Description of the variety of cherries "Chocolate": photo, reviews

9.07.2016 Cherry Varieties

Professional gardeners and gardeners understand that high-quality and sweet varieties of cherries can be very capricious in their care, which is why gardeners try to provide them with the best care. This type of cherry can be attributed to the "luxury" varieties, as the berries when ripe become large, dark cherry in color and have a sweet taste. You must know exactly about the “Chocolate” cherry, the variety description (photos and reviews) plays a significant role in its cultivation, so we recommend that you read the information below.

How did this variety come about?

The chocolate girl is probably the best grade cherries, which breeders were able to bring in 1996, then gardeners crossed different varieties of trees, when crossing varieties such as Shirpotreb and Lyubskaya, they were able to get an improved variety of cherries and called it "Chocolate". Judging by the name, it can be understood that the berries have a very dark shade, they are much darker than ordinary cherries. The tree itself grows in height no more than two meters, the branches do not sink to the ground under the weight of the fruit, since its crown is quite rare, which helps to relieve the branches of the load. It is this variety of cherries that gardeners consider to be bushy, since the plant does not have a tall stem, when flowering on the branches, flowers in the form of umbrellas appear, they are joined together by three flowers, the first flowering begins no later than early May.

According to reviews of gardeners, “Shokoladnitsa” cherries (variety description with photo) are very abundant in fruiting, berries can be large or medium in size, they are more similar in color to cherries, and they also have an amazing sweet taste that shimmers with light acidity. These berries are quite dense, but after ripening it is very easy to separate from the seed, and the fruiting period passes after the fifteenth of July. If the tree was just planted in the ground, the gardener will have to wait no more than four years to see the first fruits on his tree, but the berries themselves do not grow on new shoots, but on those that have grown and grown last year. A tree has a not too long period of life, since it bears fruit only about 10-16 years, if you count it with a growth period, then the life expectancy of the “Chocolate Girl” cherries according to the variety description (with photos and reviews) can live only from fifteen to twenty years .

Why gardeners choose this plant variety for themselves

According to the reviews of many gardeners, “Shokoladnitsa” cherries according to the description of the variety with a photo are of great popularity, and the matter is not only in its unsurpassed taste and excellent fruiting, because this variety practically does not require leaving itself, it is fruitful, which means it will not have to be pollinate the forces. Also, it is not necessary to water it often, since the tree is perfectly dispensed with water even in the dry summer period. Even with severe frosts, the tree buds are not damaged, due to the high resistance of the tree to frosts, no weather conditions affect the appearance of a rich harvest of sweet cherries. Nevertheless, this variety has a slight minus - the plant is very susceptible to fungal diseases, which often affect tree branches.

How to plant a tree: proper cherry care

First you’ll have to choose the right place for planting the Chocolate Girl cherry. The description of the variety (photo) and reviews suggest that this tree will feel good in any area, but it’s worthwhile to create more ideal conditions for this plant so that there are no problems with cherry diseases. It is recommended to plant cherries of this variety on a site where there will be enough sunlight, and also this side should be facing south.If the cherry is constantly in the yards of other trees, this will adversely affect the harvest, the tree will bear fruit much less than expected. It is very important to choose the right soil for this plant, because this type of cherry does not like too acidic soil, the soil should be neutral or with very weak acidity. If there are lowlands on the site where groundwater passes, it is worth planting the tree away from this place, since excess water will cause the roots of the tree to rot, this can completely destroy it.

How is the care for the “Chocolate Girl” cherry

If a gardener wants to get an excellent and big crop from this variety, he will have to work hard, since the tree still needs constant care for it. Only constant care can help make the crop richer two, or even three times.

To begin with, it is worth mentioning tree pruning, the “Chocolate Girl” cherry (description of the variety with a photo) according to reviews will bear fruit at times better if the gardener periodically cuts off unnecessary branches from the plant. Branches are cut from the second year of life, it must be done once a year during the spring season. If pruning is not done on time, the tree crown will quickly grow and thicken, and this leads to unnecessary vegetation and a serious decrease in tree yield. Tree pruning is carried out only in the early spring, at a time when the buds have not even begun to swell. Only in this case, the plant after the procedure will be able to regain its strength, and only later to dissolve the leaves and bloom.

If it was a sapling, then after cutting, no more than twelve branches should remain on the bush, the remaining shoots should be removed so that there are no extra stumps on the trunk. When the branches are cut, the cut places on the tree are treated with special vars that are prepared at home. If the gardener wants to get an even and beautiful crown, he will have to carefully monitor the pruning so that the branches are evenly distributed throughout the tree. When the tree is more mature, not new shoots will have to be removed from it, but only diseased and dry branches, as well as those branches that began to grow inside the crown.

Watering a plant

Each plant, even the most unpretentious, needs timely watering, especially this type of cherry requires special watering at the beginning of flowering, and the gardener will often have to water the tree if it has just begun to grow, during the period of ripening of cherries and at the very end of the season the tree Needs constant watering, especially if the weather is very hot outside. A special hole is necessarily made around the tree; otherwise, it is called a root circle; at least five buckets of water are poured there, which allows moisture to soak about half a meter of dry soil.

Top dressing of the Chocolate Girl variety

If this is a young seedling that has not yet turned three years old, then there is no need to feed it with fertilizers, but in the fourth year of life, the cherry will need periodic top dressing with useful substances and minerals. I would like to say that fertilizers are applied to the soil no more than once every three years, if a tree has reached the age of seven, then it is given mineral solutions as fertilizer, such fertilizing of the plant is necessary every year after reaching seven years.

How to prevent disease

As already mentioned in this article, this variety of cherries is often amenable to fungal diseases that affect the branches of the plant and destroy the crop. It is necessary to carry out preventive actions in advance to prevent the appearance of the fungus, as well as constantly inspect the tree in order to notice the onset of the disease in time.If a fungus was found on the leaves or branches, this part of the tree is removed, and then it is treated with a special solution that destroys the fungus.

This variety of cherries perfectly tolerates various adverse climatic conditions, it practically does not require much personal care, because cherries began to gain such popularity among gardeners and gardeners leading their own garden. I would especially like to note that this type of cherry is used even in the arid regions of the country, yet gardeners respond very positively to “Chocolate Girl”. Such a plant can become an excellent decoration for the garden, because the bush is not too tall, but its yield is extremely high, gardeners recommend purchasing such a kind of sweet cherry for their garden plot.