Cherry plum seeds «Gift of Kyiv»

Cherry plum or myrobalan plum «Gift of Kyiv» / Prunus cerasifera - a tree of low or medium height with a wide-spreading weeping dense crown and a short trunk. The leaves are oblong-oval with a strongly pointed apex, glossy, bare, bright light green, strongly curved at the base with a boat, with a wavy edge.

Fruits weighing 12 grams, with a little visible abdominal seam, bright, yellow-orange, with a delicate aroma. The skin is thin, elastic, with a slight wax coating and light yellow subcutaneous dots. The pulp is bright yellow, juicy, fine-fibered, with a harmonious sweet and sour taste.

The fruits contain dry matter 16%, sugars 8%, free acids 2.9%, ascorbic acid 12 mg/100g, pectins 0.76%, bioflavonoids from 1065 mg/100g, carotenoids 1.7 mg/100g. Variety of universal purpose, the fruits have excellent dessert and canning properties.

The variety is characterized by regular fruiting, at the age of 10 years it gives an average of 27 kg per tree, maximum - 60 kg. The undoubted advantages of the variety, in addition to a stable high yield, are good winter hardiness and excellent regenerative ability of the vegetative part of the plant after mechanical damage.