Cherry variety Miracle cherry (duke)
Miracle cherry - one of the best hybrids of cherry and cherry, the so-called duke (from the English "May Duke"). Early ripening variety. Obtained at the Donetsk Research Station of Horticulture (Artemovsk, Ukraine) through crossing - cherry Griot Ostgeimsky x cherry Valery Chkalov. Authors of the variety: L.I. Taranenko, A.I. Sychov.
Saplings of this variety are practically indistinguishable from cherry saplings. But in terms of general properties, it is more similar to cherry: trees of a tree type, medium vigor. In terms of branching features, it is close to sweet cherry. If you do not engage in the formation of the crown, then rather quickly it acquires a narrow pyramidal shape and is strongly stretched upward. In this case, the branches depart from the trunk at sharp angles. In order to significantly slow down the growth rate of the tree and give the crown a more hemispherical shape, the branches are pulled to a horizontal position using special weights.
The leaves are very large in size, outwardly very similar to cherry ones. Shoots are thick, smooth, powerful, straight, dark brown. The buds are very large, dense, more like cherry than cherry.
A characteristic feature of the Cherry Miracle is the ability to lay flower buds at the basis of one-year growth, which contributes to an increase in the rate of early maturity. But still, much more often fruit ovaries are abundantly formed on bouquet branches.
The flowering period begins immediately after warm spring weather sets in (usually until mid-May). Flowers on short stalks are collected in a brush of 5 - 8 pieces, outwardly they are similar to cherry, but much larger in size.
Fruits are very large in size (weighing up to 9 - 10 grams), flat-round shape, colored in dark red. The skin is quite dense. The taste of berries is not inferior to the best southern varieties of cherries - dessert type, excellent sweet, without sourness; the pulp has a pronounced cherry aroma, but at the same time a light cherry aroma is felt. Tasting assessment of taste is high (4.8 - 5.0 points).
Early fruiting is very high: single fruits are tied already on 2 - 3-year-old seedlings, full-fledged fruiting begins from the 4th year. The trees bear fruit steadily every year. Fruit ripening occurs towards the end of June (until the 25th). The yield level is good: up to 10 - 15 kg / der.
The variety is self-fertile. Correctly selected cross-pollination will help to get a high yield. The best pollinator for Miracle Cherry is cherry, not cherry. One of the reasons for this is the ultra-early flowering of the hybrid, which coincides with the early varieties of sweet cherry. But almost all varieties of cherries (Annushka, Donchanka, Iput, Household, Sister, Dzherelo, Donetsk beauty, Yaroslavna, Donetsk coal, Kitaevskaya black
The variety is characterized in general by a good level of winter hardiness (higher than that of cherries, but slightly lower than that of cherries), but it is not suitable for the middle lane. There is also an increased resistance to a complex of diseases (moniliosis, coccomycosis, etc.). Occasionally it can be damaged by a cherry fly.
Regarding the advantages and disadvantages of the Miracle of cherry, it should be noted that experienced gardeners always leave only positive reviews and recommendations about this hybrid.
This cherry has been growing in my garden since 2007. We bought a seedling at the Artyomovsk experimental station. It bloomed for the first time in the third year. And the harvest was meager for several years. But in growth, our tree went by leaps and bounds. Now (2015) A miracle cherry is three meters high and the same in diameter. This year we got a really good harvest - 4 buckets of large, sweet cherries. By the end of June, all the berries were harvested. The size of the tree, as for me, is the only drawback of this hybrid. It's too big.
The miracle cherry came to us with guests from Moldova. It bore fruit wonderfully, probably from the third year: the yield is very good, about 3 - 5 buckets were removed from about a four-year-old tree. From year to year, the number of cherries only increased. The berries are juicy, large, fleshy. They did not cook jam, only closed the compote, it would be a sin to hide such berries. Both children and adults ate fresh. The only thing was that they suffered with the late frosts that fell on its flowering. At night, they treated them with smoke so that the ovaries did not die, but this is a feature of our strip. Although the winters were snowy, but the frost ruined her. After seven years of courtship, she nevertheless died, although the rhizome was insulated, they took great care.
Hello. Please tell me in which region did your Miracle Cherry grow?
Since 4 years old ... So 3 or 5 buckets? Or all 10? Why waste time on trifles.
No berries to taste! A 2-liter jar of berries was removed from a three-year-old tree! It almost does not taste like cherry, the berry is fleshy, there is little juice!
This is not your miracle cherry. They are tasty, large and ripen earlier than early cherries.
Planted in 2016. But, they say, it is not suitable for the Belgorod region. Let's watch.
We are from Kursk. Planted four years ago. The tree is small, the harvest this year (2017) is a 5 liter bucket. Delicious berries, more like cherries in taste and cherry in size.
Hello. Please answer which pollinator to plant for the duke: Kalitvyanka or the excellent Venyaminova?
Very disappointed with the variety! No berry to taste, and no cherry! The berry is fleshy and sour. Ripe on July 2 in the Dnipropetrovsk region! The size of the berry is 15-18 mm, despite the fact that the tree is 3 years old and has taken root well and is also fertilized and watered! I believed the description and fell for a loud TITLE! It's a pity 3 years of waiting for fruiting and the mother is disappointed! The only advantage is a dense berry that tolerates transportation well, you can drag it to the market and drink it like a cherry!
Or maybe this is the wrong grade? Unfortunately, they are cheating today. I know this from the comments of people who wrote roses. Already here the deception is revealed immediately during flowering, but with fruit trees it is difficult, here the seller, I think, is needed ... Where did you subscribe? I used the services of a Crimean gardener, I was satisfied. I want to order such a cherry for the fall ...
This is not your miracle cherry. They are tasty, large and ripen earlier than early cherries.
.In the first planting season, I harvested the first harvest, 8 berries. I didn't understand the taste, I tried one berry as soon as it turned red, another one got at the end of the season. A subtle shade of cherry on a background of unsweetened cherry. Fruit color is blood red, video is a small dot. The tree does not differ from the sweet cherry in any way, it has a huge growth force.I used summer pruning, but the 4-year-old tree is more than 2 meters. This year there is a huge number of fruit buds, perhaps the harvest will affect the strength of growth, and I will also conduct a tasting. The tree is all on spacers and stretch marks, forming a crown. Cherry Vasilisa grows nearby, (very sweet, large, fruits and yield), I hope, it will be a good pollinator for the monster cherry. Do not be ill!