Sweet cherry Olenka

Sweet cherry Olenka was obtained by combining such varieties of sweet cherries as "black Leningradskaya" and "valery chkalov" at the Rossoshanskaya zonal experimental gardening station. Thanks to the work of a selection specialist, namely A. Ya. Voronchikhina, this cherry variety was obtained. This cherry variety passed state tests in 1995 in the Central Black Earth Region. The sweet cherry variety Olenka has a weak distribution, most often in the southern household plots of Voronezh or Belgorod.

Sweet cherry Olenka: variety description

Sweet cherry Olenka: photo of the variety

The tree of the sweet cherry Olenka variety grows large or excessive in size, the crown is in the form of a regular wide oval or a regular circle, the density is estimated as medium, and the foliage is good. The standard bark is dark gray in color with a dark cherry tint, there are slight irregularities or completely absent, it flakes a little, cracks a little along the length or does not crack at all, no curling is observed. Lentils are of ordinary size, they are elongated, rather wide, slightly convex at the edges with a deep long crack, in adult fruit trees, voluminous ridges located at the edges fall off, and the lentils turn out to be depressed, they are usually located. The branches grow straight, the internodes are elongated, in a shaded place of greenish color, in the sunlight of green and brown color at the same time, to the base they change color to a small silver color, lentils are small in size, in the form of a regular circle, light color, are located freely. Vegetative buds are large, approximately four to five millimeters in length, in the shape of a regular cone, or resemble a long egg with an upper sharp part, branching off. Generative buds are large, approximately four to five millimeters in length, with a shape that resembles an egg, the upper part is pointed, adjoining. The foliage is elongated in the form of a regular oval, sometimes elongated, resembles an inverted egg, the upper part is pointed or excessively pointed, round or in the shape of an arc, usually the base is slightly uneven, about thirteen to seventeen centimeters in length, six to eight centimeters in diameter on annuals branches, at the top the color is dark greenish, has no covering, slightly glossy, slightly concave to a flat state, individual leaf plates are voluminous to the base, below the color is gray and greenish at the same time, small pubescence is most often located along the veins, common serration, double-toothed, leathery foliage ... The petiole is elongated, about forty to fifty millimeters in length, the thickness is ordinary, not covered with anything, but sometimes there is a slight pubescence, the color is green and yellow at the same time, there is almost no anthocyanin color. The gland is most often in the amount of two or three pieces, large in size, in the form of a regular oval, dark color. No stipules are observed. The inflorescence most often includes two to three flowers, large flowers, approximately thirty-five to forty millimeters wide, the petals are in the shape of a regular oval or resemble an inverted egg, the color is snow-white, by the end of the flowering process they acquire a light pink color, unclosed. The pistils are located higher than the stamens, the stamens are about eight to ten millimeters long, the pistil with an ovary is about fifteen to seventeen millimeters long.The calyx has an elongated tube, the shape resembles a bell, the sepals are bent and pressed against the tube, in the form of a regular triangle, smooth along the edges, the length is less than that of the tube or is identical to it, the tube is about six to seven centimeters long, the sepals are five to six millimeters. The color stem and the lower part of the calyx tube are colorless, the top of the tube and sepals are slightly pinkish, the color becomes brighter when flowering. The flowering process of the sweet cherry variety Olenka takes place at the usual time, this variety of sweet cherries is self-fertile.

Sweet cherry Olenka: characteristic of the variety

The harvest of the sweet cherry variety Olenka is large, most often the mass of one fruit reaches seven point and three tenths of a gram, the fruit is about twenty-four millimeters high, and the diameter is about twenty-two millimeters, the thickness is about twenty millimeters, the fruit is in a shape that resembles a heart without sharp edges , there is a slight compression on the sides, the skin is dark red, almost black when fully ripened. The flesh of the sweet cherry Olenka is dark red with pinkish veins, the density is estimated as medium, is full of juice, the color of the juice is dark red. The taste is sweet and sour at the same time, amazing taste, the tasters rated the taste of fresh fruits by four point and seven tenths - four point and nine tenths on a five-point system, but sometimes there is not enough sugar in the harvest, during these years the assessment of tasters changes by four - four point and two tenth points on a five-point system. The fruit stem has a length of twenty-five to thirty-five millimeters, a thickness of one millimeter, at full ripeness it detaches from the fruit without the release of juice; in slightly unripe fruits, there is a release of juice at the site of attachment of the fruit stem. The Olenka cherry pit is in the form of a regular circle, large in size, the mass reaches sixty two hundredths of a gram, which is eight point and five tenths of a percent of the total mass of the fruit, the color of the newly removed pit is light red and brownish at the same time. The harvest ripens quickly, in the southern parts of the Chernozem region in the first weeks of the first summer month.

Features of the variety

Sweet cherry Olenka: photo of the variety

Sweet cherry Olenka begins to yield when it reaches the age of four to five years, the early maturity is ordinary. In the first seven years, it is possible to collect twenty-seven and a half kilograms from each fruit tree, and in more fertile years, you can get forty-four kilograms from each tree.

The level of resistance of the sweet cherry variety Olenka to cold weather in the southern parts of the Central Black Earth Region is not bad, but this sweet cherry variety is not the best in this regard, we recommend giving preference to such varieties as “Yulia" and "pink early". The stems have a high level of resistance to direct sunlight burns, however, in especially cold winter seasons, for example, in 2004-2005 with an excessively low temperature regime in the second winter - first spring months after powerful long thaws, cambium freezing was noticed: fifty percent of freezing in this variety of cherries, approximately one point and two tenths of a point, and in other varieties of cherries, this point does not exceed two to four tenths of a point. The level of resistance of flower buds to cold weather is normal. Immediately after a cold of minus thirty-four degrees on the seventeenth of the first winter month of 1997, sixty-one whole and five-tenths of a percent of flower buds died. In extremely cold winter seasons, for example, in 1993 - 1994, in the first weeks of the second winter month, the temperature indicator dropped to thirty-two and a half degrees, immediately after a powerful and long thaw in the first and second winter months, the death of flower buds reached ninety-six whole and seven tenths of a percent.The level of resistance to some fungal diseases is high.

Areas where Olenka's sweet cherry grows well:

• Kursk region.
• Oryol Region.
• Lipetsk region.
• Tambov Region.
• Voronezh region.
• Belgorod region.

Sweet cherry Olenka: advantages and disadvantages

Advantages cherry varieties Olenka:

• The fruits are large in size.
• Fruits of amazing taste.
• The fruits are of excellent presentation.
• Early ripening.

Flaws cherry varieties Olenka:

• Too large fruit tree.
• The defeat of cambium by cold weather in extremely cold winter seasons with sharp temperature changes.