Cherry Livenskaya

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Cherry Livenskaya obtained by hybridization of varieties "Lyubskaya" and "Zhukovskaya". The originator is the All-Russian Research Institute of Breeding of Fruit Plants. The authors are: A. F. Kolesnikova, E. N. Dzhigadlo, G. B. Zhdanova, A. V. Zavyalova, T. A. Trofimova. Cherry variety Livenskaya has been listed in the state register since 2001, zoned in the Central Black Earth Region.

Cherry Livenskaya: description of the variety and characteristics

The tree cherry variety Livenskaya is medium-sized, grows up to two and a half to three meters, the crown is in the form of a ball, spreading, rises. Buds three mm, in the form of a cone, slightly deviating from the branch. Cherry leaves of the Livenskaya variety in the form of an egg or an oval, dark green in color. The apex is sharp, pointed, the base is narrow, in the form of a wedge, serrations in the form of two teeth. The top of the sheet is glossy, wrinkled, curving along the main vein. There are four glands, located at the base of the leaflet and on the petiole. The petiole reaches twenty mm in length, two mm in thickness, with anthocyanin. The inflorescence of Livenskaya cherry contains three flowers. Corolla 22.3 mm in diameter, open. The petals are white, free-lying. The stigma of the pistil is at the same height as the anthers. The pistil reaches a length of 10.7 mm, the stamens grow up to ten and a half mm. The calyx is narrow, in the form of a glass; sepals have no notches. Fruiting of Livenskaya cherry varieties occurs on bouquet branches and fruit twigs.

Description of fruits of Livenskaya cherry

Cherry Livenskaya: photo of the variety

The berries of the Livenskaya variety weigh 3.9-4.5 grams, in the form of a blunt heart, 17.7 mm in height, eighteen mm in width, and fourteen mm in thickness. The funnel is small, the apex is slightly elongated. Fruits of a dark red color, the inner content of a dark red color, medium dense, juicy, dark red juice. The fruit stem grows up to forty-five mm in length, medium-sized in thickness. Egg-shaped stone, weighing 0.2 grams, it is 5.8% by weight of the berry, colored creamy when fresh. You can easily separate the bone from the pulp. The top and bottom are rounded.

Cherry fruits of the Livenskaya variety are decorative, the attractiveness rating is 4.2 points, the inner content is juicy, sweet and sour, the taste is good. The fresh cherry tasting score was 4.2 points. Berries include: dry matter (fourteen and a half percent), sugars (8.8%), acids (1.64%). From the fruit stem, the berry comes off medium. Cherries do not crack. The variety is universal in purpose.

Features of culture

Cherry variety Livenskaya blooms medium (May 10-18). Cherries are partially self-fertile. The berries ripen medium - from the 15th of July, at the same time. The tree begins to bear fruit from the fourth year. The yield indicator is average - 64.3 centners per hectare, maximum - 104.6 centners per hectare. The lifespan of Livenskaya cherry is long, if you follow the rules of agricultural technology. The winter resistance of the tree and flower buds is high. Cherry Livenskaya has immunity to coccomycosis, moderate resistance to moniliosis.

Cherry variety Livenskaya is recommended for cultivation in the Central Black Earth Region, can be cultivated on an industrial scale and in private garden plots, in farms, and for the formation of new varieties (resistance to winter, immunity to coccomycosis, marketability of fruits). Cherry Livenskaya is suitable for active cultivation.