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Delicious, juicy plum - one of the favorite trees in the summer cottage, but also quite whimsical to care for. But the result is worth it, in addition, you can choose a variety with your favorite taste.
And in order for the harvest to be generous, you need to choose a seedling that is suitable for your region of growth.
Consider the best and the most popular varieties of plums... After all, in order to choose the right tree, it is worth knowing its characteristics.
Due to their bright golden color and interesting honey taste, they seem to be the most attractive for growing. Below we describe those that are most famous and in demand.
Morning
Self-fertile variety, medium-sized, first harvest in the sixth year after planting. The parents of the variety are Renklod Ullensa and Skorospelka red, as a result of crossing which the Morning plum was obtained.
The fruits are harvested in early August., on average, 15-20 kg of plums are harvested from a tree.
The fruits are round, rather large, yellow with a greenish tint, may turn pink in the sun.
The plum has a yellow, moderately juicy and tough pulp, not too honey, with a characteristic sourness due to the considerable presence of ascorbic acid.
The variety is not too resistant to attacks of such pests as aphids and moths, there is no immunity to fruit rot, average frost resistance.
Tatar yellow
Bred by free pollination of the yellow Renklod variety. Medium tree of medium frost resistance, poorly resists pests and diseases, which is a disadvantage of the variety.
Harvested at the end of summer... The fruits of this variety are medium in size, with a bright honey-yellow color. They are juicy, with grainy, sweet-sourish pulp.
Early Loshchinskaya
A variety with high frost resistancetherefore it is suitable for growing even in very cold climates. Not self-fertile, so other plums are needed for pollination.
The tree begins to bear fruit already five years after planting, in the best fruitful years, allowing to collect about 30 kg of plums from each.
Fruits are large, moderately soft, the stone separates well, pleasant honey aroma and taste. Plums are yellow with a greenish tinge, sometimes with a blush.
The crop is given early, and the fruits are able to stay on ripe branches for quite a long time, without falling off.
White honey
One of the earliest varieties of yellow plum, the harvest begins to take off in late July - early August. Other pollinated trees are needed, the most suitable are Renklode and Hungarian Rannyaya.
The tree is tall with a rounded, not very thickened crown, which is most favorable for fast and uniform ripening of fruits.
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Plums taste like real honey, thanks to which the variety got its name.The fruits themselves are large, sometimes of uneven size in one crop, round in shape with a dense yellow skin.
Plums of this variety tolerate transportation very well., have good commercial qualities. They are characterized by the presence of a rich yellow pulp.
Juicy, very sweet with a moderately sour aftertaste. Due to its structural density, the pulp does not separate well from the stone.
White honey is unpretentious to the growing area, high-yielding, tolerates well even the most severe frosts. It takes root in any climatic zone.
Early ripe
The early varieties of plums are those the harvest of which begins to be harvested from the end of July... Let's consider the most popular ones.
July
Medium-sized tree with not too thick crown, harvested by the end of July. The variety is distinguished by large fruits. red in color with a violet tinge of an oval, elongated shape. The flesh of the plums is yellow, firm, very sweet.
After landing begins to bear fruit in the third year, from one plum, about 12 kg of the crop can be removed. Grows well in sunny areas with moderate humidity. Eaten fresh or canned.
Zarechnaya early
High-yielding variety, fruiting is regular from 3-4 years. From one tree, you can regularly remove up to 15 kg of dark purple large fruits.
Plums have a waxy coating, yellow sweet pulp with a pronounced sour taste, well separated from the stone.
The variety is winter hardiness... Zarechnaya plums are eaten fresh or canned from it.
Golden ball
High yielding variety, one of the best among yellow plums. The first crop is harvested already 3-4 years after planting the seedling.
Especially appreciated for its large yellow fruits with an original aftertaste of peach and pineapple, golden yellow color.
A distinctive feature is the arrangement of the fruits on the branches, they seem to stick around them.
Early
Winter hardy variety, the first crop is harvested after 2-4 years, starting at the end of July. Plums are medium-sized, red, with juicy, moderately sweet, aromatic pulp.
The variety is considered dessert, well transported. Up to 10 kg of the crop is harvested from one tree.
Mid-season
One of the best varieties of mid-ripening plums include Souvenir of the East and Romain.
Souvenir of the East
The tree of this variety has a spreading crown, reaching 3 m in height. Large rounded plums, when ripe they turn orange. Overripe fruits acquire a burgundy color.
The pulp is orange-yellow, characterized by juiciness and dense texture, crispy.
Plums have a sweet, spicy flavor with sourness and a pronounced aroma reminiscent of a peach. The stone of the fruit is small, practically does not separate, therefore it is preferable to use fresh plums of the Souvenir of the East variety.
The variety is highly frost-resistant, characterized by abundant spring flowering., plum-pollinators are needed. The harvest of fruits from one tree, formed in a bunch, is harvested up to 40-45 kg.
The variety is susceptible to perforated spotting, clasterosporium disease, hard to endure winter-spring thaws.
Romain
A distinctive feature of the Romaine plum is red leaves and pulp, originated from the Krasnomyasaya variety. The crown is small, the fruits are rather small in the shape of a heart, burgundy in color, with a characteristic taste of almonds.
Late ripening
Plums of this category bloom from mid-May, and the harvest is removed by the end of September.
Renklode Michurinsky
The tree of this variety is characterized by a medium thickened rounded crown.The first harvest gives in 3 years with large, regular-shaped fruits, purple-red in color.
The pulp is very juicy, tender, orange in color, with a pleasant sour taste.
The juice from Renclode plums is colorless. The stone is well separated, suitable for preservation. Variety well transported and stored in the refrigerator.
Svetlana
High yielding variety, more than 40 kg of fruits are removed from one plant. Plums are yellow, elongated, of irregular elongated shape, medium size.
The pulp is light yellow in color, crispy and firm, sweet and sour, with a hard skin and a small bone that is poorly separated.
Fruits are suitable for processing and consumption freshare well transported.
What varieties of plums are best for the Moscow region
Almost all of the above varieties of plums suitable for growing in the Moscow region... The following varieties are also suitable for growing in the Moscow region.
Yakhontova
In addition to high frost resistance, the variety tolerates well repeated spring frosts, which are often the culprits of crop failure during the flowering period.
Fruiting is abundant and regular, the yield from one tree reaches 50 kg.
Plums are bright yellow, have a good sweet and sour taste, pleasant aroma.
The tree grows up to 5 m tall, tolerates drought well, is resistant to fungal and viral diseases.
Russian plum
Or cherry plum hybrid grows in almost all gardens of the Moscow region. This is a hybrid variety of cherry plum, obtained by crossing it with the Ussuri plum, due to which the variety has acquired sufficient frost resistance.
From common cherry plum also differs in moderately large fruits with juicy pulp.
Gold of the Scythians
A kind of cherry plum obtained by breeding from the plum Kuban Comet.
A tree of medium height with a spreading crown. Fruits are bright yellow in color, rather large in size, with a strongly pronounced plum aroma and delicate taste.
Hungarian Bogatyrskaya
Plum late ripening, fruits are removed in September. Good frost tolerance, high-yielding variety.
From one tree, from 50 to 70 kg of purple oval-shaped plums are harvested, having a bright aroma, sweet honey taste.
Traveler
The variety is frost-resistant, has immunity to viral and fungal diseases. It is better to choose a sunny place for planting. A bountiful harvest filming at the end of July.
We have described the best varieties of plums, from which each summer resident can choose a variety that suits him, focusing on taste, resistance to diseases and frosts, as well as other criteria.
When choosing a place for planting a seedling, give preference to well-lit and places that are not too windy.
