash or a solution of soda. From rodents, the stem is covered with an iron mesh or wrapped with spruce branches.

Requirements for soil and climatic conditions

The variety is highly winter-hardy, withstands frosts down to -27 degrees, neither bark nor flower buds freeze out. In regions with colder winters, plants need light shelter. Young trees are insulated in the first few years. Duke Hodos is heat-resistant and drought-tolerant. The most suitable soils: chernozem, loamy, gray forest with neutral acidity.

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. Cherry can be propagated by cuttings, seeds, layering, grafting, shoots. Each of the methods has its own characteristics.
Main characteristics
Authors
A. Sychov
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duke (cherry)
Appointment
dessert
Yield
high
Transportability
good
Wood
Barrel type
wood
Growth type
medium-sized
Height, m
3-4
Crown
moderately thick, globular, compact
Escapes
very similar to cherry
Leaves
dense, leathery
Flowering and fruiting type
mixed, most of the crop is formed on bouquet branches
Fruit
Fruit size
large
Fruit weight, g
6,8-7,0
Fruit shape
rounded
Fruit color
dark red
Pulp color
Dark red
Pulp (consistency)
moderately firm, tender
Taste
sweet and sour, excellent
Juice color
Red
Bone size
large
Separability of the bone from the pulp
good
Growing
Self-fertility
self-infertile
Pollinator varieties
cherries Lyubskaya, Youth, Ovstuzhenka, Bead
Winter hardiness
high
Heat resistance
drought tolerant
The soil
black soil, loam, gray forest
Disease and pest resistance
high
Maturation
Early maturity
4-5 years after planting
Ripening period
average
Fruiting period
early July
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