Duke Hope

Duke Hope
The main characteristics of the variety:
  • Authors: AND I. Voronchikhina (Rossoshanskaya zonal experimental gardening station)
  • Appeared when crossing: Griot Ostheim cherry x a mixture of pollen from the Northern and Likernaya varieties
  • Barrel type: wood
  • Growth type: vigorous
  • Crown: round or wide pyramidal, medium density
  • Foliage: good
  • Escapes: straight, with long internodes, first greenish brown, then brown with a reddish tint
  • Leaves: from oval to broadly ovate, green above, light green below
  • Flowers: large, snow-white, broadly ovate
  • Fruit size: large
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Hybrid varieties of fruit plants are becoming more and more popular among gardeners. Among them are dukes or cherries, as they are popularly called, which exactly reflects the essence of the hybrids created by crossing cherries and cherries. Duke Nadezhda is able to grow and give rich harvests not only in warm climates, but also in areas of risky farming. The fruits are of high marketability and good transportability. The berry is used fresh, for freezing, conservation and preparation of liqueurs.

Breeding history

The authorship in obtaining a wonderful hybrid belongs to the breeder of the Rossosh zonal experimental station of gardening A. Ya. Voronchikhina. Griot Ostgeimsky cherry and a mixture of pollen from the North and Likernaya varieties were used as parent varieties.

Description of the variety

A vigorous (5-6 m) tree with a medium-dense, wide-pyramidal or rounded crown. Covered with rather dense foliage, the crown consists of straight shoots with long internodes, whose color is not uniform. Greenish brown at the beginning of growth, it then gives way to brownish red shades.

Benefits of Hope:

  • unpretentiousness;

  • strong immunity;

  • regularity of fruiting;

  • average winter hardiness and frost resistance;

  • dessert taste, versatility in application.

Disadvantages:

  • self-infertility;

  • the height of the trunk, which greatly complicates the care of the crown and harvesting.

The pointed leaf plate has a leathery surface, oval or broadly ovate, also with a heterogeneous color: the lower part is green, but lighter than the dark green upper, 10-11 cm long, 4-6 cm wide.

Large (3.5-4 cm) snow-white flowers, attached to a short or medium-length stalk, acquire pinkish tints at the end of flowering, due to pink spots appearing on the petals. Flowers are collected in inflorescences one, two and three buds.

Fruit characteristics

The sizes of large (5.8 g) fruits of a flat-round shape, slightly flattened on the sides, are equal: height 20 mm, width 24 mm, thickness 23 mm. The berry is covered with a dense glossy skin, the stone is 0.38 g in size, half separates from the pulp, the separation is dry, sometimes semi-dry.

Taste qualities

Homogeneous dark red, wine shades, the pulp has a medium density consistency. It has a sweet taste with a slight sourness, but no cherry astringency.

Composition:

  • dry soluble substances - 11.7-16.2%;

  • sugar - 9.1-14.0%;

  • acids - 1.2-1.6%;

  • tannins and dyes - 0.10-0.15%.

Tasting marks: fresh taste - 4.5, in compote - 4.2, appearance in conservation - 4.6 points.

Ripening and fruiting

Regular fruiting begins 4-5 years after budding in the nursery. In terms of ripening, the variety belongs to the mid-late category - early flowering, the harvest is harvested in late June - early 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

Nadezhda is distinguished by high yields - on average, 21.6 kg are harvested from one tree, however, when ideal conditions are created, the plant is capable of producing up to 50-60 kilograms.

Growing regions

The duke is adapted for growing in the Central Black Earth Region.

Self-fertility and the need for pollinators

Self-infertility of Nadezhda requires the simultaneous cultivation of pollinating varieties - Kent, Black large, Lada.

Landing

Hope should be planted in sunny places, protected from northerly winds during the growing season. A tall adult tree cannot be hidden behind a fence, but by this time it will have enough strength to withstand weather troubles. Soils should be light, breathable, well-drained - inadmissibly close proximity to groundwater and swampy lowlands. If a suitable site has exactly such unfavorable characteristics, then artificial mounds will have to be organized. Acidity level in the neutral zone. Strongly acidified land requires mandatory deoxidation. Dolomite flour is the ideal material for this.

The time for planting is spring - autumn. In spring they are planted in colder areas, the fall season is suitable for southern areas. Optimal parameters:

  • landing pit - 60x60x80 cm;

  • the distance between the holes is 3 meters;

  • the distance between the rows is from 5 to 6 meters.

The ideal planting material is two to three year old seedlings grown in nurseries with appropriate certificates. The root system of a young plant should be well developed and long enough without dry areas.

The dug hole is equipped with a drainage layer, a support for the fragile stem is installed. The removed soil is enriched with organic matter, wood ash, superphosphate, potassium compounds. The third part of the mixture is poured into the hole, a seedling is placed on top, gently spreading the roots over the surface of the formed mound. Fall asleep with the remaining soil, making sure that the root collar remains above the surface or slightly higher. The earth is compacted, a barrier embankment is made around the trunk circle and watered with 2-3 buckets of warm water. The next day, the moist soil must be loosened to prevent crust formation and ensure oxygen access. Such procedures, together with weeding, must be carried out constantly until the plant reaches an adult state.

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

Further care for the duke is no different from caring for cherries. An adult tree is watered no more than three times per season: in the spring after flowering, during the pouring of the fruits, in the fall after leaf fall.

Nutrient applications begin in the third year after planting:

  • spring - nitrogen fertilizers;

  • after harvesting - potassium-phosphorus preparations;

  • autumn - a large amount of humus is introduced into the trunk circles.

Formative pruning begins immediately after planting, shortening the conductors and branches, then each year the last year's growth is shortened by 1/3 of the length. From damage by rodents and pests, the trunks are whitened in spring and autumn with lime mixed with copper sulfate. For the winter, the lower part of the trunks is protected with special nets, roofing felt, burlap.

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

Strong immunity allows Duke to successfully resist many diseases and pests. It has good resistance to such dangerous manifestations as coccomycosis and moniliosis.

Requirements for soil and climatic conditions

Nadezhda's winter hardiness and heat resistance are quite good.

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
AND I. Voronchikhina (Rossoshanskaya zonal experimental gardening station)
Appeared when crossing
Griot Ostheim cherry x a mixture of pollen from the Northern and Likernaya varieties
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duke (cherry)
Appointment
universal
Yield
high
Average yield
21.6 kg / der
Maximum yield
50-60 kg per tree
Transportability
good
Marketability
good
Wood
Barrel type
wood
Growth type
vigorous
Height, m
up to 5-6
Crown
round or wide pyramidal, medium density
Foliage
good
Escapes
straight, with long internodes, first greenish brown, then brown with a reddish tint
Leaves
oval to broadly ovate, green above, light green below
Flowers
large, snow-white, broadly ovate
Number of flowers per inflorescence
2-3, less often 1
Peduncle
short to medium length, rather thick
Fruit
Fruit size
large
Fruit size, mm
height 20 mm, width 24 mm, thickness 23 mm
Fruit weight, g
5,8
Fruit shape
flat-round, less often almost round, weakly or moderately flattened from the sides
Fruit color
dark red
Skin
dense
Pulp color
Dark red
Pulp (consistency)
homogeneous, medium density
Taste
sweet with pleasant acidity, no astringency
Juice color
Red
Bone weight, g
0,38
Separability of the bone from the pulp
semi-detached
Detachment of fruits
dry or nearly dry
Fruit composition
11.7-16.2% dry soluble substances; 9.1-14.0% sugars, 1.2-1.6% titratable acids, 0.10-0.15% tannins and dyes
Fresh fruit tasting
4.5 points
Evaluation of the appearance of canned berries
4.6 points
Tasting evaluation of compote
4.2 points
Growing
Self-fertility
self-infertile
Pollinator varieties
Kent, Black large, Lada
Winter hardiness
good
Heat resistance
good
Growing regions
Central Black Earth
Disease and pest resistance
steady
Coccomycosis resistance
good
Resistance to moniliosis
weakly affected
Maturation
Early maturity
4-5 years after planting
Flowering period
early
Ripening period
average
Fruiting period
late June - early July
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