Sweet cherry seeds «Melitopol black»

Sweet cherry or wild cherry, sweet cherry, gean, or bird cherry «Melitopol black» / Prunus avium - is a large, fast-growing tree. The crown is wide-rounded, raised, dense. The bark on the trunk and skeletal branches is gray-brown. The angle of origin of the skeletal branches is 54-62°. Shoot-forming ability is good. The shoots are straight, yellowish-greenish-gray. The buds are large, oval, 7 mm long. The foliage is good. The leaf is large, broadly ovoid in shape, measuring 16.0 x 9.5 cm. The serration of the leaf edge is double-toothed. The petiole is thick, 40 mm long. The glands are large, oval, colored, arranged in groups of 2-3.

The fruits are large, one-dimensional, with an average weight of 6-8 grams, round-oval, dark red, almost black. The apex of the fruit is round, the base of the fruit is indented. The hole is small and wide. The abdominal suture is small and inconspicuous. The stalk is 45-49 mm long, of medium thickness, easily separated from the branch. Attachment to the stone is fragile, separation from the fruit is dry. The skin is thin, dense, dark red, and when the fruit is fully ripe, it is almost black, shiny, and easily separated from the pulp.

There are many subcutaneous points, they are gray in color and hardly noticeable. The pulp is dark red, dense, gristly, juicy. The juice is dark red. The stone is small, round, free. The taste is sweet with pleasant acidity. Insufficiently ripe fruits have a bitter taste inherent in the original form - French black. The fruits contain 18.2% dry matter, 13.3% sugars and 0.71% acids. Tasting score 5 points. It is distinguished by its transportability and versatility of use.

The variety is self-sterile. The best pollinators are Cosmic, Resort, Surprise, Franz Joseph, Bigarro Oratovsky, Daibera black, Large-fruited. The average long-term date for the beginning of flowering is April 24. Grafted trees begin bearing fruit in the 4th year and quickly increase their yield. The average yield of the variety at 16 years of age is 78.0 kg per tree.

The variety is resistant to moniliosis. Winter hardiness is high. In a harsh winter, when the air temperature dropped to minus 25.1°C, the average freezing point in trees reached 0.44, and the death of buds in the buds reached 40.5%. During spring frosts, the death of pistils in flowers reached 52%. The variety is distinguished by moderate growth and good branching of seedlings in the nursery.

Advantages: high marketability and taste of fruits, high productivity and transportability.