Cherry Bottle pink

Cherry Bottle pink
The main characteristics of the variety:
  • Authors: folk selection
  • Barrel type: wood
  • Crown: spherical
  • Foliage: abundant
  • Leaves: emerald green
  • Fruit size: average
  • Fruit shape: rounded, slightly flattened
  • Fruit color: bright pink
  • Fruit weight, g: 2-3
  • Pulp (consistency): watery
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Variety Flask pink is a tall tree on which beautiful translucent pink berries appear in the middle of summer. The culture does not have good frost resistance, but it is undemanding to the composition of the soil. The fruits are usually eaten fresh, but sometimes they are used for canning, making desserts.

Breeding history

A variety of Russian folk selection, widespread in the Volga region. Described and included in the State Register in 1947.

Description of the variety

The tree is tall, reaching a height of 3-4 m. The crown is spherical, very leafy, becomes spreading with age. Shoots slightly curved, thin and flexible, brown, with a slight silvery bloom. Leaves are oval-elongated, medium-sized, emerald green. Flowers are 2.5 cm in size, there are usually 4 of them in inflorescences. Flowering begins in May. Fruits appear on bouquet branches. The variety is often used as a pollinator for self-fertile species.

Fruit characteristics

Drupes are medium in size, weight is 2-3 g. Rounded, slightly flattened, bright pink. The pulp is soft, watery, pink-yellow, the skin is thin, dense, translucent. The stone is small, well detachable. Low transportability.

Taste qualities

The taste is delicate, sweet and sour, refreshing. Sugar content - 10.2%, fruit acids - 1.3%, ascorbic acid - 16.3 mg per 100 g.

Ripening and fruiting

The pink bottle begins to bear fruit 4 years after planting. The harvest ripens in the first half of July. Overripe drupes instantly crumble. Ripeness is determined by light: a bone should be visible through a thin skin.

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

7-8 kg are removed from the cherries. The amount of the crop largely depends on the region: in the Leningrad region, about 5 kg are removed from a 10-year-old tree, and in the Saratov region - up to 15-18 kg.

Growing regions

The species is recommended for landing in the North-West, Middle Volga, Lower Volga regions. However, in practice, the variety is grown everywhere.

Self-fertility and the need for pollinators

The plant is self-fruitless, pollinators are required to obtain a crop: Vole, Vladimirskaya, Pink bottle.

Landing

The optimal planting time is April. For seedlings, choose a well-lit place, protected from the wind, near a wall or a blank fence, preferably on a hill. The soil should be prepared in advance. Sour is usually lime: 400 g of lime per 1 sq. m, organic additives are introduced into the poor one (15 kg of manure or compost per 1 sq. m). Sand is added to the clay. There should be a gap of 2-3 weeks between liming and organic application. Liming is carried out first.

There should be a distance of 6 meters between the seedlings, between the rows - 4-5 m. The size of the planting pit is as follows: diameter - 80 cm, depth - 60 cm. Plants are planted in the same way as other cherry trees.

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

The plant needs moderate watering. To increase yields, trees must be watered during the formation of buds, during the pouring of fruits and after they are removed. In October, water-charging watering is carried out so that the plant is better prepared for winter. After very cold winters, crop yields may decline.

The crown is formed according to a sparse-tiered system. Weak and stunted shoots are regularly removed. Frozen branches are removed in the spring during the awakening of the buds.

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

The variety has an average immunity to a number of diseases and pests. It is moderately resistant to coccomycosis. It is weakly affected by the mucous sawfly. Pests can be attacked by cherry elephant, shoot moth, cherry fly and aphid. From pests and to prevent fungal diseases in early spring and late autumn, trees are treated with a solution of copper sulfate. To protect the crop from birds, they are covered with special nets.

Requirements for soil and climatic conditions

The culture is distinguished by an average degree of winter hardiness. It can withstand frosts down to -23 degrees, in very cold winters wood and flower buds freeze. In regions with frosty winters, it is recommended to cover the trunk and branches with dense material, and mulch the root area with a layer of 15 cm.The variety tolerates different weather conditions well, is undemanding to the composition of the soil. The best soil is loamy, rich in nutrients, air and moisture permeable.

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

According to gardeners, the pink bottle is a capricious variety, because it is very difficult to determine the harvest time. The harvest, when ripe, immediately begins to crumble. The fruit makes a very beautiful transparent rose jam.

Main characteristics
Authors
folk selection
Appointment
for fresh consumption
Average yield
7-8 kg per tree
Wood
Barrel type
wood
Height, m
4 and more
Crown
spherical
Foliage
abundant
Leaves
emerald green
Fruit
Fruit size
average
Fruit weight, g
2-3
Fruit shape
rounded, slightly flattened
Fruit color
bright pink
Pulp (consistency)
watery
Taste
gentle, sweet and sour
Juice color
not painted
Growing
Self-fertility
self-infertile
Pollinator varieties
Vole, Pink bottle, Vladimirskaya
Winter hardiness
average
The soil
rich in nutrients, with good air and moisture permeability
Watering
moderate watering
Location
bright place
Growing regions
the entire territory of the Russian Federation
Disease and pest resistance
average
Maturation
Early maturity
4 years after planting
Flowering period
May
Ripening period
late
Fruiting period
first half of July
Reviews
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