Sunny fruit varieties "Morning", with a pleasant aroma and sweet taste, will not leave indifferent any gardener.
If you properly care for plum trees of this variety, they will reward you with a rich harvest in a few years after planting.
Description of Plum Morning
Trees Morning plums are characterized by an average height and an oval-shaped crown of average thickness.
They give smooth shoots of dark brown color, from which small buds deviate.
The tree has a light green leaves oval shape, devoid of pubescence as the top and bottom.
The edge of the leaf blade is one-species, and its surface is characterized by the presence of wrinkles.
Chereshki are of medium size and equipped with glands.
Petals flowers do not close.
In the flower there are twenty-one stamens, above which is the stigma of the pistil.
The flower has a bare ovary and a smooth pedicel of medium length.
Fetus It has the shape of an oval and a small depression near the base. It is characterized by weak development of the abdominal suture and lack of pubescence. The main color of the fruit has a yellow-green color, but on the sunny side there is a light pinkish blush.
Fruit covered with a waxy coating. They have medium juiciness and density, and their flesh has a yellow color and a fine-fibrous consistency.
Tastes of fruits of this variety of plum are estimated at four points. They are characterized by light sweetness and pleasant aroma.
A photo
Below are photos of the plum variety "Morning":
Breeding history and breeding region
In the creation of varieties of plums "Morning" was attended by such scientists as H.K. Enikeev, V.S. Simonov and S.N. Satarovworking in the All-Russian Breeding and Technological Institute of Horticulture and Nursery.
A new variety of plum was invented by crossing two varieties of plum, such as the Renklod Ullensa and Skorospelka Krasnaya. AT 2001 Plum variety "Morning" was introduced in the State Register and recommended for planting in the Central region.
Characteristics of a variety
Plum trees of the “Morning” variety begin to bear fruit already in the fourth year after planting, and the average lifespan of such trees is 21 years old.
The process of flowering in the plum of this variety usually takes place from 12 to 20 May, and from 7 to 14 August, the fruits already ripen on the trees.
This variety of plum is self-fertile.
For plum "Morning" is characteristic fairly high regular yield.
From one tree the crop usually makes not less than fifteen kilograms of fruits.
Bone has an average size and easily lags behind the pulp of the fruit.
Fruit characterized by good transportability. They can be used both fresh and used for the preparation of various blanks, as well as freeze.
Too cold winters do not tolerate this variety of plum very well, which negatively affects the yield. However, the spring frosts for him are not at all terrible.
Planting and care
The most favorable time for planting plum is considered to be early spring.
To dig a hole, the depth of which should be between fifty and sixty centimeters, and the diameter should be between eighty and ninety centimeters, you should choose a dry and well-lit place.
Groundwater should be located at a level not exceeding one and a half meters to the soil surface. A seedling is installed in the pit, the roots of which are filled with sod mixed with organic and mineral fertilizers.
As fertilizer can be used 15 kilogram rotted manure or compost, 0.5 kg of double superphosphate or one kilogram of ordinary superphosphate, one hundred grams of potassium chloride or one kilogram of wood ash.
In the autumn it is necessary to use potash and phosphate fertilizers. The soil around the tree must be constantly maintained in a state of humidity and periodically loosened.
For the formation of the crown is regularly pruned trees. It includes the removal of frozen or dried branches, as well as those branches that grow inside the crown and prevent other branches from growing.
Carefully should also be related to the removal of basal shoots.
Plum trees require regular wateringespecially during the drought period. A tree that is not up to two meters high requires at least three to four buckets of water each week, and for a higher tree you will need five to six buckets.
To help the Morning plum survive the cold winter, trees need to cover. Do not forget also regularly trample snow around them and shake off its surplus from the branches, leaving only a small amount of snow on them.
Diseases and pests
Plum variety "Morning" is different good resistant to diseases such as congestion and fruit rot, and medium resistant to such types of pests as moth and aphid.
To protect plum trees from pests need to dig the soil under their crowns before buds bloom, as well as cut and burn the branches with the presence of damage.
Spraying of trees with fufanon, as well as with Iskra Bio and Inta-vir, gives a fairly good effect. If trees have been subject to fruit rot, all fruits that have fallen from them must be destroyed, and the trees themselves must be sprayed with one percent Bordeaux liquid or nitrafen.
Main disadvantage plum varieties "Morning" is her sensitivity to winter coldHowever, proper care of the planted trees will help you to fully enjoy the harvest of tasty plums.
To the benefits this variety refers him self-fertility, high regular yield and good disease resistance.
