Cherry Vladimirskaya, variety description, characteristics and reviews, cultivation features

Vladimirskaya cherry symbolizes an entire era in domestic gardening. For many centuries, it grew on a vast vast territory and delighted our ancestors with its delicious fruits. The variety continues to grow at the present time.

The history of the emergence of cherries Vladimirskaya

Cherry Vladimirskaya appeared so long ago that no reliable information about its origin has been preserved in history. According to the most common version, the seedling was brought by wanderer monks from the southern countries in the 16th century. A number of sources mention that this happened in the period from the 7th to the 12th century, but now no one can confirm these facts. The variety has adapted and spread in Vladimir and nearby provinces.

For many centuries, it was propagated not only by layering, but also by seeds, so genetically related clones and forms appeared. The following names of Vladimirskaya are known:

• Roditeleva (Parent);
• Vyaznikovskaya;
• Gorbatovskaya;
• Dobroselskaya;
• Izbyletskaya.

In 1947, cherries passed the state variety test and were allowed to grow in five regions:

• Northwest;
• Central;
• Volga-Vyatka;
• Central Black Earth;
• Middle Volga.

Of the varieties registered in the State Register, only Lyubskaya is ahead of Vladimir in the number of regionalization regions.

In 2014, a monument to Vladimir Cherry was erected in the city of Vladimir on Spassky Hill at the entrance to the ancient Patriarchal Garden.

Description and characteristic

The height of trees of the Vladimirskaya variety is from 2.5 to 5 m and above.

Plants on their own roots form a multi-stem bush, grafted trees have a standard shape.

The crown is wide-round, as the tree grows older it becomes sprawling and weeping. Frame branches have an angle of departure from the trunk of 50-60 °, annual shoots drooping. The inner part of the crown is slightly deciduous. The leaf plate is folded along the main vein, which is a feature of the variety. More than 80% of fruit buds are laid on the growth of last year. Flowering periods are average (early May). The inflorescence consists of five to seven flowers.

When propagating by layering, the properties of the mother plant are fully preserved.

Fruit characterization

The fruits are medium-sized, their weight depends on the growing conditions and varies from 2.5 to 3.4 g. The shape is flat-round, with a weakly expressed abdominal suture and a shallow cramped funnel. The color is dark red, close to black. A slight wax coating has a matte silver tint. Under the thin and dense skin there is a large number of clearly visible gray dots. A thin, rather long peduncle is separated from fully ripened fruits with a dry margin.

The dark red juicy pulp has a dense fibrous structure. The taste is excellent, balanced, sweet with a slight acid, it has a slight astringency. Saturated juice, dark cherry color. The percentage of various substances in the fruit may vary depending on the region of cultivation.

Table: The chemical composition of the fruits of cherry Vladimirskaya

The bone is quite large, free. The fruits are used for fresh consumption and processed in various ways:

• apply quick freezing;
• make dried fruits;
  

  The fruits of Vladimir Cherry are universal: they are suitable both for food and for the production of high-quality processed products

• make juices;
• stewed compotes, jam and stuff.

The grafted trees tie the first fruits in the second or third year after planting, root crops - one to two years later. Plants do not have the ability to self-pollute. The variety is mid-season, in the middle latitudes cherries ripen in the second decade of July (two months after flowering). The yield of the crop is stretched, the fruits that are not harvested in a timely manner fall off.

Productivity can be both quite low and good: it is affected by the climatic conditions of the growing region and the degree of freezing of generative buds during wintering.

There is evidence of the following performance indicators:

• in the middle lane from an adult tree, you can collect up to 20-25 kg;
• north (Leningrad Oblast) about 5 kg are removed from a ten-year-old tree.

Resistance to cold and disease

Wood has a high degree of resistance to low temperatures, and generative organs - a medium.

In the Leningrad region, freezing of flower buds from 1 to 3 points was observed.

In the northern regions, the variety can be used as a stock. Like all old varieties, Vladimirskaya is not immune to fungal diseases that appeared in the second half of the last century: coccomycosis and moniliosis. Currently, the widespread development of these diseases is the scourge of cherry orchards.

Pollinating varieties

The fruitlessness of fruit culture means that no more than 5% of flowers will fertilize in a tree growing alone. The following cherries are recommended as pollinators for the described variety:

• Amorel pink;
• Vasilievskaya;
• Griot of Moscow;
• Lot;
• Lyubskaya;
• Fertile Michurin;
• Rastunya;
• Turgenevka;
• Consumer goods is black.

Photo Gallery: pollinating varieties

For many cultural representatives, Vladimirskaya is also an excellent source of pollen.

Features of growing cherries Vladimirskaya

When cultivating a variety, the standard agricultural culture technique is applied, taking into account a number of varietal characteristics.

Landing

In the regions of regionalization Vladimirskaya planted in the spring. Trees with a spreading crown are placed according to a 3x4 m scheme. Thickenings should not be tolerated due to insufficient immunity of plants to fungal diseases. The rest of the growing conditions and planting rules do not have features.

Crop Types

The choice of crown formation depends on the method of propagation of planting material:

• Own plants that have sprouted form in the form of a multi-stem bush;
  

  The overgrown Vladimirskaya cherry is formed in a multi-barrel form

• for grafted seedlings, a non-tiered formation widely used for standard cherry is used.
  

  With a layered formation, a stem is left 30–40 cm high and at a distance of 15–20 cm, 8–12 skeletal branches are formed, directed in different directions

Regulatory (thinning) and sanitary pruning is mandatory for any plant formation in order to prevent fungal diseases. Since the variety is not very productive, pruning that supports fruiting (shortening) will be especially relevant for it.

Easy rejuvenation with shortening of the shoots begin to be carried out with a reduction in annual growth to 20-30 cm. This pruning of bush-type cherries, fruiting on annual shoots, has its own characteristics. Typically, in such plants at short growths, only the apical bud is vegetative, all the rest are generative: such shoots cannot be shortened, they are transferred to the lateral branch.

Watering and feeding

Watering should be balanced, waterlogging should not be allowed. In a drought, 4–5 irrigation is carried out per season, using 3-5 water buckets per adult plant. With heavy rains, only feeding is needed. They are carried out according to the usual culture scheme:

• in spring, cherry needs nitrogen;
• in summer - potassium;
• in the fall, superphosphate is added for digging.
  

  In autumn, cherries are fed superphosphate

Disease protection

Since Vladimirskaya is susceptible to fungal diseases, standard sanitary work, as well as autumn and early spring treatments with fungicides must be carried out in accordance with the schedule. If nevertheless it was not possible to avoid diseases, after flowering the trees are treated three times with an interval of 10-12 days with the preparations Horus, Skor, Abiga-Peak and others. The most likely diseases:

• coccomycosis - dirty brown spots appear on the upper side of the leaf plate, on the back in these places the pathogen compaction seals are white-pink, premature leaf fall;
  

  Brownish spots appear on leaves of cherry affected by coccomycosis

• moniliosis - the leaves and young shoots dry out, becoming burned, the fruits rot.
  

  Leaves and young shoots of cherries with moniliosis look like burned, rot appears on the fruits

Video: cherry coccomycosis

Gardeners reviews about the variety Vladimirskaya

... and of course Vladimirskaya, I adored her. Subsequently, all these varieties were planted in the country, but in comparison with the southern climate, it was not so large in ours, not in such quantity, but still it was decent for the Moscow region.. until she got coccomycosis. We lost all the trees. In general, with the stone fruits, I do not really succeed, 50/50.

Vladimirskaya is an old Russian variety - the taste and aroma of cherries, and the most remarkable thing is that its growth does not need to be grafted retains all its parental properties. It is better to find the owner of this variety and take it from him, otherwise you can buy under this brand, it is not known what ...

Vladimirskaya is so “parental" that she is so ready that she is ready to spray and break off.

In general, there was a little Vladimirka, but I would not say that it is sour, I liked

We planted Vladimirka, Shubinka, Lyubskaya. All to no avail, the color was always beaten by frost, there were berries - about two times and miscalculated. And in the end, everyone froze in the cold winters. 🙁 Cottage 60 km along the Yaroslavl highway

We have been tormented by Vladimir for the past 15 years. Some trees die, etc. come from the root shoots - such a permanent process. But when there is a tree of sufficient age - there are berries. True, it is difficult to call them berries - a bone covered in skin.

As for Vladimirskaya, this is no longer a variety, but a set of clones and very different ones. This happened due to unsystematic and mass propagation by sowing seeds. Moreover, it is NON-self-fertile, Non-resistant to cocomycosis, Slightly winter-hardy, Slightly delicious.

Cherry Vladimirskaya attracts the attention of gardeners with its fruits of excellent quality. However, a prerequisite for growing a variety is the timely protection of plants from fungal diseases. The winter hardiness of the generative organs makes it possible to successfully cultivate cherries in the middle lane, but for the more northern regions it is insufficient.