Cherry Ashinskaya

The beauty of a blooming cherry orchard is unlikely to leave anyone indifferent. And if this beauty turns into delicious berries over time, this is doubly good. It is such a tree that can decorate any garden, and at the same time please with a bountiful harvest, is Ashinskaya cherry - a young promising variety of Russian selection.

Breeding history

Ashinskaya is a spontaneous hybrid of garden cherry and steppe cherry (bush). Named in honor of the regional center Asha, Chelyabinsk region, from where the material for selection was taken. The authors of the variety are Russian scientists from the South Ural Research Institute of Horticulture and Potato Growing (YUNIIPOK), Chelyabinsk. Since 2002, the variety has been included in the State Register for the Ural Region.

Description of culture

The table below shows the main characteristics of the Ashinskaya cherry variety.

Parameter

Value

Barrel type

Stam

Adult tree height

Up to 3 meters

Base thickness

Up to 40 cm

Crown

Elongated conical, moderately compressed, prone to thickening

Foliage

High

Leaves

Oval, up to 8 cm long, up to 4 cm wide, pointed at both ends. The plate is shiny, smooth, without pubescence, dark green

Escapes

Ash brown, rounded, up to 40 cm long, not pubescent

Bud

Outward bent, elongated, medium

Flowers

Small, collected in inflorescences of 5 flowers, white, fragrant

Flowering type

Mixed

Important! Due to its frost resistance and unpretentiousness, Ashinskaya cherry can be grown in many regions.

Now it is grown in the Ural region, in the North Caucasus and in Central Russia from the Upper Volga to the Kuban.

Variety characteristics

Cherry Ashinskaya is considered a productive winter-hardy variety of late ripening. The average lifespan of a tree is 35–40 years. Fruiting begins at the age of four. The hybrid is suitable for both industrial cultivation and individual gardening.

Drought resistance and winter hardiness

From its ancestor - the steppe cherry - Ashinskaya got good resistance to drought and frost. Average winter hardiness - up to -42 degrees. The frost resistance of generative buds is average, the frost resistance of flowers is above average. After damage by severe frosts, Ashinskaya cherry is able to quickly recover with almost no loss of yield.

Pollination, flowering period and ripening times

Cherry of this variety is partially self-fertile; in the absence of pollinators, 20-50% of flower ovaries are fertilized. To increase yields, it is recommended to plant any stone fruit crops with similar flowering periods near Ashinskaya. Blooms in the last decade of May, extended flowering period. Photo of Ashinskaya cherry during the flowering period below.

Attention! Ripening of the crop is almost simultaneous, occurs in the last decade of July - early August.

Productivity, fruiting

Fruiting of cherries of the Ashinskaya variety begins from the fourth year and lasts annually up to 30 years or more. Fruit ripening is amicable. Productivity from one adult tree is 8-10 kilograms. The table shows the main characteristics of Ashinskaya cherry fruits:

Parameter

Value

Fruit shape

Oval-rounded, with a narrow funnel and a weakly pronounced abdominal suture

Skin color

Maroon, shiny

Pulp color, consistency

Dark red, medium density, juice red

Taste

Pleasant, sweet and sour

Bone

One, weighing 0.17-0.2 g., Easily detachable

Fruit size

Middle

Fruit weight, gr.

4,5

Tasting score:

appearance

taste

 

4,7

4,4

Content in fruits,%:

ascorbic acid

dry matter

free acids

sugars

 

10,3

16,3

1,8

11,7

Assignment of the variety

Dessert

Scope of berries

Despite the fact that the Ashinskaya cherry variety is a dessert, the berries are well suited for processing. Used for making juices, preserves, compotes, jams.

Disease and pest resistance

The variety has a high resistance to coccomycosis. No other diseases and insect pests were affected.

Advantages and disadvantages

With all its advantages, Ashinskaya cherry has a number of disadvantages. The table shows its positive and negative qualities:

Positive

Negative

High yield

Late ripening and low resistance to transportation reduce the liquidity of production in commodity volumes

Good taste and fruit size

Average frost resistance

Annual fruiting up to 30 years

High stem creates inconvenience when picking berries

Drought, disease and pest resistance

Part of the crop can simply not be processed in time due to the simultaneous ripening of fruits

You can propagate in any way

Landing features

An adult cherry of the Ashinskaya variety is a beautiful tall tree that can decorate any garden both during the flowering period and during the ripening of the crop. When planting it, some features of the variety should be taken into account.

Recommended timing

The optimal time of the year for planting Ashinskaya cherries is the spring, when the soil has already completely thawed, but the buds have not yet begun to bloom. In central Russia, this period falls on April. Later dates are undesirable due to the worse survival rate of seedlings.

Autumn planting is not carried out, in this case it is more expedient not to plant the seedlings, but simply to dig in until spring from the south side of the house or fence and shelter from frost.

Choosing the right place

When choosing a planting site, it is worth considering the size of the future tree and its longevity. It will most likely not be possible to transplant an adult cherry to another place, since this tree does not tolerate transplanting well and will most likely die. It is preferable to use the southern sides of buildings and fences, since cherries do not like cold winds. It is desirable that the soil at the planting site has an acidity close to neutral and not too heavy.

What to plant next to cherries

Not all neighboring plants get along well with each other. The optimal neighborhood for Ashinskaya cherry will be the same stone fruit trees - cherry, sweet cherry, plum. They can be planted at a distance of at least 3 meters from each other so that their crowns do not intertwine with each other. Undesirable neighbors for cherries are oak, linden, maple. And also, you should not plant some shrubs next to Ashinskaya: gooseberries, sea buckthorn, raspberries, as well as light-loving currant varieties.

Selection and preparation of planting material

Ashinskaya cherries are planted mainly by seedlings. They can be prepared independently or purchased at the nursery. Cuttings for future seedlings are prepared in early summer, in cloudy weather, in the morning or in the evening. The length of the cuttings is 30–35 cm. The cherry shoot is soaked for a day in a growth stimulator, while immersed in it with the cut end only 1.25–2 cm. After that, the cuttings are planted in a nutritious soil and covered with a film. In two weeks, adventitious roots should appear, in a month - difficult to root.

Landing algorithm

It is better to prepare a pit for planting Ashinskaya cherry seedlings in the fall. Its standard size is 60x60x60 centimeters. The sod land is preserved for the preparation of nutritious soil.A peg is hammered into the center of the pit for a garter of the future tree. A layer of earth is poured into the bottom in the form of a mound in such a way that the root collar of the seedling standing on it is 5 cm above the ground level.

Sod land is mixed with humus in a 1: 1 ratio, the roots of the seedling are covered with it. The ground around it should be lightly tamped so that a ring-groove 8-10 cm deep is formed around the seedling. After that, the seedling is watered with three buckets of water, and the ground around it is mulched with sawdust or humus.

The complete guide to planting cherries is in the video below:

Follow-up care of the culture

Ashinskaya cherry is undemanding to constant care, but regular pruning, feeding and watering can significantly increase yields. Pruning is a must, as the plant produces many shoots that greatly thicken the crown. Dry, broken, and branches growing inside the crown are also cut out, since it is very inconvenient to harvest from them. It is also necessary to remove the numerous basal shoots of cherries, which the plant forms in excess.

Cherries need watering only during periods of drought. You need to feed the trees occasionally, it is best to use humus, peat and wood ash for this, bringing them along with digging directly into the trunk circle. Fertilizing with mineral fertilizers is needed only on very poor sandy loam soils. To do this, you can use superphosphate and potassium sulfate, diluted in a proportion of 1 tbsp. spoon each into a bucket of water. This top dressing is done in the fall, about once every three years.

Advice! Cherry does not require shelter for the winter. Hares and rodents do not touch it, so no additional protective measures can be taken.

Diseases and pests

Cases of defeat of this cherry varieties diseases are extremely rare and occur only on very neglected trees. The appearance of insect pests was also not observed. The crop can be partially spoiled only by birds pecking berries, but even such cases are not massive.

Conclusion

Despite the fact that Ashinskaya is a fairly young variety, it has a good future. This is due to its unpretentiousness and undemanding care. Frost resistance is also of great importance, as well as the ability to quickly recover after severe frosts. Abundant annual fruiting and a long life span of the tree makes it possible to definitely recommend this variety for growing in garden plots.

Testimonials

Lidia Nikolaevna Lazareva, 62 years old, Saratov
Cherry Ashinskaya has been in my garden for ten years, and has never let her down. I collect a bucket - one and a half every year. Although I go up to her twice during the year, cut off once, and pick the berries the second.
Svetlana Alexandrovna Gaiduk, 56 years old, Perm
The neighbor has a cherry Ashinskaya for twelve years, every year I looked at it and admired it. Five years ago I could not stand it, I went to a neighbor, asked for cuttings. Four pieces have taken root, and now I have my own cherry garden. Last year I took off the first harvest of cherries.
Alexander Pavlovich Klimenkov, 49 years old, Brest
I have never dealt with cherries. And here once there was a place in the corner of the garden, I planted Ashinskaya for the sake of experiment. And I never regretted it. For eight years now, it has been consistently bearing fruit, there has not been a single year without a crop. I don't want to switch to cherries at all, but as an addition to the rest of the trees - that's it.
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