Description and characteristics of cherry varieties Tenderness, planting and care features
Cherry variety Tenderness is not only a decoration of a personal plot during flowering, but also a tree that gives juicy and large fruits. The high yield allows you to enjoy fresh berries to your fullest, as well as prepare jam, jam, juice or wine. Increasingly, gardeners are choosing seedlings of this variety for their site. Description, characteristics and tips for the care and planting of the plant further.
Description of the variety
The description of the variety Tenderness suggests that the plant belongs to the varieties of mid-late ripening cherries. After planting, the plant begins to bear fruit only in the fourth, sometimes in the fifth year. If there is no harvest after this period, you need to pay attention to the presence of diseases, pests or mistakes in caring for the fruit tree.
Characteristics of cherry Tenderness
Characteristics include berry color and flavor, fruit size, flowering and ripening times, and resistance to cold and disease.
Ripening time
The tree pleases the eye with its flowering in mid and late May. After the fruit set, ripe berries appear in the last days of July.
Cherry blossom
The color of the fruit is slightly different from the classic cherry color. The berries are rather yellow, and the side has a bright red blush.
Cherry flavor
The core has a light yellow hue, juicy, not loose. The fruit tastes sweet and sour.
Fruit size
Compared to other varieties, the berries are considered large. Their average weight is about 10 grams.
Crown type
The trees themselves are not tall, an adult plant reaches a length of no more than 2.5-3 meters. The crown is oval, with proper care - of medium density.
Winter hardiness
Most gardeners note the good frost resistance of this fruit tree.
Disease resistance
Cherry Tenderness is rarely susceptible to fungal diseases. The most common of them - moniliosis and coccomycosis - are the most dangerous for trees of this type.
With proper care of the plant, fungal infection is practically excluded.
Features of planting and care
For planting seedlings, you must choose a place where there is a lot of sunlight. Avoid choosing a windy area or planting a tree in lowlands. Often there is stagnation of melt water, which adversely affects the cherry. Suitable soil for the plant is loamy, sandy loam, with a low level of acidity. Planting is done in spring.
As with other fruit trees, the following care is recommended for the Tenderness variety:
- After planting in open ground and during periods of growth and flowering, abundant watering is required.
- Systematic loosening of the soil around the crown.
- To attract pollinating insects, plants are sprayed with sweet water.
- In early spring, before the onset of the flowering period, dry, rotten and disease-infected shoots are pruned.
- It is recommended to carry out preventive measures to protect the tree from infection with various diseases, as well as to scare away harmful insects.
