Common Cherry 'Ksenia'

Cherry Ksenia (Prunus cerasus) – a medium-growth, large-fruited cherry cultivar of early ripening. Obtained at the Artemovsk Experimental Nursery Station from open pollination of the elite form D 38-31 (Nord Star x Valeriy Chkalov). Authors - L.I. Taranenko, O.A. Kishchak, V.V. Yarushnikov. It was entered into the State Register of Plants in 2012.

It is a medium-sized tree with a rounded, drooping crown of medium density. Winter and frost hardiness are high.

The cultivar is partially self-fertile and high-yielding. Pollinators: Malyshka, Nochka, Lyubskaya, Nord Star; sweet cherries - Donchanka, Nezhnost. Begins to bear fruit 3-4 seasons after planting.

Fruits are large, weighing 7.5—8.6 g, dark red, with juicy, relatively firm flesh, of excellent sweet-and-sour taste, without excessive acidity (4.7 points). The pit is medium-sized and separates well from the flesh. Fruits ripen in the early third decade of June.

Hardiness zone: 4a (-34°C)

Location: The cherry can grow and produce fruit well in the same place for 15-16 years. It grows excellently on slopes, with abundant sun, dry soil and the absence of shallow groundwater (minimum groundwater depth - 2-2.5 m). Prefers neutral or slightly alkaline soil, grows better on light soils. Resistant to drought, high humidity and frosts.

Planting: spacing to neighboring trees for vigorous cultivars - 4 m, for weak-growing cultivars - 3 m.

Diseases: Resistant to coccomycosis and moniliosis.

Pests: brown fruit mite, cherry fruit fly, cherry shoot moth, cherry sawfly, cherry mucous sawfly, cherry tube-maker, sapwood borer, western unpaired bark beetle, winter moth, ringed silkworm, red apple mite, gypsy moth, fruit moth, cherry leafroller, tussock moth, peeling geometrid, fruit striped moth, cherry aphid.

Care: treatment of the tree trunk circles, watering (autumn deep watering), application of fertilizers, prevention of diseases and pests, pruning of branches, whitewashing of trunks. It is recommended to carry out autumn loosening of the soil near the trunk to a depth of up to 8 cm and at the periphery of the crown - up to 20 cm. Complex fertilizers can be applied once every 2 months.

Propagation: propagated by grafting onto common cherry rootstock.

Use: A high-yielding early-ripening cherry cultivar. Fruits are large, with excellent taste and commercial qualities.