If the cherry does not yet grow in your garden, then perhaps it's time to think about planting it. After all, the fruit of this tree contains a large number of macro and micronutrients useful for the human body, such as calcium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, iron, copper. And, in addition, cherries are rich in various vitamins, including essential folic acid. Among the many varieties can be identified cherry "Turgenevka", derived in 1979 in the city of Orel in the All-Russia Research Institute of selection of fruit crops.
How can you use cherry fruit?
As a rule, you can harvest the harvest for the fifth year of the life of the tree. Cherry blooms in early spring, covering completely unusually beautiful white fragrant flowers. A ripe fruit can be tried already in late May or early summer. If you grow a variety of cherry "Turgenevka", then the ripe harvest will please you with large sweet-sour berries.
Cherry is loved by everyone. It is enjoyed with pleasure by both adults and children. However, in addition to eating fresh, cherries can be used to make delicious jams and jams, compotes , fruit drinks or even berry wine, and also dry or freeze ripe berries for further use in confectionery.
Planting a cherry tree
To grow a healthy cherry Turgenevka, you must follow the rules of planting and care. Planting the tree is best in spring in a good fertile soil, beforehand checking that the water table at the landing site does not exceed two meters. Plant nutrition can be carried out from the second year of life with a complex mineral fertilizer.
Cherry variety "Turgenevka"
The main disadvantage of most varieties of cherries is self-fertility. This means that for the formation of fruits the plant needs a pollinator variety nearby. Cherry "Turgenevka" can produce fruits without pollinators, since it is partially self-fertilized. But to increase the amount of the crop can be planted on
Description of the cherry variety "Turgenevka": a tree of the back pyramidal shape with straight branches and bark of a gray-brown color. The height can reach three meters. Dark red, heart-shaped berries ripen sufficiently large, about 6 g. Tasteful qualities Turgenevka ahead of many of their brethren. Its juicy fruits with dense pulp contain a large amount of sugar, so the berries have a sweet-sour taste. The Turgenevka variety is medium-sized and has good frost resistance. Productivity - up to 15 kg from a tree.