Tasty, juicy plum - One of the favorite trees in the summer cottage, but also quite whimsical in the care. But the result is worth it, besides you can choose a variety with your favorite taste.
And in order for the harvest to be generous, it is necessary to choose the seedling that is right for your region of growth.
Consider the best and most popular varieties of plums. After all, to choose the right tree, you should know its characteristics.
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The best varieties of yellow plums and their description
Due to its bright golden color and interesting honey taste, it seems the most attractive for growing. Below we describe those that are most popular and in demand.
Morning
Samoplodny grade, medium size, first harvest in the sixth year after planting. Parents of the variety are Renklod Ullensa and Skorospelka red, as a result of the crossing of which the Morning plum was obtained.
Fruits are harvested in early August., on average, 15-20 kg of plums are collected from a tree.
The fruits are round, rather large sizes, yellow with a greenish tint, in the sun may acquire a shade of pink.
The plum has a yellow, moderately juicy and hard pulp, not too honey, with characteristic sourness due to the considerable presence of ascorbic acid.
The variety is not very stable to attacks of such pests as aphid and moth, there is no immunity to fruit rot, frost resistance is average.
Tatar yellow
Bred by free pollination Renklod yellow varieties. Medium hardiness tree, poorly resists pests and diseases, which is a lack of variety.
Crop harvested in late summer. The fruits of this variety have an average size, bright honey-yellow color. They are juicy, with a grainy sweet-sour pulp.
Early Loshinskaya
Grade with high frost resistanceBecause it is suitable for growing even in very cold climates. Not self-fertile, so that other plums are needed for pollination.
The tree begins to bear fruit five years after planting, in the best fruitful years, allowing you to collect about 30 kg of plums from each.
The fruits are large, moderately soft, the bone is well separated, pleasant honey aroma and taste. Yellow plum with a greenish tint, sometimes with a blush.
The yield is early, and the fruits are capable of holding ripe branches for a rather long time without falling off.
White honey
One of the earliest grades of yellow plum, the harvest begins to take off in late July - early August. Other pollinating trees are needed, Renklod and Hungarian Early are most suitable.
A tall tree with a rounded, not very thickened crown, the most favorable for the rapid and uniform ripening of fruits.
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The taste of plums is like real honey., thanks to which the variety got its name. The fruits themselves are large, sometimes of uneven size in one crop, rounded shape with a dense yellow skin.
Plums in this class tolerate transportation., have good product qualities. Characterized by the presence of the pulp of a rich yellow color.
Juicy, very sweet with a moderately sour taste. Due to the structural density of the pulp is poorly separated from the bone.
White honey unpretentious to the area of growth, high-yielding, tolerates even the strongest frosts. It takes root in any climatic zone.
Early maturing
Early varieties of plums are those the harvest of which is beginning to gather from the end of July. Consider the most popular ones.
July
A medium-sized tree with a not too thick crown, the crop is harvested by the end of July. The variety is distinguished by large fruits. red with a violet shade of oval, elongated shape. The flesh of the plums is yellow, dense, very sweet.
After landing begins to bear fruit in the third year, one plum can be removed about 12 kg of the crop. It grows well in sunny areas with moderate humidity. Eat fresh or canned.
Zarechnaya early
The variety is high yielding, regular fruiting from 3-4 years. Up to 15 kg of dark-purple large fruits can be regularly removed from one tree.
Plums have a waxy bloom, yellow sweet flesh with a pronounced sourish flavor, well separated from the stone.
The variety is winter hardiness. Zarechnaya plums are eaten fresh or prepared from it preservation.
Golden ball
High-yielding variety, one of the best among the yellow plums. The first crop is removed already 3-4 years after planting the seedling.
Particularly appreciated for large yellow fruits with an original peach and pineapple flavor, golden yellow color.
Distinctive feature is the location of the fruits on the branches, they seem to cling to them.
Skoroplodnaya
Winterhardy grade, the first harvest is removed already in 2-4 years, starting from the end of July. Plums are medium in size, red, with juicy, moderately sweet, aromatic pulp.
The variety is considered dessert.well transported. Up to 10 kg of crop is removed from one tree.
Mid-season
Carry to one of the best grades of mid-ripe plums East Souvenir and Romain.
East souvenir
The tree of this variety has a spreading crown, reaches 3 m in height. Large plums are round in shape, when ripe they turn orange. Over-grown fruits acquire burgundy color.
The flesh is orange-yellow, characterized by juicy and dense texture, crispy.
Plums have a sweet, spicy flavor. with sour and bright peach-like scent.The bone of the fruit is small, almost not separated, because it is preferable to use plums varieties Souvenir of the East fresh.
The variety is highly frost-resistant, has abundant spring flowering, needed plum pollinators. The harvest of fruits from a single tree, formed in clusters, is collected up to 40-45 kg.
The variety is susceptible to perforated spotting, kleasterospiosis, heavily endures the winter-spring thaw.
Romain
Distinctive feature of Romain plum - red leaves and the flesh derived from the variety Krasnomasya. The crown is small, the fruits are quite small in the shape of a heart, burgundy, with a characteristic almond flavor.
Late-ripening
Plums of this category bloom from mid-May, and the crop is removed by the end of September.
Renklod Michurinsky
The tree of this variety is characterized by a medium-thick rounded crown. The first harvest comes after 3 years with large, regular fruits with a purple-red color.
The flesh is very juicy, tender, orange in color, with a pleasant sour taste.
The juice of plums Renklod turns colorless. Stone is well separated, suitable for preservation. Sort well transported and stored in the refrigerator.
Svetlana
High-yielding variety, more than 40 kg of fruits are removed from one plant. Yellow plums, elongated, irregular elongated shape of medium size.
The flesh is light yellow in color, crispy and dense, sweet and sour, with firm skin and a poorly separated small bone.
The fruits are suitable for processing and consumption of freshwell transported.
What grades of plum are better for Moscow region?
Virtually all of the above varieties of plums suitable for growing in the suburbs. The following varieties are also qualities suitable for cultivation in the Moscow region.
Yakhontovaya
In addition to high frost resistance, the variety tolerates well. repeated spring frosts, which are often responsible for the death of the crop during the flowering period.
Fruiting is abundant and regular, the harvest from one tree reaches 50 kg.
Plums of bright yellow color, have good sweet-sour taste, pleasant aroma.
The tree grows up to 5 m tall, tolerates drought, 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 Ussuriisk plum, due to which the variety has acquired sufficient frost resistance.
From ordinary cherry plum also Differs moderately large fruits with juicy pulp.
Gilded Scythians
Type of cherry plum obtained by breeding from the Kuban Comet plum.
Tree of medium height with a sprawling crown. The fruits are bright yellow, rather large in size, with a pronounced plum aroma and delicate flavor.
Hungarian Bogatyrskaya
Plum late maturity, the fruits are removed in September. It tolerates frost, high-yielding variety.
From one tree, 50 to 70 kg of oval-shaped purple plums with a bright aroma and sweet honey taste are collected.
Traveler
Frost-resistantIt is immune to viral and fungal diseases. For landing it is better to choose a sunny place. A bountiful harvest Removed at the end of July.
We have described the best varieties of plums, from which each summer resident can choose a suitable variety, focusing on taste, resistance to diseases and frost, as well as other criteria.
When choosing a place for planting a sapling, give preference to well-lit and places not too blown by the winds.