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Cherries Adeline is a variety of Russian selection. Sweet berries have been known to gardeners for a long time. The tree is unpretentious, but not cold-resistant enough; areas with cold winters are not suitable for it.
Breeding history
The Adeline variety is the brainchild of the famous breeder O. Zhukov. Sweet cherry Adeline obtained after crossing sweet cherries Zhukovskaya Slava and Valery Chkalov. Adelina was included in the State Register of Russia in 1998.
Description of culture
The description of the Adeline cherry variety is as follows - a fast-growing tree, it grows up to 4 meters. Crohn of medium thickening. The trunk is covered with smooth brownish bark. The leaves are elliptical with pointed tips. The bouquet of flowers consists of three pieces, pinkish, mostly female.
The growing season is 70 days. Fruits weighing 7 g are heart-shaped. The color of the fruit and pulp is red. Its length is 12 mm. The taste of the berries is sweet, the flesh is quite dense. The berries remain intact when picked.
It is recommended to grow the Adelina variety in a temperate climate, for Russia these are the central and southern regions.
Characteristics
Further, the characteristics of the Adeline cherry variety are considered in detail.
Drought resistance, winter hardiness
Sweet cherry requires watering, the plant does not tolerate drought. In order for the fruits to be juicy and not crumble ahead of time, you need to irrigate every month. In the absence of rain, this is done more often, not allowing the soil to dry out.
Frost resistance of Adelina cherries is low. This does not apply to the tree itself, but to the flower buds. In frosty winters or late frosts in spring, they can freeze slightly, which will lead to loss of crops.
Pollination, flowering period and ripening times
This variety, like almost all cherry varieties, is sterile without a pollinating plant. Pollinators for sweet cherries Adeline - varieties of sweet cherries Rechitsa and Poetziya.
The plant blooms in mid-May, and in the second decade of July you can enjoy berries. They do not ripen all at once, so the harvest lasts at least 10 days.
Productivity, fruiting
Fruiting Adeline begins 4 years after planting. At first, the yield does not exceed 10 kg, but the yield of the tree increases over the years, reaching a maximum of 25 kg per tree.
A photo of the Adelina cherry tree can be seen below.
Scope of berries
Adeline is a table variety. It is best and most useful to use fresh berries of the Adeline cherry. For long-term storage, they are frozen, jams, jams, candy fillings and marmalade are made. Used for the preparation of liqueurs and tinctures.
Disease and pest resistance
Cherry Adeline has medium resistance to moniliosis and coccomycosis. The same can be said about the pests of this plant.
Advantages and disadvantages
The advantages of Adeline cherry include the following qualities:
- Good yield.
- Annual fruiting.
- Early maturity.
- Delicious juicy berries.
Landing features
Growing sweet cherries Adeline, first of all, requires compliance with the rules of planting culture.What you need to consider in order to get a healthy plant that gives a high yield.
Recommended timing
Following the recommendations of experienced gardeners, Adeline cherries are planted in the spring. The upcoming summer season makes it possible for the plant to take root well, by the onset of cold weather it will give an increase in shoots and increase the root system.
The seedling is planted when it is dormant and the buds have not hatched yet. The soil should have just thawed, the temperature should be above zero.
In the fall, you can get a larger selection of seedlings, but planting should be taken responsibly. Autumn plantings of sweet cherries do not always remain viable until next spring.
Choosing the right place
Adeline cherries require high, flat areas, illuminated by the sun. It should not be planted in low places where cold fogs are possible. A layer of groundwater close to the surface will also not be beneficial for cherries, its roots will get wet and freeze. The best are the southern or eastern zones of the garden.
What crops can and cannot be planted next to cherries
Apple and pear trees, and other pome trees, draw out all the useful elements from the soil, which will take away the nutrition from the cherries. Linden, birch, and conifers - spruce and pine should be excluded from the environment.
From garden plantings, the plant does not tolerate tobacco, nightshade crops nearby. The neighborhood of blackberries, raspberries, gooseberries is badly affected. The best neighbors are cherries and plums, honeysuckle.
Selection and preparation of planting material
Adeline cherry sapling should be two years old, have a root length of about 25 cm. They should be healthy, not damaged, and have a height of about a meter.
Before planting, cherry seedlings are kept in water for 4 hours, the roots are soaked in order to germinate more easily.
Landing algorithm
Planting cherries begins with the preparation of a suitable place. Pre-prepare the soil, which should not be acidic. To reduce the pH, ash or lime is added to the soil, dolomite flour can be used. The soil is fertilized with superphosphate, humus, sulfuric potassium, wood ash.
Dig a hole with sides of 70 cm. Fertile soil is poured in the center, adding 60 g of superphosphate and sulfur potassium to it. A mound is formed on which the seedling is located, the roots are straightened, preventing their intertwining.
Water is poured into the pit and the roots are covered with earth. The root collar is left, without falling asleep, at the soil level. The soil is lightly tamped. A layer of peat or dry grass mulch is poured around the seedling.
Plants are planted at a distance of at least 3 meters. A gap of 4-5 meters is left between the rows. For pollination of cherries, Adeline is planted with pollinating varieties.
Follow-up care of the culture
Cherry requires enough moisture to grow, especially in spring when flowering, dressing, pruning. Drying soil will serve as a signal for the mandatory watering of cherries; you should not bring it to such a state.
Saplings need nitrogen fertilization for the growth of shoots. To do this, add 100 g of urea per 1 m2... Complex mineral fertilizers, compost or humus are applied under mature trees. Ash must be added, it enriches the soil with potassium and reduces its acidity.
After winter, damaged branches and thickening crown are removed. This is the so-called sanitary pruning. The cut site is disinfected with copper sulfate and covered with garden putty.
Adeline cherry does not require winter shelter. Young seedlings are sheltered from rodents and cold. Roots are mulched in November. The trunk is covered with lutrasil or spruce branches.
Diseases and pests, methods of control and prevention
Diseases of culture | Description | How to get rid of |
Hole spot
| Brown spots appear on the leaves, then holes in their place. Shoots crack, gum flows from them | All diseased parts of the plant are cut out and burned. Dig up the soil around the trunk.They are spraying the tree and soil with a Bordeaux mixture of 3% |
Gray rot (moniliosis) | Appears in high humidity. Brown spots appear on the leaves. Fruits are covered with a rotten bloom | The branches are cut 10 cm below the damage level. The tree is sprayed with fungicides: "Azocene", "Topsin", "Horus" |
Pests | Description of the pest | Ways to destroy them |
Cherry slimy sawfly | The pest is slug-like larvae. They eat leaves, leaving bare skeletons of them | For prophylaxis, digging of the near-trunk space is carried out. The larvae are destroyed by spraying with "Aktara", "Confidor". |
Cherry weevil
| Beetle with a long proboscis, green-red. Hibernates in the soil. Gnaws holes in fruits and ovaries, causing them to shatter | Autumn digging of soil, arrangement of trapping belts, processing with "Inta-vir", "Fufanon" |
Black aphid | Small black bugs colonize the underside of the leaves, causing them to curl and dry out. | For prevention, ants are destroyed. They use folk recipes - spraying with an infusion of garlic, ammonia, showered with tobacco dust. A good remedy is the biological preparation "Fitoverm" |
Conclusion
Cherry Adelina and its sweet early berries will delight children and adults in summer, and in the cold they will warm tea with aromatic jam and jam. A blooming spring garden will give the feeling of a holiday awakening after a long winter.
