Plum variety Starter

Early fruit is always valuable. Therefore, lovers of juicy plums choose the Startovaya variety. It was created at the Michurin All-Russian Research Institute of Genetics and Breeding of Fruit Plants. The Volga beauty and Eurasia were used for crossing 21. The authorship was assigned to themselves by G. A. Kursakov, T.A. Nikiforova, T.A. Pisanov and R.E. Bogdanov. Registration date 2000. The variety was entered into the State Register of Breeding Achievements of the Russian Federation in 2006. The region suitable for growing is the Central Black Earth (Belgorod, Kursk, Voronezh, Lipetsk, Tambov Regions). But plum has a good reputation also in Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Estonia and Georgia.

Description of the variety

The plant is medium-sized, crowned with a dense broad-oval crown of medium foliage. Gives the impression of a powerful tree. Shoots are medium thick, slightly curved, with a reddish-brown bark with a grayish bloom. The bark is covered with multiple medium-sized lentils, gray-brown in color. Buds are of normal size, conical, with a pointed tip, dark brown, not pressed to the shoot. Plum leaves are green, not too large, broadly oval, with a short-pointed tip. The edge of the leaf plate is crenate, with slight waviness. The surface of the sheet is wrinkled, matte. Stipules are early falling. The petiole is medium-sized, pigmented, with two small amber-yellow glands. The flowers at the Start are white, large. The cup is shaped like a bell. The anthers of the variety are located below the pistil.

Oval one-dimensional fruits are rather large, with a standard weight of up to 52 grams. The apex is rounded, there is a depression at the base, the fossa is shallow. The skin is medium thick. The main color is purple, the integumentary color is dark red, without subcutaneous dots. There is a strong waxy coating. The pulp of the plum is yellow, juicy and aromatic. The juice is colorless. The taste is good, sweet and sour. The assessment of the tasters is quite high - 4.7 points. The stalk is medium in length and thickness; it can be easily separated from the fruit. 100 grams of pulp contains: dry matter - 16.23%, acids - 2.45%, sugars - 8.25%, ascorbic acid - 6.32 mg, P-active catechins - 209 mg. The oval bone is quite easily separated from the pulp.

Characteristics

• The starting one enters the fruiting period rather quickly - 4 years after planting;
• blooms in May - April;
• in terms of ripening, the variety belongs to the super-early, the crop can be harvested at the end of July;
• the yield is good - the average annual rate is 60.7 c / ha;
• the plum does not fall off when ripe;
• winter hardiness for the growing region is very good, the tree does not need shelter;
• tolerates high temperatures well;
• excellent immunity, Starter successfully resists various fungal diseases, is not afraid of pests;
• good transportability, dry separation and strong skin help to preserve the presentation of the fruit;
• the harvested crop is stored for about 25 days;
• the way of using the fruits is universal. Fruits will delight you with taste not only fresh, but also in various preparations.

Pollinators

The variety is considered self-fertile, but it is still safer to plant a tree next to it, suitable for cross-pollination. As a pollinator, you can use varieties of home plums that bloom at the same time as Start. But our heroine herself is a bad pollinator for other species.

Planting and leaving

The variety loves loamy fertile soils with a neutral reaction. The groundwater level should not lie closer than 1.5 - 2 meters to the surface. The location must be sunny. Planting can be done in autumn or spring.Preventive treatments are rarely carried out, but they should not be abandoned. The dense crown must be thinned out in the spring. For the rest, agricultural technology consists of techniques common to the culture as a whole.

Starter is valued for a very early and good harvest, great taste of fruits and their versatility in use, unpretentiousness in growing.