Fans of "indulging" in gardening can be offered to plant such a tree as Desert Morozova cherry on their site. Description varieties, photos and other points associated with this issue, we offer below. Where it is better to take root a seedling, how to care for it, what are the terms of the first harvest - these and other interesting points will be discussed in the article. What is characterized by Dessert Morozova cherry?
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Cherry is a very popular fruit tree in those latitudes where it can survive winter frosts and receive the right amount of solar energy in the summer. So, in Russia, the limit is the region up to 60 ° north latitude, where the lower limit of temperature indicators lies in the values -35 o ... -40 o Celsius. And the rest is best on the territory of the Russian Federation cherries of this variety bear fruit in the central regions.
Specifically, Desert Morozova cherry, the description of the variety of which is the topic of this article, was developed at the All-Russian Research Institute named after I.V. Michurina. The Institute is fully focused on the study and solution of gardening problems, for example, the sustainability of plantings in modern environmental conditions, cultivation of perennial crops, variety study and breeding of new species. At the time of solving the selection issue, the Desert Morozova cherry was bred. The description of the variety can begin with the fact that it was named after the scientist T.V. Morozova, who used Vladimirskaya cherries and the ethyleneimine mutagen (EI) for breeding. This happened in 1997, and to this day the cherry has remained interesting for the consumer. Consider all the possible characteristics of a fruit tree: what is the tree itself, its fruits, taste.
Ripening time
This variety is early. Harvest can be obtained already in the first half of June, if it is warm and sunny enough. And the cherry will begin to bear fruit in three to four years after planting, if you take a young seedling.
In the case of the purchase of a three-year-old and older seedling, fruiting will occur much faster, but such a tree costs several times more than a one-year-old seedling. If you have enough patience and time to care, you can save. In addition, you will observe with your own eyes how a small tree grows, grows stronger, brings first fruits. For a gardener, this is priceless.
Tree, its appearance
Dessert Morozova cherry looks like a medium-sized tree with a wide-round spreading crown. The oblivion is average. It’s easy to take care of the tree’s crown, it’s enough to shorten the bare branches. If this is not done, then it is possible to get exposed tree branches, which, of course, is undesirable if you want to have a healthy fruiting cherry. The flowers of Dessert Morozova's cherry are large, pinkish, with rounded petals, and the tree bark (along the trunk and on the main branches) is light brown in color.
Favorable conditions and sustainability
A tree is suitable for a place of the following type: the sunny, windless side, where groundwater will not stagnate, and the soil will be neutral, light or loamy. For planting, a seedling 1-2 years old is well suited, for such, by the way, the price is lower. For example, the cost of a two-year-old cherry is 1500 rubles, when a three-year-old costs three thousand. An adult, full-fledged Desert Morozova cherry tree will cost almost eleven thousand rubles.
It is good if, before planting on the site, the gardener pre-fertilizes the land that will soon take the cherry, and also allocates a 3x3 meter square under it. It is this distance that will give expanse to the root system, and what is good for the roots is good for the branches. After some time, it will be nice to carry out a systematic pruning of the crown and cleaning the nearest land of weeds.
It is known that this tree is characterized as persistent Dessert Morozova cherry. The description of the variety will be incomplete if not to mention its resistance to a disease such as coccomycosis. Moreover, the tree calmly tolerates the harsh winter of central Russia, and also withstands small dry periods.
Fruits: taste, appearance
What else is characterized by Desert Morozova cherry? The description of the variety will now affect its fruits. These are large (from 4.6 to 5 grams), sweet, delicate and juicy red cherries.
Sourness, characteristic of most varieties of cherries, is almost not felt. The composition contains about thirteen percent of sugar and only nine tenths of a percent of acids. The flesh of the cherry is not very dense. The stone is medium in size, has a rounded shape. And the shape of the fruits themselves is also rounded, with a slightly concave apex. On the berry you can also find a barely noticeable shovchik. About the fruits that the Desert Morozova cherry gives, only positive reviews, mainly due to their sweetness and tenderness. Hostesses make jam, jams, berries in their own juice, filling for baking and dumplings from them.