Cherry Lezginka
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Cherry Lezginka was discovered in Dagestan. Parents of the variety - Drogana yellow and Kasumkent pink. Breeders: Pokrovskaya A.S., Kasumova F - Kh.G. The cherry variety Lezginka was registered in the State Register in the two thousandth year in the territory of the North Caucasus.
Cherry Lezginka: variety description and characteristics
Cherry Lezginka: photo of the variety
Lezginka cherry tree of medium size from five to five and a half meters. It looks like a poplar, compact, a lot of foliage. A one-year-old seedling has a reddish with a green tint, the thickness is average. Generative growth buds of small size are at an angle to the branch. The egg-shaped kidney is elongated. The foliage is small, elongated, sharp at the end, the base is soft, rounded. The leaf is about twelve centimeters long and about four and a half centimeters wide. Ribbing is observed along the edges. Dark green in color. Feels like the leaves are smooth. Slightly curved. The handle has a pair of red pieces of iron. The size of the petiole in length is from two and a half to four centimeters, the thickness is about two millimeters. The inflorescence is small in size, snow-white in color, the petals are round, slightly curved. The flowers are umbrella-like, growing in numbers from two to four buds together. The corolla is round, the petals are opposite each other. The surface of the stigma and pistils is similar to a large circle, the size of the stamens is from five to six millimeters, the size of the pistil is from seven to eight millimeters. The bud is spherical, the petals are smooth along the edges. Lezginka cherry blossoms and bears fruit on bouquet shoots and at the base.
The berries of the Lezginka cherry are elongated and round in shape, the seam is practically invisible, the funnel of the berry is small. The mass of one cherry of the Lezginka variety is from five and a half to six grams, the color is a fruit of a dark wine shade. The berry can reach sizes from nineteen to twenty one millimeters. The contents inside are juicy, slightly knit, there are pink streaks. Burgundy wine color juice. The fruit tastes sweet, with a sour aftertaste. In terms of taste, the Lezginka cherry variety gets four point eight points. Composition: dry elements - about seventeen and a half percent, sugar - about eleven percent, acids - about one percent, ascorbic acids - about eight milligrams per hundred grams. After harvesting, the berries do not last long, a maximum of a week.
Features of the variety
Transport portability is small. The berries are quite attractive in appearance. The taste is good enough. The fruit stem is about forty millimeters in size. The connection with the berry is medium, dry. The bone is oval, there are grooves, one side of the bone is curved, the end is blunt. The weight of the seed is about thirty-seven hundredths of a gram, this is about seven percent of the total weight of the berry. Detachment from the fetus is easy. The berries are harvested using agricultural technology. In cloudy conditions, the fruit can crack by seventeen percent. It can be consumed both raw and cooked. They prepare compotes, jams, preserves.
Cherry Lezginka: reviews of gardeners
- Mikhail Vladimirovich, Moscow region: “Cherry Lezginka ripens late for me. Flowering occurs from the twentieth or thirtieth April. Fruits ripen from mid to late June. Fruiting occurs four or five years after planting. Despite this, I am pleased that I planted this variety at my place. The yield is very high, and the berries are large and very tasty. "
- Ekaterina Viktorovna, Samara region: “I like the fact that the Lezginka cherries endure the period of frost with a bang. Moreover, both berries and buds tolerate the cold well. There are no special difficulties in caring for the cherry tree of the Lezginka variety, but regularly water and feed the variety. "
