Breeders tirelessly experiment, wanting to get unpretentious and disease-resistant fruit trees, fruits with excellent taste. As a result of crossing cherries and plums, plum-cherry hybrids (SVH) were obtained, which are characterized by high yield rates and unpretentious cultivation.

Description of popular varieties

The first hybrids are the results of the labors of foreign breeders. They were obtained by crossing the Japanese plum and the American Bessey cherry. The hybrid varieties received various characteristic features from their parents, from cherries - unpretentiousness and adaptation to many environmental conditions, from plums - excellent taste and large-fruited.

Interesting! Russian breeders were also engaged in the breeding of new plum-cherry hybrids in Primorye, as a result, many plum-cherry varieties were obtained for growing in agricultural firms and in private summer cottages.

Cherry and plum hybrids are self-fertile, they are not capable of self-pollination, therefore, it is necessary to purchase not 1 grade for a summer cottage, but at least two. For pollination, crops need pollinating trees, namely:

  • Plum-cherry Omskaya night. Short and compact crop. Height can vary from 1.1 m to 1.4 m. Visually, the plant looks more like a shrub. A characteristic feature is large black berries, incredibly juicy and aromatic pulp. Approximate weight 15 g. The yield is high, about 40 kg. You can harvest plums crossed with sandy cherries Omsk night in the second half of August.
  • Plum-cherry Pyramidalnaya: description of the variety. Hybrid cherry and plum undersized, with a pyramidal head. The weight of each berry can reach up to 15 g. The color of the berries is yellow-salad, the flesh of an interesting salad color, the flesh is juicy and sweet. When the plant begins to bloom and bear fruit, it looks like decorative.
  • The name of the next variety is Opata. The plant is medium-sized, the height of an adult tree can reach 2 meters. The tree develops not in height, but in width and we have a wide-spreading crown. The shape of the fruits is elliptical, the weight of each can reach 20 g. The color of the berries is red-brown, the flesh is yellow-green, sweet, aromatic and juicy. The branches are abundantly showered with berries, under their weight they bend. Mandatory conditions for growing and care are supports.
  • Beta is a low-growing tree, the height of an adult plant reaches 1.5 meters. Each fruit weighs 15 g, is oval in shape and dark red in color. In terms of tasting characteristics, the berry resembles a sweet cherry. Inside there is one small bone, which is difficult to separate from the pulp. Beta is perhaps one of the most fertile hybrids. Seedlings begin to bear the first harvest 2-3 years after planting.
  • Hiawat is a medium-sized bush, which is characterized by a sparse columnar crown. Fruit weight can reach 20 g, the shape is ovoid. The peel has a waxy bloom, the color is burgundy-purple. Excellent taste, medium-sized seed, semi-detached from the pulp. The fruits can be eaten fresh or canned, and can be transported over long distances. It is possible to collect a shock amount of the crop, the variety is frost-resistant.
  • Miner, who is also Maynor, is a Canadian variety, belongs to the number of dwarf bushes, the shoots are thin and sagging. Taking care of the plant is not difficult. Begins to bear fruit quickly, starting from the second year after planting. The weight of each berry can reach up to 15 g.You can harvest at the end of August, the flesh has a maroon color, and the skin is dark red. You can eat it fresh or canned.

Important: There are also varieties, for example, Transbaikalia, Sakura, etc., but they are not very common in Russia.

Features and characteristics of the hybrid

Plum-cherry hybrid

A hybrid of cherry and bird cherry

Plum-cherry hybrids inherited early maturity from their parents, the first bountiful harvests can already be harvested in the second year of the plant's life. The trees reach a height of 1.2 to 2 meters, depending on the variety, the plum is more similar to the plum.

The root system of the hybrids is well developed. Varietal crops are not afraid of drought and have excellent frost resistance. Trees bloom a week after the plums bloom. During flowering, all branches are abundantly strewn with beautiful and fragrant flowers.

All varieties of hybrid trees bear fruit abundantly, yield a harvest annually. As a rule, the harvest ripens in late summer - early autumn. The berries of each variety have different shapes and colors, the taste is also different from each other.

The fruits are equally tasty, both fresh and in compotes, jams, preserves, tinctures, etc. The rind is thin but strong and can be transported. The stone is poorly separated from the pulp.

Compote

Diseases and pests, methods of dealing with them

Plum and apricot hybrid

The main danger, like "parents", is moniliosis. If the plant has been affected, the bush begins to look burnt: first of all, the flowers get sick, they dry out, and the shoots suffer the last. At the first symptoms of infection, the affected areas must be trimmed, carefully removed and burned.

Important! A preventive measure is to treat the plant and the soil near the tree with Bordeaux liquid. Copper oxychloride can be used as an alternative.

To protect young seedlings from rodents, the plant must be wrapped with material or covered with pine branches.

To grow a large and healthy tree that will bear fruit abundantly and regularly, it must be borne in mind that this is not a cherry or a plum, but an independent unit, which is characterized by individual characteristics.