Vladimir cherry is a centuries-old and one of the most popular varieties of cherries in Russia with medium-ripened fruits. Variety Vladimirskaya is characterized by frost resistance, productivity, as well as the taste qualities of berries and their high transportability.
Cherry Vladimir
Vladimir cherry is dense, juicy, has a pleasant sweet and sour taste
Vladimirskaya Cherry is frost-resistant
Grade description
The existence of the Vladimirsky variety dates back more than three centuries. The variety, with the characteristics that we are accustomed to now, appeared in 1993 as a result of crossing Vladimir cherry with Lyubskaya.
Description of the tree and its fruits:
- Bushes multi-barrel, 2.5-5 meters high. In grafted form, these are single-stemmed trees.
- Stem and the main branches are gray in color of the scaly bark, which has longitudinal cracks.
- Crown round, spreading, crying.
- Young shoots yellowish brown, drooping.
- Leaves medium in size, dull, have a rich dark green color.
- Flowers medium, saucer-shaped, white.
- Fruit "Vladimir" small or medium, weighing from 2.5 to 3.4 grams. The shape of the cherry is flat-rounded. The peel of the berries is black and red with a lot of gray dots.
The pulp is dark red, dense, juicy, has a pleasant sweet and sour taste. The farther south the cherry growing area is, the more sugar is in the fruit.
Varieties
Cherry varieties Vladimirskaya is popular and at present, in many regions their varieties and forms are grown.
The following varieties of Vladimir are known:
- Roditeleva (Parent);
- Vyaznikovskaya;
- Gorbatovskaya;
- Dobroselskaya;
- Izbyletskaya.
Grade characteristics
A characteristic feature of the variety is a rather weak cover of the crown with foliage and the shape of the leaves themselves, as if folded along the central vein. The length of smooth dark green leaf blades is 80-90 mm, the width is half that.
The leaves, elongated-oval with a pointed apex, have biconvex serrated edges and are attached to the shoots by small strong reddish cuttings. Cherry Vladimirskaya refers to mid-season varieties. The taste and quality of berries depends on the region and growing conditions.
Adverse Resistance
The cold resistance of Vladimir Cherry is estimated to be good, but at low temperatures (-30 ° C) in the winter, damage to fruit buds is possible, which leads to a reduction in yield. This quality prevents the spread of this cherry in the northern regions of central Russia.
The yield of Vladimir cherry depends on weather conditions and the region of cultivation. In general, the productivity of the variety is moderate to good. In Central Russia, the bush brings 25 kg of fruit, to the north - 5 kg from the bush. For high yields pollinators are needed.
Growing such a variety in the south, according to gardeners, is problematic - it has low drought tolerance, it requires preventive treatment and good care.
Growing regions
Vladimirskaya is a variety of Common Cherry (Prunus cerasus), adopted by the State Register in 1947. For planting, the variety is recommended in the following regions:
- Central district;
- Central Black Earth District;
- in North-west;
- Middle Volga.
Pollinators, flowering and ripening period
Cherry can bloom very abundantly in spring, which is not an indicator of a rich harvest in the future. The key to high fruiting is the quality pollination of cherries or shrubs by insects or a pollinator plant.
The Vladimirskaya cherry variety is self-fertile, it needs pollinators of 2-3 varieties. Therefore, he needs a neighborhood of cherries of a certain variety:
Productivity, fruiting and taste
The Vladimirskaya grafted cherry begins to bear fruit no earlier than 2 years after planting; in unvaccinated trees of this variety, the period increases to 4-5 years. In the middle zone of the country, more than 20 kg of cherries are harvested from a single Vladimirskaya variety tree.
For the variety, mass ripening of the crop is not characteristic. Fruits of small or medium size, depending on climatic and weather conditions, are ready for harvest from July 10 to 25. Weight 2.5-3.5 g. The shape is round, slightly flattened at the side seam.
The funnel is shallow. The color is burgundy, almost black, gray specks are present under the skin. The pulp is dense, dark red, juicy. The taste is sweet with a slight sourness.
The chemical composition of fruits grown in the northern latitudes (St. Petersburg) contains:
- solids 16.4%;
- free acids 1.7%;
- the amount of sugars 10.9%;
- ascorbic acid 26.6 mg / 100 g wet weight.
Berries grown in the conditions of the Krasnodar Territory (Maykop) contain:
- solids 18.5%;
- free acids 0.67%;
- the amount of sugars is 11.46%;
- ascorbic acid 4.6 mg / 100 g.
Scope of berries
Fruits are highly rated on a tasting scale due to their excellent palatability. By using the variety for universal use, it is suitable for the production of high-quality processed products (freezing, dried fruits, preserves, compotes).
Advantages and disadvantages
Advantages of Vladimirskaya cherries have been tested for years. But, of course, there are also disadvantages.
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The following advantages of the variety are distinguished:
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Landing Features
To plant cherries most correctly in the spring. To do this, seedlings bought in the fall are dug up or stored in the basement, dusting the roots with damp sawdust. Cherries should be planted paired with a pollinator. The root system should be branched, fibrous.
The roots are not shorter than 30-35 cm, light on the cut. They should not be swollen or damaged. The size of the pit depends on the soil, the more fertile the soil, the smaller the depth of the pit. In the middle lane, on loamy heavy lands, pits with a diameter of 1 m and a depth of 70-80 cm are made.
When planting cherries in the hole make:
- 10 kg of humus;
- 60 g of superphosphate;
- 60 g of potassium chloride.
The root neck of a cherry should be 5-8 cm above the ground when planting. Before planting, the roots of the seedling should be soaked for several hours in a growth stimulator.
Optimal timing
Cherries grown in a container, that is, having a closed root system, can be planted throughout spring and summer, but no later than a month before the onset of frost. The best time to plant cherries in spring is the first half of April.
In warmer regions this will be the beginning of the month, in colder regions it will be closer to the end. It is important to land before the buds open and when the earth warms up. A plant planted in the optimal time will take root better and will be more resistant to various weather conditions.
Choosing a place to land
Cherry is a heat-loving plant, so you need to start planting with a choice of place - the sunniest part of the garden. When planting several seedlings, you need to leave a distance of 3-4 m between the holes so that the overgrown bushes do not interfere with each other.
The landing area should be well ventilated, the cherry does not tolerate stagnation of cold air. She does not like marshy, cold and acidic soils, lowlands, high groundwater levels. Cherry grows poorly on sandy soils.
What can and cannot be planted next to the Vladimirskaya cherry
Cherry Vladimirskaya does not tolerate the neighborhood of such trees and bushes:
- pear;
- Apple tree;
- black currant;
- red mountain ash;
- raspberry;
- sea buckthorn;
- gooseberry.
The best neighbors for her are:
- cherries (without which pollination is impossible);
- plums
- cherry plum;
- elder;
- grapes
- Rowan.
Diseases and pests of a variety, control measures
The main reason for the disappearance of cherries was the emergence of new fungal diseases, which previously were not in our country. Vladimir cherry does not have immunity from these diseases. Diseases on it develop rapidly, especially in wet and cool summers.
- Coccomycosis. The appearance of the disease coccomycosis can be seen by the dark red spots appearing on the leaves. Within a few days, the color of the spots changes to brown, in some cases - brown. The affected tissue of the leaf dies and falls out, forming holes.
Helps spraying on a green cone (during the formation of the kidneys) with a 3% solution of Bordeaux fluid. At the end of flowering with chemicals: Skor, Topsin-M, Oksikhom, Ordan. - Moniliosis. Signs of the appearance of this problem are grayish growths on the cortex and fruits. Cherries begin to rot. It is necessary to spray with 1% Bordeaux liquid.
- Anthracnose. When this disease appears, dull spots are found on the fruits, on the site of which tubercles appear. Over time, the cherries dry. Spray Oxychom until color appears.
The tree can also cause significant damage to the flesh before death, insects:
- Cherry aphid. Usually, the presence of aphids is detected at the stage when the first harm has already been done, and the tops of young shoots, along with deformed foliage, are twisted into a dense tube. Their body dimensions are not more than 2.5 mm.
The universal popular Spark will help, containing not only deadly substances for cherry aphids, but also easily digestible potassium, as well as other compounds useful to a weakened plant. - Cherry fly. Fruits spoil the larvae of a small fly that lays eggs on the berries. Signs of pest damage are darkened or already rotted berries, which are easily separated from the seed and showered from the tree.
For small amounts after flowering, sweet traps and adhesive tapes are used. If there are a lot of cherry flies, then it is better to use the chemical preparations Iskra or Karate.
- Cherry Pipeline. A small (8 mm) golden-green bug that eats pestle and stamens from the flowers, and their larvae that emerge from the eggs laid on the fruit spoil the cherries.
When they are found, they use drugs "Aktara", "Karate", "Spark".
It is important to identify the cause and find ways to deal with them, this will help save the cherry
From the appearance of diseases and pests, it is important to carry out prophylaxis in the following form:
- inspect the garden and remove branches affected by the disease;
- the places of cuts should be treated with garden varieties;
- fully collect all the fruits without leaving them on the branches;
- burn fallen fruits or dig in deep (50 cm);
- carry out preventive spraying against fungal diseases using copper sulfate or Bordeaux mixture;
- use trapping belts and traps;
- get rid of ants by pouring boiling water over anthills (they are carriers of aphids);
- dig a trunk section;
- remove weed grass around the trees, and remove fallen leaves in the fall.
Grade Reviews
Olesya Rogaleva, 36 years old. Cherry Vladimirskaya grew up with my grandmother. I can’t say how old she is, but she still bears fruit. Regularly cut old branches and white trunk. No more hassle except harvesting. The berries are very tasty, every year we make jam from them.
Anna Lviv, Lipetsk. Cherry Vladimirskaya planted as a pollinator to Zhukovskaya. We didn’t even dream about such a result. Both varieties are excellent fruiting. Berries are tart. In hot and sunny years - incredibly sweet.
Olga Ivanova, a housewife. Since childhood, she loved cherries in her grandmother's garden. With age I learned that this is a variety of Vladimir. Now I grow it myself. For a family of berries per season is more than enough, enough to eat and conserve. Jam from this cherry has no equal!
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The right approach to the tree will help you grow a wonderful variety of Vladimir, which will delight you with its high yield, as well as the unique taste of berries for many years. Great influence on the cherry has care, top dressing, spraying.