Cherry Dessert Frosty

Varieties of cherries are divided into technical, table and universal purposes. It is noteworthy that cultivars with sweet large berries grow well in the south, while northerners have to be content with small and sour ones. The climate of most of Our Country is temperate or cold, so entire scientific institutes are working on the adaptation and breeding of frost-resistant varieties. Cherry Dessert Morozova today is one of the sweetest, growing in a temperate continental climate.

History of breeding

Federal Scientific Center. Michurin submitted an application for inclusion in the State Register of the Dessert Morozova cherry variety in 1987. It was granted in 1997. The variety was created by T.V. Morozova, but it’s hard to say from which cherry it came. The state registry submitted by the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Gossortkomissiya” claims that this is a mutagen obtained from Griot Ostheimsky. FGNBU VNIISPK names Vladimirskaya cherry as the initial variety used in the creation of Dessert Morozova.

Both sources agree that the cultivar was obtained after a targeted mutation. Variety Griot Ostheim – old Spanish, described at the end of the XNUMXth century. The Vladimir cherry has been supposedly grown in Our Country since the XNUMXth century. Both varieties are griots.

Description of the culture

The height of the Dessert Morozova cherry tree can reach 3 m. The crown is sprawling, oval, and rare. Straight branches become bare with age. On the trunk and old branches, the bark is colored light brown. Tree growth is vigorous.

Large cherry buds strongly deviated from the shoots. Large matte leaves are light green, obovate, with a serrated edge. Petiole of medium thickness and length, anthocyanin coloration along the entire length.

Flowers large, white. Berries of early ripening are large, round, weighing up to 3,7 g (with good agricultural technology – 4,7 g). The ventral suture is almost invisible, and there is a small indentation at the top. Like other griots, the fruits, flesh and juice are dark red. The berry is soft, juicy, tender, medium-sized stone. It contains a lot of sugar and little acid, the taste score is 4,6 points. Fruiting occurs on a one-year growth.

The variety is recommended for cultivation in the Central Black Earth region.

Brief description of the variety

If you want to plant sweet cherries in the garden that children and adults will be happy to eat fresh, the Dessert Morozova variety is the best fit.

Drought resistance, winter resistance

Cherry Dessert Morozova has an average resistance to drought – in hot summer it needs watering 1-2 times a month. In the Central Black Earth region, it winters without shelter and withstands frost well. For more northern regions, other varieties should be chosen. Dessert Morozova blooms early and will definitely fall under return frosts, even if the tree is covered.

Pollination, flowering period and ripening period

Variety Dessert Morozova is one of the earliest. It blooms and bears fruit one of the first. The harvesting of Dessertnaya Morozova cherries in Michurinsk, where the variety was tested, begins in the second decade of June.

As pollinators you can use:

• Student;
• Vladimirskaya;
• Griot of Ostheim;
• Griot of Rossoshansky.

The variety Dessertnaya Morozovoy is partially self-fertile and can produce a crop without other cherries, however, from the possible it will be 7-20%.

yield, fruiting

3-4 years after planting in the garden, the variety begins to bear fruit. Control trees gave 50-70 centners per hectare. This is 10 centners more than the yield of Lyubskaya, which is considered one of the most prolific.

One-dimensional berries are formed on a one-year growth, so the variety needs pruning to stimulate the formation of young shoots. Fruiting is annual. The berries are cleanly detached from the stalk, despite the delicate pulp, they are well transported.

Scope of berries

Dessert Morozova – table variety. Berries of excellent dessert taste are sweet, juicy, with a barely perceptible sourness. They are usually eaten fresh, and jams and drinks tend to have a slightly flat taste.

Disease and pest resistance

Pests affect Dessert Morozova in the same way as other varieties. Cherry resistance to coccomycosis is high, but only if there are no infected trees nearby. During the tests, a seedling of this variety was placed in a garden infected with a fungus. As a result, resistance to coccomycosis fell to medium.

Advantages and disadvantages

In a temperate continental climate, the Dessert Morozovoy variety is one of the best. It is not suitable for cold regions – flowering begins very early, even if the buds do not freeze in winter, return frosts will “catch up” with them. The undoubted advantages of the variety include:

1. Early ripening berries.
2. Regular fruiting.
3. Dessert taste.
4. One-dimensional fruit.
5. Good disease resistance.
6. Ease of harvesting.
7. Good transportability of berries.
8. High yield.
9. Partial self-fertility.

Among the shortcomings it should be noted:

1. In a heavily infected garden, resistance to coccomycosis is reduced.
2. Insufficient winter hardiness.
3. Stripping of old branches.
4. Medium drought tolerance.
5. Griots are the best pollinators. All of them are table varieties, like Dessert Morozova. For a small garden where it is not possible to plant a third cherry, this is bad, you need at least one tree with technical or universal berries for making juices and jams.

Features of landing

With proper care and planting in the recommended region, the variety will show its best side.

Recommended dates and selection of a suitable location

In the Central Black Earth region, this variety should be planted in the spring, as soon as the soil allows. All work must be completed before bud break. It is better to prepare the planting hole in the fall.

Cherries are placed on the south side of buildings or a fence, in the west of hills with a slight slope. Groundwater standing must be greater than 2 m from the soil surface. The earth should have a neutral reaction, contain a large amount of organic matter.

What crops can and cannot be planted next to cherries

The best neighbors for cherries are related pollinating varieties, so the harvest will be larger. Of course, they should not shade each other, and a distance of about 3 m between trees should be kept to reduce the likelihood of cross-contamination with fungal diseases.

Cherries grow well next to other stone fruits, grapes. Oak, maple, birch and linden emit substances that depress the fruit tree. Falling needles of conifers acidify the soil, which is unacceptable for cherries.

Sea buckthorn, blackberry or raspberry, which form many shoots, take away moisture and useful substances. Blackcurrant and cherry are generally irreconcilable antagonists, they will grow poorly next to each other, they may even die.

The first 2-3 years, the near-trunk circle must be kept clean, loosened and weeds removed. When the cherry has taken root, the root can be covered with shade-tolerant groundcovers growing in your area, such as periwinkle or tenacious.

Selection and preparation of planting material

Of course, it is better to go to the nursery and see that the cherry is dug up before your eyes. But such an opportunity does not always appear. Buy planting material in large garden centers, so it is more likely that it will be of high quality and match the variety.

Seedlings take root best:

• annuals about 80 cm high;
• biennial up to 110 cm.

The root should be well developed and the wood light brown. A one and a half meter tree with a greenish stem is unlikely to overwinter (if it reaches the end of the growing season) – it was “fed” too hard with nitrogen or stimulants.

Landing algorithm

A properly chosen landing site does not guarantee that the cherry will take root well if the soil in your area is not suitable. The acidic reaction is neutralized with lime or dolomite flour, sand is added to the dense one. Cherry loves humus, it is added to each planting hole, mixing with the topsoil. As a starting fertilizer, superphosphate and potassium salt (50 g each) are used.

It is better to prepare the landing pit in the fall. Its depth should be about 40-60 cm, diameter – about 80 cm. Planting sequence:

1. Fasten a strong peg at the bottom, slightly to the side of the center.
2. Place a cherry in the middle, gradually cover it with a fertile mixture, compacting the soil as the pit fills. The root neck should be 5-8 cm above the surface.
3. Make a border around the trunk circle from the remaining earth.
4. Tie the seedling to the peg.
5. Water the cherry with 2-3 buckets of water.
6. Mulch the trunk circle (preferably with humus).

Culture aftercare

The first growing season, you need to water the seedling well, and when the soil dries, loosen it. This will allow more air to reach the roots. Cherries that have taken root and come into fruition are watered only if there is no rain for a long time. In dry hot weather, this is done 1-2 times a month.

Cherry loves nitrogen and potassium, it needs phosphorus in small quantities. It is preferable to mulch the trunk circle with cow or horse manure in the fall, adding a liter jar of ash. If you use mineral fertilizers, apply nitrogen in the spring, and potassium and phosphorus in the fall.

The fruiting of the Dessert Morozova variety is stimulated by pruning. For this, branches older than 2 years are shortened.

We also need sanitary pruning of Dessert Morozova cherries. Photos of old cherries, whose branches grew as they should, show that they become bare with age without proper care.

In the southern and recommended regions for growing varieties, cherries do not need to be covered for the winter. The stem is wrapped with straw, burlap or spruce branches to protect it from hares and other hungry rodents.

Diseases and pests, methods of control and prevention

The variety Dessertnaya Morozovoy has a high resistance to coccomycosis, which decreases with the close proximity of infected trees. So for this cherry, the prevention of fungal diseases is very important.

Table variety Dessert Morozova is one of the best griots. For early cherries, the berries are very tasty. Best of all, the variety showed itself when grown in the recommended region – the Central Black Earth.

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