It is difficult to find a garden in our country, especially the union of gardeners without a plum tree. In Russia, the plum was planted at Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich.
Overseas seedlings were purchased for an orchard in the Moscow region.
Juicy tasty fruit like plum planted so far. To grow a fruitful plum tree troublesome than an ordinary apple tree, breeders came to the rescue. This is how the Volga Beauty appeared.
Breeding history
Variety bred at the Kuibyshev Experimental Station Gardening in the late 30s of the last century. Got it breeder Finaev EP, crossing varieties "red rip" and "Rencod bave". This scientist brought out many new varieties of plums and cherries, some of them named after him.
Description varieties Volzhskaya beauty
The tree is tall, growing fast, rounded crown. The leaf is large, light green. The flowers are large, white. Fruits are larger than average. (weight 30-35 grams), roundish, slightly elongated.
The stem is small, easily separated from the branch. The skin is reddish-violet with a multitude of gray subcutaneous points.
The flesh is juicy, soft, dark - yellow, sour - sweet, of excellent taste. The stone is easily separated from the pulp of the fruit.
A photo
Visually get acquainted with the plum "Volga Beauty" can be in the photo below:
Plum characteristics
"Volga Beauty" - universal variety. Plum early maturing, removable maturity occurs in the first half of August. Fruits appear at 4-5 years old, a lot of fruits up to 30 kg, regular fruiting. The plant tolerates winter easily. Fruits are transported without loss.
Variety loves loamy and clay soils, grows well in areas lit by the sun or on slopes, responds to irrigation with increased yield.
Virtues
Easily tolerates winter, fruits ripen in August, they have a pleasant taste and attractive appearance. The fruits are consumed fresh, used to prepare other products.
disadvantages
Large size of the tree, part of the kidneys does not tolerate winter.
Planting and care
It is possible to plant plum in the spring and in the fall, experts and experienced gardeners prefer to do this in spring. If the seedlings are purchased in the fall, they can prikopat for the winter.
For this, small pits are made up to half a meter deep, a plant is placed in the middle and covered with earth.
ATTENTION! The seedlings are set at an angle, the soil around them is slightly tamped down so that a small depression remains, the layer of snow around the plant at the same time will be larger, this will protect it from frost.
The pit for planting needs to be prepared in advance, it can be done in the fall or spring, 10-12 days before planting the seedlings. They dig a dimple with a depth of a little more than half a meter and the same width, the excavated earth is mixed, either with rotted manure, or with compost, as fertilizer. IMPORTANT. A stake is driven into the center of the pit; it is necessary to support the seedling for the first two years.
The plant is placed on the north side of the support and covered with prepared soil, while watching, between the roots of the plant should be the ground. Before digging in the plant is shaken, and during backfilling slightly compacted earth. The root neck when planting should be several centimeters above ground level. The seedling is tied to a support, the plant is watered.
Caring for growing saplings and for mature trees is not very different from caring for other fruit crops.
IMPORTANT! Plum - moisture-loving tree and it must be watered, especially in the dry summer, once a week at least.
Mineral fertilizers are applied in the third year after planting. The first two years, brought in by planting nutrients, the plant is enough for successful growth. Plum fed three times a year. The first time before the blooming of the flower, the second after the formation of fruits and the third time after their collection. Urea and potassium sulfate are used as fertilizers. The soil around the tree must be freed from weeds, loosen, remove fallen fruits and leaves.
For proper growth of the tree and its further successful fruiting, the tree is pruned, often it is done immediately after planting or the next year.
Proper pruning not only contributes to successful growth, but also protects the tree from disease.
Trees form with a stem 25-40 cm, a crown of 7-8 correctly spaced branches. Some of the main branches are removed, not leaving them next to each other, anticipating the future shape of the tree.
Plum should be prepared for the winter cold, she endures worse winter than apple and pear. At first it is necessary to carry out top dressing, having enclosed after that the earth around a tree. If the plant is bearing fruit, whitewash the trunk. Check whether there are damaged areas on the tree, remove the moss, and if necessary, coat some parts with a garden pitch.
NOTE! If autumn was arid, water the plant abundantly before the first frost. Seedlings can be bent to the ground and covered with spruce branches, fir branches or sawdust, you can tie the trunks with roofing paper or any old material.
Pests and control of them
Plum moth. The caterpillar devours the fruit, it dries. The method of struggle is one, the manual collection of parasites, the collection and destruction of damaged fruits and leaves.
Plum aphid. The parasite destroys the leaves of the plant. Spraying helps Bordeaux liquid, make the procedure several times per season. Solutions of onion, garlic, dandelion and laundry soap help.
Rosana Leaflet A leaf of a plant is affected, it is deformed and dries. Helps spraying Bordeaux liquid.
ATTENTION! Carry out processing before flowering.
Plum sawer. Loves the fruits of the plant. Do spraying in the spring, collect and destroy pests.
Plum silkworm. The caterpillar feeds on leaves and fruits. Insects are simply cleared from the tree, they are sprayed in the spring before flowering.
Rodents In winter, in search of food, rodents eat the stems and roots of plants. Trees for the winter tied with paper, straw, roofing felt, obkladyvat or tied with fir branches.
Diseases
Marsupial disease. Plum is affected by fungus, fruits are dying, covered with white bloom, fall. Spraying Bordeaux liquid helps, the treatment is carried out in spring and autumn.
Holey spotting. Tree branches are affected, ulcers appear, the bark dries. Apply spraying Bordeaux liquid.
Monolysis It affects flowers and buds formed. Apply a threefold spraying Bordeaux liquid. The first time they spray the tree until the leaves appear, then with an interval of two weeks, repeat the procedure.
"Volga Beauty" requires care, but a tall tree that adorns the May garden with its abundant color and thick green crown, tasty and juicy fruits, will reward the gardener for care at the end of summer.
