
Cherry
Cherry is one of the most common fruit trees. In popularity, it is probably second only to the apple tree. Breeders believe that it was obtained by crossing steppe cherries and cherries. About 150 varieties are known. Below are descriptions of selected varieties with reviews from gardeners.

Cherry Chocolate
The variety was bred at the end of the 20th century. The fruits are burgundy. This is a small tree. Its height is not more than 2.5 m. The totality of branches and leaves form a pyramidal shape.
The plant is more like a shrub rather than a tree. Produces many fruits. Flowers are painted white.
Blooms in May. Cherries ripen in July. But times may vary from region to region. They taste sweet and slightly sour.
The weight of one fruit is up to 3.5 g. The seed is easily separated from the pulp. Productivity - up to 15 kg. Fruiting begins 3 years after planting. Grows up to 20 years.
- cold resistance
- early ripening cherries
- undemanding to soil moisture
- prone to mycoses.
Chocolate cherry is a young variety. Therefore, its seedlings are not very easy to find on sale. For its cultivation, you need to choose a well-lit part of the garden.
The tree needs to be pruned every year. You can water during flowering and fruit formation. Feed only 3 years after planting. Then 1 time in 4 years.
Can be grown in any region of Russia.
Gardeners say:

Hybrids of cherries and cherries
Varieties obtained by crossing cherries and sweet cherries are commonly called duks. About 30 species of such hybrids grow in Russia. Several varieties will be described below.
Kharitonovskaya
Cherry with an average maturity. The height of the tree is 2.5 - 3 m. The branches form a spherical shape.
Cherries are dark red, juicy, weighing about 5 g. Sweet and sour. The stone can be easily separated from the pulp.
But she's pretty big. They have good transportability. Fruiting occurs in the 4th year of planting.
It is able to pollinate on its own, but for good fruiting, varieties should be planted next to it:
- Vladimirskaya
- Lyubskaya
- Zhukovskaya
- it is rarely affected by fungal diseases.
- not suitable for cultivation in areas with severe frosts.
Podbelskaya
A tall tree - up to 5 m. The set of branches forms a rounded shape.
Cherries are dark red, weighing up to 5 g. Fibrous. Sweet and sour taste.
Fruiting begins 4-5 years after planting, in the middle of summer. The fruits ripen gradually. The seed leaves the pulp without difficulty. Can be used in any form.
This variety is not able to withstand a strong drop in air temperature.
The pollen of the plant is sterile.It is recommended to plant cherries next to it, or such varieties of cherries as:
- English early
- Lotovaya
- Anadolskaya
- May Duke
- Griot of Ostheim
Miracle
The combination of branches and leaves forms a pyramidal shape. Flowers are large and white. Fruits are dark red in color, weighing up to 10 g.
Tastes sweet, similar to cherries. But the aroma is reminiscent of cherries. Full fruiting begins in the 4th year of planting. Productivity - 10 - 15 kg per tree.
The miracle bears fruit every year. The first harvest can be harvested at the end of June. This is a cross pollinated cherry variety.
To get a crop, you need to plant cherries next to it.
The branches of a tree have the ability to stretch upwards. For the correct formation of the crown, some gardeners tie the load to the branches. The variety is best suited for warm regions of the country.
In the middle part of Russia, it is not worth planting. The landing site must be chosen calm, bright, without close occurrence of groundwater.
Within 5 years, the plant must be pruned. In the first year of life, during spring pruning, 1/6 of the shoots are cut.
- The variety is resistant to fungal diseases.
- Cherry Miracle cannot become a pollinator - its pollen is sterile.
Baby
Plant height - 2 - 2.5 m. It grows very quickly. It is unable to self-pollinate.
Flowering begins in May. Early - bears fruit in June, 3 - 4 years after planting. 1 cherry weighs about 5 g. The color is dark red.
Up to 15 kg of crop is harvested from one plant. Pleasant in taste, slightly sour. They are mainly used fresh, but they are also suitable for harvesting.
Transportable. Stored no more than 10 days.
- high yield
- disease resistance
- resistance to severe drops in air temperature
- pleasant fruit flavor
- Susceptible to certain diseases
Best neighbors for her:
- Youth
- Nord Star
- Lyubskaya
- Turgenevka
Shpanka
The variety was bred by Ukrainian breeders. Trees with early fruit ripening.
It is popular not only in its own country, but also abroad. These are tall plants up to 6 m. Fruiting begins at the age of 5 - 6 years, in June or early July.
Harvested gradually. An adult plant produces up to 0.5 q of fruit. Cherry dark brown, weighing 4 - 5 g.
Prone to shedding. Inside there is a small bone, which is easily separated from the pulp. The taste is sweet, with a slight sourness. It can be used both fresh and for preparations and freezing.
Able to pollinate with its own pollen. But at the same time, a small amount of fruit is obtained.
It is recommended to plant next to it:
- Griot of Ostheim;
- Griot Ukrainian.
- the ability to tolerate low temperatures (up to -35 degrees);
- high disease resistance
- nice cherry flavor
- drought tolerance
- because of the high growth of trees, it is difficult to pick fruits from them;
- the first harvest sometimes needs to wait up to 6 years.
For good growth, the plant must be planted in light, fertile soil.
The spatula has many varieties:
- dwarf
- Bryansk
- large-fruited
- Donetsk
- early

Common cherry varieties
This species has been known since antiquity. To date, it does not grow wild.
Dessert Morozova
The variety was named after the breeder who bred it. Suitable for growing in temperate climates. Plant of medium height.
The collection of branches forms a rounded shape. Flowers are large, white. Large-fruited - 4.7 - 5 g.Ripe cherries are red.
They are juicy inside. The seed is easily separated from the pulp. Can be transported over long distances. The taste is sweet, slightly sour. Productivity - up to 35 kg.
Early ripe. The first harvest is in June. Fruiting occurs in 3-4 years of plant life. Without a neighboring tree - a pollinator, it forms only 1/5 of the fruit.
It is recommended to plant next to it such varieties of cherries as:
- Vladimirskaya
- Griot of Ostheim
- student
- Griot Rossoshansky
- precocity
- high yield
- pleasant taste
- annual fruiting
- frost resistance
- disadvantages include poor disease resistance.
Youth
The variety is suitable for growing in the northern regions of Russia and the Moscow region. The height of the tree is 2 - 2.5 m. The crown is spherical, of medium density. The branches are lowered to the ground. The flowers are white. Self-pollinated.
Blooms in May. Refers to frost-resistant and drought-resistant varieties. Harvest is in July. From one plant you can collect up to 15 kg of cherries.
Fruit weight - 4 - 5 g. Dark burgundy cherries. Inside are fleshy, juicy. Easily separated from the seed. The taste is pleasant, with sourness.
The youth variety begins to bear fruit on the 4th - 5th year of planting. The tree grows up to 15 - 20 years.
For planting it is necessary to choose an elevated, bright area in the garden. Do not plant in places with strong drafts.
Watering is required during flowering and fruiting. Pruned in the spring - before the buds swell. Feeding is not needed in the first years of life.
Youth has an average degree of resistance to mycoses.
General purpose variety. Handles transportation well.
Gardeners speak well of her:
Lyubskaya
A tree up to 2.5 m high. The set of branches forms a spherical shape. Flowers are painted white.
The first harvest can be obtained a few years after planting. Thereafter annually. Able to bear fruit without the participation of other plants.
Late ripe. Fruiting begins in July - August. Ripe cherries are dark red and juicy. Weight - 4 - 5 g.
The seed is easily separated from the pulp. Tastes sour. Not prone to shedding. Used mainly for processing. Can be stored and transported.
With a temperate climate, the yield is 25 kg per tree. In the south of Russia, these figures can reach up to 35 kg.
It is not suitable for planting in regions of the country with harsh climatic conditions. Susceptible to fungal diseases. Grows depending on climatic conditions 15 - 25 years.
For its cultivation, you must select a site:
- with enough sunlight
- no strong drafts
- groundwater - no higher than three meters
- exalted
Zhukovskaya
Mid-season. Trees 1.5 - 3 m high. The crown is rounded. Flowers white, large.
Harvest is in July. Trees begin to bear fruit in the 4th year of planting. Grow up to 20 years. Ripe fruits are juicy, dark red.
Weight - 4 - 7 g. They taste like cherries - sweet, with a slight sourness. The pulp well departs from a seed. Suitable for fresh use and for preparations.
Productivity depends on age - 12 - 30 kg.
It is unable to self-pollinate. It is recommended to plant next to it such varieties of cherries:
- Lyubskaya
- Apukhtinskaya
- Vladimirskaya
- Consumer goods black
- Youth
- high resistance to certain diseases;
- pleasant fruit flavor
- big bone
- resistance to extreme cold
Turgenevka
This plant is not tall - up to 3 m. The crown is pyramidal. Life expectancy - up to 25 years.
Trees begin to bear fruit 4 years after planting, and then annually. Productivity depends on age - 10 - 25 kg. Blooms in May.
Flowers are painted white. Harvested in early July. Ruby fruits. Weight up to 5 g. Sweet, slightly sour. The bone is simply separated from the pulp.
Not suitable for planting in regions with severe frosts. Able to partially pollinate with its own pollen. But in order to obtain a sufficient number of fruits, a neighborhood with other varieties of cherries is necessary:
- Melitopol joy
- Lyubskaya
- Favorite
- Youth
Turgenevka is moderately resistant to common diseases of fruit trees.
felt cherry
China is considered the birthplace of this type of cherry. It is also called Chinese cherry. Breeders have bred many varieties from this species.
Among them there are early, middle, late varieties. These are shrubs 1.5 - 3 m high. The shape of the crown is spherical. The flowers are pink. Bloom in May.
They bear fruit a few weeks earlier than other varieties. The color of cherries and their weight, depending on the variety, varies from pink to dark red, weighing from 1 to 4.5 g. The crop can be harvested in the 3rd year of the plant's life.
Cherries are sweet or sweet and sour, juicy. The pulp is difficult to separate from the stone. Fruit ripening time - June - August. Productivity - 5.5 to 14 kg.
Its name is associated with a slight pubescence on the vegetative parts and cherries.
- frost resistance (up to -40oC)
- drought tolerance
- high yield
- decorative
- it grows no more than 10 years, but with proper pruning, this period can be increased.
Late varieties include the Ocean Virovskaya variety.
Varieties with an average ripening period:
- white
- dark-skinned oriental
- Anniversary
Early varieties of felt cherries:
- Natalie
- story
- children's
- fruitful
- fabulous
It can only be grown for personal consumption. The fruits cannot be transported and stored. According to the ability of pollination felt cherry is divided into self-fertile and self-fertile varieties.
Varieties capable of pollinating their own pollen:
- Delight
- Anniversary
- Story
- Eastern
- Children's
- Summer
- Dream
- spark
- Gorgeous
- Darkie eastern
- Triana
- Princess
It is recommended to plant at least 3 copies of the tree on the site for better pollination.
Felt Cherry varieties that require other types of trees for pollination:
- Ocean virovskaya
- Natalie
- autumn virovaya
- Alice
Cherry Vladimirskaya
This is one of the most ancient and well-known varieties of cherries. Mid-season variety. It takes about 2 months from the beginning of flowering to the ripening of the first cherries.
They can reach a height of 2.5 to 5 m. The flowers are white. Blooms in May. The fruits ripen in July. They taste sweet and sour. H
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Juicy, fibrous inside. The bone separates easily. Fruiting begins in July. Cherries ripen gradually.
Vladimir cherry is self-fertile. To get a bountiful harvest, you need to plant several bushes of a different variety.
It is best to plant the following varieties next to it:
- Morel black
- Lyubskaya
- Turgenevka
- Consumer goods black
- Vasilyevskaya
- Zhukovskaya
- Rastunya
Productivity depends on the region - 5 - 25 kg.
It is grown both for personal consumption and for industrial purposes. They can be transported over long distances.
She is prone to diseases such as coccomycosis and miniliosis. But gardeners speak well of this variety. Even summer residents who have been growing this variety for many years have no complaints about it.
Cherry Dessert Volga
Medium-sized tree up to 3 m high. With an average ripening period. Crown oval. The flowers are white. Blooms in May.
Burgundy cherries, weighing about 3.2 g. Soft, juicy inside. Comes off the bone well. Ripens gradually. Do not crumble.
Fruiting occurs in the first half of July. Can be used in any form.
Dessert Volga cherry is partially pollinated independently. The following varieties should be planted next to it as pollinators:
- Rastunya
- Dawn of the Volga region
- Finaevskaya
- Vladimirskaya
- Ukrainian
Trees begin to bear fruit no later than 3 years after planting. Productivity depends on age - 4 - 18 kg. It tolerates low temperatures well.
Resistance to common diseases is average.
sand cherry
In its natural environment, it grows in South and North America. In the homeland, it is not eaten. It has an unpleasant taste and is grown for landscaping. But scientists have developed varieties that are not only beautiful in appearance, but also tasty.
Bessey
This is a low-growing shrub 0.7 - 1.5 m high. Flowers are white or pink. Distinguished by its decorative effect.
It is able to pollinate with its own pollen, but another plant is needed to get a bountiful harvest. Productivity 3 - 10 kg. Fruiting begins a year after planting, at the end of summer.
Cherries are small - 1.4 - 2.5 g, brown. Not prone to shedding. The taste is somewhat different from other varieties and resembles bird cherry, chokeberry.
This culture is able to grow on almost any soil.
Judging by the reviews of experienced gardeners:
Cherry Chernokorka
Received by Ukrainian breeders. Mid-season. These are trees of medium height with a rounded crown. Height - up to 3 m.
Cherries weighing up to 4.5 g. Dark burgundy. Sweet, with a little sourness. The stone is small, moves away from the pulp without much effort. Used both fresh and for canning.
Not capable of self-pollination. It is recommended to plant Lyubskaya cherry or cherry varieties next to it. Fruiting begins no earlier than the 4th year of planting.
Productivity - 30 kg. Not demanding on soil moisture.
Cherry Morozovka
Bred by Russian breeders. These are trees - up to 2.5 m. The totality of branches gives the plant a spherical shape. The flowers are white.
Cherries are purple in color, weighing 4 - 5 g. They ripen in July on the 3rd year of planting in the middle of summer.
Self-infertile variety. Pollinators can be:
- Vladimirskaya
- Michurinskaya
- Zhukovskaya
- Turgenevka
- Lebedyanskaya
- Griot
- can be transported over long distances.
- does not bear fruit every year.
Cherry Black large
Tree 3 meters high. The crown is pyramidal. Flowers are large, white. Mid-season.
Large-fruited - 5 - 7 g. Burgundy cherries. Juicy. The pulp is easy to separate from the stone. Can be used for preparations, frozen.
Help. This is one of the sweetest cherries. Grows up to 15 - 17 years. Fruiting begins at 6 - 8 years.
- early fruiting period (early July)
- pleasant fruit flavor
- ability to endure severe frosts (up to -34 degrees Celsius)
- drought tolerance
- high yield (up to 25 kg)
- yields decline with age
- plants are often affected by fungal diseases
- this variety does not tolerate strong drafts
Cherry Vocation
Medium-sized plant up to 2.5 m high. The crown is rounded. Blooms in May. Early ripe - the first cherries are removed in mid-June.
It is unable to pollinate with its own pollen. As pollinators, it is necessary to plant other varieties of cherries or sweet cherries. Not demanding to care. Drought resistant.
Fruiting begins 2 years after planting. Cherries are sweet and sour. Burgundy color. Weight 5 - 6g.
Subject to all the rules of agricultural technology, one adult plant gives up to 30 kg of crop.Can tolerate low temperatures. But no more - 25oC.
Highly resistant to fungal diseases and pests.
There are many varieties of cherries in the world. But when choosing seedlings for planting, you need to pay attention not only to the taste of the fruit, but also to the frost resistance and resistance of trees to diseases and pests.
CHERRY
Description of varieties
I have a tree of the “Youth” variety growing in my dacha. In childhood and in my youth, I didn’t like cherries in general, to be honest, for me this was some kind of sourness, but when I had already matured and actively went in for sports, I already appreciated its properties and now I have cherries in my morning diet. Since I eat a lot of protein foods, and acid is needed for its digestion, and there is plenty of it in cherries so that my breakfast is quickly digested, and plus, cherries are full of vitamins and useful trace elements. It’s a pity the tree is already old, so in the spring I’m going to plant one more, and maybe two.