The best plum varieties for the Urals

 

 

Plum is an unconventional crop for the Urals and Siberia. In natural landscapes, its wild relatives are practically not found. The assortment that has appeared is the result of a very long and painstaking selection work of scientists.

One plum breeding center is located in the South Ural Research Institute of Fruit and Vegetable Growing (Chelyabinsk). Another center of work was formed at the strong point of the Research Institute of Horticulture of Siberia in the mountains. Chemale, Gorno-Altai region. Our review presents new varieties of these institutes, as well as the best varieties of folk selection from the Far East. All these varieties are derived from the world's most cold-resistant Ussuri plum, which can withstand frosts down to minus 50 ° C.

Ussuri plum varieties
The varieties of the Ussuriyskaya plum are photophilous, fast-growing and fruitful. For them, it is necessary to allocate places where cold air and water do not stagnate and less exposure to harsh cold winds from the north. Most varieties of the Ussuriyskaya plum are self-fertile, and good fruiting occurs only with cross-pollination, for this you need to have at least 2-3 varieties on the site. Plum fruits with yellow and orange color are rich in carotene, but only pomegranate can compete with plum fruits in terms of the content of deficient riboflavin (vitamin B2).
Pearl of the Urals
	The tree is up to 3.5 m high, spreading, of medium density. The average yield is 18 kg per tree. The fruit is round, the average weight is 25 g. The main color is green, integumentary red. Medium wax coating. The skin is thin, elastic. The pulp is yellow, fine-fibred juicy, sweet and sour taste with a characteristic aroma. It blooms simultaneously with the main Ussuri plum varieties.
Ural yellow
	Sprawling bush up to 2.5 m high. The branches are upright. Good frost resistance. Productivity up to 15 kg per tree. The fruit is yellow, round, weighing up to 16 g. The wax coating is weak. The pulp is yellow, slightly fibrous, sweet. Ripens in early August. The skin is thin, elastic, not bitter. The stone is separated well, fine. It blooms simultaneously with the main varieties of the Ussuri plum and is pollinated by them.
Kuyashskaya
	The tree is up to 3 m high, highly winter-resistant, the crown is of medium density. The fruits are red, large, with an average weight of 23 g, the skin of the fruit is smooth, with a strong waxy coating.The pulp is yellow, grainy-fibrous, juicy, with a good sweet and sour taste. The peel of the fruit is thick, sour-tart, without bitterness, easily removable. The stone is coalesced with the pulp, large. It blooms simultaneously with the main varieties of the Ussuri plum and is pollinated by them.
Uyskaya
	A tree up to 3 m high, with a free, non-thickening crown, frost-resistant, fruitful (15 kg per tree). Disease and pest resistant. Fruits of the original elongated-oval shape, weighing up to 15 g, red with an orange blush. The pulp of the fruit is pale yellow, fine-grained, juicy, pleasantly sweet. The bone is separated well. It blooms simultaneously with the Ussuri plums and is pollinated by them.
Shershnevskaya
	The tree is medium-sized, with a rounded-oval medium thickened crown, good winter hardiness. Productivity up to 20 kg per tree. Fruits are dark red, with an average weight of 15 g, ripen in the third decade of August, can be stored for up to 7 days under normal conditions without losing their presentation. The pulp is creamy green, sweet and sour. The stone is free, the skin is not bitter.
Ailinskaya
	The tree is up to 2.5 m tall, the crown is rounded-conical. Good winter hardiness, yield - up to 15 kg per tree. Fruits are dark purple, oblong-ovate. Ripen by mid-August, average weight - 13 g. Creamy pulp, sweet and sour taste.
Chebarkulskaya
	The tree is up to 3.5 m high, the crown is medium spreading. The average yield is 15 kg per tree. Fruits of a beautiful dark blue color, large, rounded, medium waxy bloom. Weight - up to 30 g. The pulp is yellow-green, fine-fiber, sweet and sour. The separation of the bone from the pulp is average. It blooms simultaneously with the main Ussuri plum varieties.
Uvelskaya
	The tree is up to 3.5 m high, 3 m in diameter. The crown is round, of medium density, spreading. The variety is self-fertile, not picky about pollinators. Pollinated by most varieties of the Ussuri plum. The variety is slightly affected by klyasteporia and aphids. Fruits are dark red, elongated-ovate, of medium size, weighing up to 15 g. The pulp is pale yellow, fine-fibred, juicy, with a sweet-sour taste.
Mountain large
	Low tree up to 2.5 m, with a rounded crown. The harvest is high, stable, harvested from mid-August. Fruits weighing almost 30 g, sunny yellow color, without blush. The pulp is very pleasant, juicy, refreshing, sweet and sour taste. The bone lags behind slightly. Fruits are suitable for fresh consumption, compotes, tkemali-type sauces. A variety of Altai selection, very frost and winter hardy.
Mikhalchik
	Fast on the leg, fast-growing and very fruitful dessert variety. The fruits are large (25-30 g), bright, rich lingonberry color, juicy, amazingly tasty. Winter hardiness is high. The tree is medium-sized, compact. The best pollinator is Uralskaya red.
Krasnoselskaya
	The newest variety with absolutely outstanding winter hardiness. Strong autumn frosts are especially destructive for fruit crops. So, the frost of minus 40 ° С on November 28, 1998, Krasnoselskaya suffered without any damage. After such frosts, this variety produced 24 kg of fruits from one tree. The fruits are pure red with a waxy coating. The pulp is light yellow, juicy, sweet and sour, without bitterness and astringency. Tasting score - 4.6 points. The best pollinator is Uralskaya red.
Podgornaya
	Wonderful yellow small fruits weighing 10-15 g cover all branches of this plum, like little suns. They ripen earlier than other varieties - already in July! The pulp is yellow, juicy, tender and very tasty, sweet with a pleasant barely noticeable sourness, easily separates from the stone. The harvest is consistently high. The tree easily tolerates winter frosts and, which is especially important, is not afraid of warm snowy winters - it is so resistant to podoprevanie. The best pollinator is Uralskaya red.
Zolotaya Niva
	Small (15-20 g) amber-yellow fruits with delicate and juicy pulp of the same color have amazing, completely unique balanced taste.The variety is of medium early ripening, the crop is harvested in early August. Good winter hardiness. The best pollinator is Uralskaya red.
Chemal's gift
	Altai variety. The tree is very winter-hardy, medium-sized, with a flat-round drooping crown. The beginning of fruiting is in the 3-4th year. The yield is high. Fruits are medium in size, weighing up to 15 g, very beautiful dark orange with a light red blush and a slight waxy bloom. In appearance, it can hardly be distinguished from ripe apricots. The pulp is juicy, yellow, with a good sweet and sour taste. Late ripening. Harvesting maturity occurs in the first ten days of September. The best pollinator is Uralskaya red.
Manchu beauty
	The Manchurian beauty plum, a variety of folk selection from the Far East, is experiencing the second wave of popularity. Small trees of this variety begin to bear fruit in the 2-3rd year, giving large dark-burgundy fruits with a thick bluish bloom weighing 20-30 g, good sweet and sour taste. They ripen in late August - early September. The best pollinator is Uralskaya red.
Ural prunes
	It grows as a tree 2 meters high. Good winter hardiness. Fruits are elongated-oval, color black to dark red. A beautiful wax coating is clearly visible. Fruit weight 15 g. The pulp is creamy, sweet and sour. The best pollinator is Uralskaya red.
Pioneer
	Hardy, super winter-hardy and high-yielding excellent plum. Ripens in the first half of August, ripens well after picking. Fruits with a light waxy bloom, rich red, like a pioneer tie, weighing 15-20 g. The pulp has a wonderful sweet taste, juicy, tender, golden honey. The best pollinator is Uralskaya red.
Vega
	A spectacular, fiery and long-awaited gourmet variety. Ripens in late August - early September. Fruiting is very abundant, the whole tree is simply sprinkled, the fruits are small (15 g), bright, dark red-coral with a waxy coating, excellent sugar taste, moderately dense, perfectly stored after removal. Winter hardiness is high. The best pollinator is Uralskaya red.
Ural golden
	An excellent mid-season variety, beautiful, amazingly tasty, high-yielding, winters well. Fruits are even, medium-sized (17 g), glowing with warm sunlight. The pulp is like linden honey, tender, fibrous, medium-dense. Product quality and transportability are high. The variety is partially self-fertile, fruiting annually. The best pollinator is Uralskaya red.
Yellow Hopty
	The tree is medium-sized, spreading, highly winter-resistant, fruitful. Annual fruiting 20-30 kg per tree. The fruits are beautiful, bright yellow with a slight orange blush, juicy, good sweet and sour taste. They are especially good fresh, ripen in the second half of August. The best pollinator is Uralskaya red.
The pride of the Urals
	You will feel pride at the beginning of August, removing from the tree dark red, unusually large fruits of excellent taste. I would like to especially note another advantage of the variety - a combination of late flowering and early ripening of fruits, which explains a stable and high yield. This variety rarely gets frozen during flowering. The best pollinator is Uralskaya red.
Sinilga
	A productive early ripening variety. The fruits are large (up to 40 g), blue with a strong waxy coating, the pulp is very tasty, sweet and sour, loose and juicy. They adhere firmly to the branches, do not crumble for a long time, which is very important with prolonged harvests. The tree is medium-sized with a pyramidal crown, winters well. Self-infertile. The best pollinator is Uralskaya red.
Raspberry ball
	This is a very interesting and colorful variety. An indelible impression is made by luxurious fruits in the form of large, weighing more than 30 g, raspberry balls. The juicy pulp with a delicate taste and aroma will be remembered for a long time by everyone who managed to taste these wonderful plums. The variety is winter-hardy and very fast-growing. The best pollinator is Uralskaya red.
Ural dawns
	The variety is handsome. It always pleases with the early July harvest of magnificent large (25-30 g), wide-round, dark red fruits, covered with a thick bluish bloom. The pulp is amazingly tasty, juicy and tender. A tree with a spreading crown, height 2.5-3 m. Winter hardiness is good.
Snow White
	A wonderful variety that will not frighten even a forty-degree frost. Ripens in the second half of August. A small beautiful tree with a spreading crown is abundantly strewn with golden-sunny fruits, veiled with a dense wax coating, from which the subtly noted name Snow White came from. The best pollinator is Uralskaya red.
General's
	Far Eastern variety. The tree is small, compact. The fruits do not correspond at all to the small dimensions of the tree. They are just huge, weighing 40 g. The color of the fruit is very rich, bright orange with a continuous scarlet blush. The pulp is tender, juicy. The taste is simply amazing. The best pollinator is Uralskaya red.
Ural red
	It grows as a tree 3 m high. The crown is wide, spreading. Good frost resistance. Productivity - 30 kg per tree. The fruits are oval, dark red, very attractive. The pulp is light yellow, juicy and sweet. Exactly plum "Uralskaya krasnaya" is the best pollinator for most varieties of plum.

Russian plum variety
Russian plum has gained wide popularity among our gardeners in recent years. It is widespread almost everywhere, even in areas with a rather harsh climate. It is a group of varieties of hybrid cherry plum, cultivated and ennobled to shine by the skillful hands of domestic scientists-breeders, who managed to get such a treasure from a simple wild cherry plum as a result of its crossing with varieties of other types of plum, and above all the Chinese plum. Russian plum winters well, has a very high yield and stunningly beautiful large, juicy and unusually tasty honey fruits of the most varied colors - from delicate cream, sun-yellow and pink to liquid red and deep purple-dark, almost black, shades.
Cherry plum columnar
	This variety has absorbed all the best that many varieties of cherry plum and plum have. Super winter and disease resistant. Small growth, columnar crown. Therefore, the tree takes up very little space and is only up to 2.5 meters high. You do not hesitate to collect a wonderful harvest from it. The fruits are very large, burgundy-purple, dense, sweet, with a piquant sourness. Ripen in August. The crop is transportable, suitable for fresh consumption and canning. Blooms later than all varieties. Gives the maximum harvest from the sown area. The variety is self-fertile, and the best pollinators will be plums Gift to St. Petersburg, Kuban comet or Chuk.
Chuk
	A short tree with a compact crown that is easy to harvest. Bears fruit in the 4th year. Blooms late, which allows you to get away from spring frosts. Harvesting in mid-August. The fruits are rather large, weighing 28 g, slightly elongated, with a thin but dense maroon skin. The pulp with a delicious aroma, good sweet and sour taste, melts in the mouth. The bone does not come off. The fruits are eaten fresh or compotes, jams, jellies, juices and wine are prepared from them. The variety is self-fertile, winter-hardy, high-yielding and rather drought-resistant.
Leonidovna
	A high-yielding Altai variety of Russian plum, accustomed to low winter temperatures. Ripe fruits are burgundy-lilac with a light waxy bloom, rounded, covering all branches. The mass of one plum is about 26 g. The flesh is burgundy, sweet in combination with a light pleasant sourness, good taste, will delight both adults and children. The bone does not come off. The trees are vigorous, with a sparse crown, winter-hardy.
Huck
	A variety that has proven itself in a variety of conditions.Winter-hardy, stable and abundant fruiting already for 5 years. It blooms in late April and ripens in late July. The fruits are large, 30 g, with a yellow skin and a charming pink blush. The pulp is yellow, dense, with a harmonious sweet and sour taste, with poorly separating pits. Plums are good fresh, in compotes and any preparations. Trees of medium height and crown density, are little affected by diseases, self-fertile.
Lubinaria
	A winter-hardy and high-yielding variety with large fruits weighing about 26 g. The skin is maroon, almost black with a slight waxy bloom. Dense pulp of medium juiciness, orange-yellow with red veins, with a good sweet and sour taste. The fruits can be safely eaten by children and people suffering from high acidity. The bone is semi-lagging. The trees are medium-sized, with a wide-pyramidal crown.
July rose
	Fruits are large, weighing 30 g, ovoid, beautiful, dark burgundy with a wax coating. The pulp is yellow, juicy. The taste is very good with a delicate aroma. The stone is small, easily separated from the pulp. The fruits ripen early - at the end of July. Suitable for fresh consumption and canning. Winter hardiness is high. The best pollinator is a Gift to St. Petersburg.
Gift to St. Petersburg
	A tree 3 m high with a weeping crown. Fruits weighing 20-25 g, oblong-ovate, bright yellow-orange, with a delicate aroma. The characteristic waxy coating gives them a special piquancy. The pulp is bright yellow, juicy, with a harmonious, sweet and sour taste. Begins fruiting early, in the third year after planting. It can produce up to 60 kg of fruits from one tree. Abundant annual fruiting. Increases harvest quickly. The fruits stick around the branches so tightly that sometimes it seems that these are not plums at all, but the berries of a giant sea buckthorn. This plum is great both fresh, and in compotes, and in jam. Winter hardiness is high. The best pollinator is the July rose.
Kuban comet
	Bright large fruits weighing up to 45 g, with a rich red skin, and when fully ripe, they are burgundy. Yellow pulp - juicy, aromatic, very tasty. Jam and compotes from these plums have an unusually beautiful ruby ​​color. Plums are fully ripe at the end of July, but you can start harvesting earlier, as soon as the skin starts to color and they ripen without loss of quality. When overripe, they do not crumble or crack. Transportable. A variety with good frost resistance and resistance to major diseases. The best pollinator is the July rose.

Semi-dwarf plum variety
Semi-dwarf plum varieties not only restrain the strength of growth and prevent the tree from swinging to the skies, but also increase winter hardiness, since they are a hardy material well adapted to local conditions. Compact, low trees can be easily compacted when planting, which means more efficient use of the garden area and, importantly, greatly facilitate harvesting: a ladder is practically not needed. Plus, by directing the growth energy in the right direction, the stock helps the tree to "mature" faster and to enter the fruiting season earlier. As practice shows, the fruits on the grafted trees are leveled, homogeneous from top to bottom, and therefore the marketable yield is higher.
Blue bird
	Wonderful plums with excellent sweet taste. The harvest is high, stable, ripens in mid-August. The fruits are beautiful, oval-elongated, with a purple skin and a thick waxy bloom. The pulp is yellow and firm, with an easily detachable bone. Jam, jam, prunes - everything comes out very tasty. The fruits are well stored and transported. The trees are fast-growing, self-fertile, winter-hardy, resistant to major diseases.
Danae
	Large, weighing 25 g, rounded, maroon plums with dense and juicy yellow pulp. Delightful dessert, pleasantly sweet and sour taste. The bone is well detachable. The harvest ripens on average, starting in the second half of August.The trees are medium-sized, with a spreading drooping crown. The variety is distinguished by a stable annual yield, high winter hardiness, early maturity, and little disease.
Vesta
	One of the best varieties for the harsh conditions of the Urals and Western Siberia. Unrivaled frost resistance up to -50 ° С! Trees up to 3.5 m tall, spreading, bloom in medium terms. Bright red lanterns of fruits appear in the second half of August. Plums weighing 20-25 g, with yellow juicy pulp of excellent sweet taste. The bone is easily separated. Fruits for universal use. The variety is self-fertile, with stable fruiting, winter-hardy, little affected by pests and diseases.
Seedling of the Red Ball
	Small but smart. It quickly enters the season of fruiting and always pleases with a high yield. The tree is neat, slow growing, compact. Fruits are beautiful, dark burgundy, weighing 25-30 g. Ripen in mid - late August. The best pollinator is Alaya Zarya.
Modest
	High-yielding plum. Ripens in the second half of August, taking over from Pionerka. Fruits are medium (20 g), bright yellow, saffron, covered with a thin waxy coating. The pulp is the same yellow, firm, juicy, aromatic and sweet. Good winter hardiness. The best pollinator is Alaya Zarya.
Amur rose
	The trees are simply strewn with red large fruits with a light waxy coating. The sight is no less delightful than the blooming of roses! Yielding, with rather large fruits up to 35 g, red with a slight waxy bloom, ripening in September. Delicious plums - juicy and sweet! A medium-sized tree with a pyramidal crown will be a decoration for any garden, especially in spring during flowering and in autumn with fruits. The variety is very winter-hardy, no winters are terrible for him. And in a rainy summer, he does not suffer from fungal diseases. The best pollinator is Alaya Zarya.
Commonwealth
	Super-yielding variety. Enters the season of fruiting early (in the 4th year of life) and immediately breaks all records in yield. A compact, spreading bush or tree under the weight of the fruit may not withstand the load, therefore support for the drooping branches is required. Fruits are dark red, sweet and sour, weighing 20-25 g. Ripens in mid-late periods, in late August - early September. The best pollinator is Alaya Zarya.
Covenant
	The fruits are beautiful, bright yellow with a scarlet blush, rather large (25-30 g), juicy, excellent sweet and sour taste. Ripen in late August - early September, extending the period of plum glamor. Winters well. The best pollinator is Alaya Zarya.
Kseniya
	Large-fruited and self-fertile plum. In addition, it is stably fruiting, high-yielding, early maturing, winters well, and is resistant to diseases. Fruits weighing 50-60 g, purple, with tender juicy pulp, very pleasant sweetish taste. A tree of a restrained type of growth, independently formed on one trunk with a compact neat crown.
Early prunes
	Ripens early and thanks to the standard small size and fine-grained medium-dense pulp, easily separating from the stone, it is ideal for drying - prunes turn out to be excellent, soft, plastic, aromatic and very tasty. The best pollinator is Alaya Zarya.
Duduk
	The leaves and shoots of this plum are reddish-purple in color, making the tree very decorative throughout the season. But beauty is not the only virtue of this variety. There are also large fruits weighing 50-55 g, which are distinguished by a rich dark red color and a magnificent sweet and sour pleasant taste. Their flesh is juicy and tender. The harvest ripens in mid-August. The tree is winter-hardy, watering is desirable in drought. The best pollinator is Alaya Zarya.
Scarlet dawn
	A wonderful dessert sweet variety of plum. Very tasty, aromatic dark red fruits with juicy and delicate golden-yellow, sweet, like nectar, pulp. Average weight 25 g, early ripening.The variety is resistant to the most harmful diseases, winters well, and is self-fertile.

 

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Hello! The best varieties of plums for the Urals with descriptions and photos in our material. The plum cultivated in the Urals has a short dormant period, as it is provoked by thaws, as a result of which, heating often occurs.

The early flowering of the Ural plums makes them vulnerable to recurrent spring frosts. Most of the Ural varieties of plums are self-infertile, so 2-3 varieties with the same flowering time must be grown in the garden. In our weather conditions, the Ussuri plum varieties are most successfully cultivated.

The best plum varieties for the Urals with a description and photo

The best Ussuri plum varieties

Pearl of the Urals

The tree is up to 3.5 m high, spreading, of medium density. The average yield is 18 kg per tree. The fruit is round, the average weight is 25 g. The main color is green, integumentary red. Medium wax coating. The skin is thin, elastic. The pulp is yellow, fine-fibred juicy, sweet and sour taste with a characteristic aroma. It blooms simultaneously with the main Ussuri plum varieties.

Ural golden

The tree is of medium vigor, spreading, and has winter-hardy fruit buds. Productivity is high, annual, fruits ripen in medium terms. Weight - up to 17 g. Fruit pulp is yellow, sweet and sour. The variety is resistant to clasterosporium and aphids. Suitable for fresh consumption and canning.

Ural prunes

The tree is up to 2 m high. The crown is wide, spreading. Good frost resistance, yield - 15 kg per tree or more. Fruits are elongated-oval, weighing up to 15 g. The skin is elastic, of medium thickness, separates. The pulp is creamy, sweetish, slightly tart, fine-grained, medium-dense, weak juiciness. The bone is easily detached. It blooms simultaneously with the Ussuri plums and is pollinated by them.

Ural yellow

Sprawling bush up to 2.5 m high. The branches are upright. Good frost resistance. Productivity up to 15 kg per tree. The fruit is yellow, round, weighing up to 16 g. Wax bloom is weak. The pulp is yellow, slightly fibrous, sweet. Ripens in early August. The skin is thin, elastic, not bitter. The stone is separated well, fine. It blooms simultaneously with the main varieties of the Ussuri plum and is pollinated by them.

Ural red

The crown is wide, spreading. Good frost resistance. Productivity - 20 kg per tree. Fruits are oval, weighing up to 15 g. The color of the fruit is dark red. The pulp is light yellow, fine-fibred, juicy. It blooms simultaneously with the main Ussuri varieties and is pollinated by them.

Kuyashskaya

The tree is up to 3 m high, highly winter-resistant, the crown is of medium density. The fruits are red, large, with an average weight of 23 g, the skin of the fruit is smooth, with a strong waxy bloom. The pulp is yellow, granular and fibrous, juicy, with a good sweet and sour taste. The peel of the fruit is thick, sour-tart, without bitterness, easily removable. The stone is coalesced with the pulp, large. It blooms simultaneously with the main varieties of the Ussuriyskaya plum and is pollinated by them.

Uyskaya

The tree is medium-sized - 2.5 m. The crown is of medium density, spreading. Fruits are dark red, round, large, average weight - 25 g. Good taste. Plum ripens in the second half of August. Weakly resistant against aphids and requires timely treatments. The main advantage of the variety is its large fruit.

The pride of the Urals

A tree up to 3 m high, with a free, non-thickening crown, frost-resistant, fruitful (15 kg per tree). Disease and pest resistant. Fruits of the original elongated-oval shape, weighing up to 15 g, red with an orange blush. The pulp of the fruit is pale yellow, fine-grained, juicy, pleasantly sweet. The bone is separated well. It blooms simultaneously with the Ussuri plums and is pollinated by them.

Snow White

A tree up to 2.5 m high, a spreading crown with a diameter of up to 4 m. Superfrost-resistant (up to -40 ° C!). Productivity - up to 20 kg per tree. The fruits begin to ripen in the second decade of August, yellow, with a good waxy bloom, which gives the skin a delicate, white color, for which it is called Snow White.

Krasnoselskaya

The tree is up to 2.5 m high, healthy, strong, without visible signs of freezing. The crown is wide, spreading, up to 3.5 m in diameter. Average yield is 20 kg per tree. Aphids and clusterosporiosis are weakly affected. The skin is elastic, does not taste bitter, separates. The taste is sweet and sour.

Shershnevskaya

The tree is medium-sized, with a rounded-oval medium thickened crown, good winter hardiness. Productivity up to 20 kg per tree. Fruits are dark red, with an average weight of 15 g, ripen in the third decade of August, can be stored for up to 7 days under normal conditions without losing their presentation. The pulp is creamy green, sweet and sour. The stone is free, the skin is not bitter.

Ailinskaya

The tree is up to 2.5 m tall, the crown is rounded-conical. Good winter hardiness, yield - up to 15 kg per tree. Fruits are dark purple, oblong-ovate. Ripen by mid-August, average weight - 13 g. Creamy pulp, sweet and sour taste.

Chebarkulskaya

The tree is up to 3.5 m high, the crown is medium spreading. The average yield is 15 kg per tree. Fruits are of a beautiful dark blue color, large, rounded, medium waxy bloom. Weight - up to 30 g. The pulp is yellow-green, fine-fibred, sweet and sour. The separation of the bone from the pulp is average. It blooms simultaneously with the main Ussuri plum varieties.

Uvelskaya

The tree is up to 3.5 m high, 3 m in diameter. The crown is round, of medium density, spreading. The variety is self-fertile, not picky about pollinators. Pollinated by most varieties of the Ussuri plum. The variety is slightly affected by klyasteporia and aphids. Fruits are dark red, oblong-ovoid, of medium size, weighing up to 15 g. The pulp is pale yellow, fine-fibered, juicy, with a sweet-sour taste.

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Planting and caring for plums in the Urals and in other northern regions require special attention from gardeners. However, thanks to the painstaking work of domestic breeders, winter-hardy varieties of plums were bred for the northern regions.

Climatic features

Gardeners of the Urals, Siberia and other northern regions are limited in their choice of fruit crops. Difficult weather and climatic conditions dictate their own rules. Most thermophilic plants will not be able to adapt to such a harsh landscape.

The climatic features of the Urals are predetermined by its geographic location. A significant part of the territory is the Ural Mountains. At the same time, the relief is heterogeneous and dissected.Due to the fact that the region is located in the interior of the continent and has a large extent from north to south, there is an uneven distribution of precipitation not only across regions, but also within each locality.

Despite the difficult weather and climatic features of the region, with a competent approach and due attention, gardeners of the Urals manage to achieve good yields of various fruit crops.

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The best varieties

Plum is one of the most popular fruit crops. This plant is highly valued for its taste and useful properties.

Plum in the Urals grows well and bears fruit, if you choose the right varieties for planting. Today, more than a hundred varieties of plums are presented in the state register, of which at least 30 varieties are suitable for growing in the northern regions of Russia: Peresvet, Uralskaya red plum, Uralskaya yellow plum, Kuyashskaya, Zarya, Uiskaya, Krasnoselskaya, Chebarkulskaya, Belosnezhka, Shershnevskaya, etc.

The pride of the Urals

Plum variety Pride of the Urals refers to self-fertile stone fruit crops. Thanks to late flowering and early fruiting, this plant staunchly copes with the harsh northern winters and is not afraid of severe frosts.

Dark red fruits are covered with a slight bluish bloom, have interesting taste characteristics and attract the attention of gardeners for their size. The average fruit weight is 40 g.

With proper care, the tree produces a high yield of ripe and juicy fruits. However, every 2–3 years the plant rests, during this period of plum the Pride of the Urals does not bear fruit.

Pearl of the Urals

Plum Pearl of the Urals was bred in 2005. In such a short period of time, this fruit crop has managed to acquire many admirers. The gardeners of the Urals highly appreciated the plant for its good winter hardiness, high yield rates (at least 18–20 kg per adult tree) and resistance to most fungal diseases characteristic of stone fruit crops.

Another advantage of the Pearl of the Urals variety is called the self-fertility of the culture. Cross-pollination can be used to increase fruiting and improve the palatability of plums.

Chemal's gift

According to the description of the variety, Chemal's Gift plum belongs to medium-ripening fruit crops. Becomes fruiting 3-4 years after planting a seedling in a permanent place of growth. With proper care in spring, the fruit tree does not suffer from late spring frosts.

If we talk about the shortcomings, then gardeners complain about the small size of the fruits. At the time of ripening, the plum weighs no more than 12-15 g. Ural plum has an interesting sweet and sour taste and pleasant aroma.

Chebarkulskaya

Plum of the Chebarkulskaya variety, which has a compact size, is very popular among gardeners in the Urals. The average height of an adult tree is 3–3.5 m, while the crown diameter is no more than 3.5 m.

As the agronomists of the northern regions note, subject to the cultivation technique, this variety is resistant not only to frost, but also to freezing of the root, damping out and various ailments inherent in most stone fruit crops.

Snow White

The compact size plum of the Snow White variety has a high winter hardiness. Subject to the peculiarities of planting and care, it will delight gardeners with abundant fruiting. There are cases when at least 20 kg of ripe juicy fruits were removed from one adult tree.

The variety got its name for the original color of the fruit. Due to the waxy bloom, the skin of the fruit has a beautiful whitish hue.

Ural prunes

When pollinated with Ussuri plums, the Uralsky prune variety is characterized by abundant productivity and good frost resistance.

Small fruits, weighing 13–15 g, are covered with a dense blue-red skin with a slight waxy coating. The fruits of this fruit crop have a rich vitamin and mineral complex and are famous for their medicinal properties.

Ural golden

Plum Uralskaya golden is valued for its good frost resistance and abundant yield. The golden color of the fruit has a pleasant aroma and an amazing sweet taste with a slight sourness.

The Uralskaya Zolotistaya variety is used in industrial production for the production of plum juice, compote, preserves and jam.

Landing rules

Many novice agronomists are interested in how to properly plant a plum in the spring in the Urals. Planting a fruit crop begins with the choice of planting material. According to the recommendations of experts, buy seedlings from local specialized nurseries. The ideal plum sapling is a young tree one or two years old with a well-developed root system.

Looking to grow a healthy and productive fruit tree? First of all, you need to choose the right place for planting trees. The best option is a southern or southwestern slope, where there is a lot of sunlight and no drafts. In order to avoid freezing of the root, the proximity of groundwater and lowlands, where water often accumulates during floods and heavy rains, should be avoided.

Plum planting in the Urals in spring begins with the preparation of a planting pit approximately 70x80 cm in size. The top layer of earth, rich in various nutrients and fertile substances, is mixed with wood ash, superphosphate and compost. A wooden peg should be installed in the center of the pit, which will serve as a support for the young tree. You need to plant a plum sapling carefully so as not to damage the root system. In this case, the root collar is above the ground surface.

After it has been possible to plant the plum correctly, it is necessary to water and mulch the soil abundantly in the near-stem circle.

Care features

In order for a fruit tree to grow actively and bear fruit well, it is necessary to provide the plant with proper care: watering, loosening and mulching the soil in the near-trunk circle, fertilizing with mineral and organic fertilizers, sanitary, rejuvenating and forming crown pruning, treatment against insect pests and protection from fungal, bacterial and viral diseases.

Plum grown in the Urals requires special attention during preparation for winter. During this period, whitewashing and covering the trunks are performed. Often, gardeners resort to the formation of a plum in the form of a stanza, which contributes to the better winter hardiness of the tree.

5. Frost-resistant plum varieties

The frost-resistant hybrids and hybrid varieties of plums bred by breeders are fully or partially self-fertile. In terms of winter hardiness, the most resistant are varieties of plums of the Canadian and Ussuri groups. They became the leaders in regions with difficult weather conditions - in the Far East, the Urals, in the regions of Siberia. In the first half of winter, the recommended plum varieties can withstand temperatures down to -40 ..- 44 ° C. Drying winds and sharp cold snaps in January-February after a conditional thaw are dangerous.

Plum tree with fruits

Plum varieties for the Ural and Siberian regions

Plum variety Altai anniversary... The tree is of medium height. The variety is early maturing. Plums in biological ripeness are harvested in the second half of August. Ripe fruits are yellow-orange in color with a delicate blush. The peel of the fruit is thin, covered with a waxy bloom. The pulp is tender, soft, aromatic. The taste is sweet with a slightly sour aftertaste.

Plum variety Drooping... The trees are not tall. The fruits ripen in the second decade of August. On some fruits, an abdominal suture is visible. The color of the fruit is yellow, dark brown. The fruits are covered with a rough skin. The pulp is very tender, yellow-greenish, pale. The taste is sweet and sour, with a light aroma.The most winter-hardy of the Siberian varieties.

Old Far Eastern varieties are distinguished by high winter hardiness. Manchu beauty, Yellow hopt (Chinese).

The varieties also enjoy well-deserved attention: Dawn of Altai, Katunskaya, Pioneer, Baikal amber, Stranger, Daughter of Buryatia, Find... The trees are medium-sized, fast-growing (they form a harvest for 3 years). The biological ripeness of fruits usually begins in the second decade of August and lasts at least a month. The color of the fruits of the varieties is varied: yellow, burgundy, red, green with or without a waxy bloom. Fruit taste from sour to insipid, sweet and sour, sweet. In some varieties, the skin is rough with a slight bitterness. Resistant to Siberian winters.

Plum variety The pride of the Urals... Grown throughout the region of the Urals and Siberia. Tree up to 3 m in height. The variety is self-fertile. The crown is free, semi-thickened. Fruits are oblong-oval, red in color with an orange blush. The pulp is pale yellow, juicy, sweet. The variety is resistant to damage by diseases and pests.

In the meteorological conditions of the Ural-Chelyabinsk zone, the following varieties are most successfully grown: Shershnevskaya (good pollinator), Snow White, Krasnoselskaya, Pearl of the Urals, Kuyashskaya, Ural prunes, Ural golden... Trees 2.5-3.5 m. The biological ripeness of fruits covers the period from the beginning to the end of August. Fruits from white to dark blue color with a waxy bloom. The pulp is white, creamy, yellow, pale orange, greenish. Taste sweet-sour, honey-sweet The varieties are characterized as highly winter-hardy, but can freeze during thaws.

Plum varieties for central Russia

In private gardening, plum varieties are successful: Early, Blue gift, Eurasia-21, Egg blue... From early varieties: Morning, Opal, Zarechnaya early, Super early and others, form the harvest of biological ripeness in June-July.

Experienced gardeners recommend planting plum clumps in sunny places from the following varieties - Egg blue, Blue gift, Smolinka, Hungarian Moscow... Closer to the southern regions, you can add an early variety of plums. Morning.

Plum variety Egg blue... Tall tree. The variety is winter-hardy, self-fertile. The fruits are large in shape and resemble a chicken egg. The color is blue-violet with a thick waxy bloom. The pulp is sweet and sour, firm, juicy.

Plum variety Hungarian Moscow... The trees are medium-sized (2.5-3 m) with a wide spreading crown. The fruit is shaped like a hen's egg. The color of the fruit is violet-red, the skin is dense, with a pleasant bitterness. The pulp is amber-yellow, dense structure, sweet-sour taste. Improves the quality indicators of processed fruits. Fruits of the autumn ripening period. Can be removed unripe and ripened at home. In case of weather disasters, winter hardiness and frost resistance are average.

Plum variety Smolinka... Differs in very large and tasty fruits. But the variety is self-fertile and can only grow in a group with pollinating varieties.

Of the others that are popular with gardeners, the following varieties of plums can be called - Alexy, Early ripening red (good pollinator), Memory of Timiryazev, Victoria, Sineglazka... They are distinguished by increased winter hardiness, good adaptive properties to the environment.

The attention of gardeners can be offered varieties of plums, which are distinguished by their early maturity, excellent frost resistance and resistance to damage by pests and diseases: Yakhontova and Early... Ripen in mid-August. They differ, respectively, in the sweet-sour and sweet taste of the fruit.

Tula and Chinese ripen a month later. The fruits are dark blue and red in color. The Chinese woman has a delicate pulp taste. Larger fruits are characteristic of Tula.

The continuation of the list of frost-resistant varieties of popular fruit crops for cold regions, see the next page.