Livenskaya cherry

Ripening period: mid-season

Origin: Lyubskaya×Zhukovskaya

Originator: All-Russian Research Institute of Fruit Crop Breeding, Russia

Winter-hardy, high-yielding variety (up to 20 t/ha)

The tree is of medium vigor, with a spreading, upright crown of medium density. Fruiting is mixed (on both branchlets and the previous year’s growth).

Biological characteristics: Begins bearing fruit in the third year after planting in the garden on seedling rootstock. Partially self-fertile. The best pollinators are Novodvorskaya, Seyanets No. 1, and Vyanok. Resistant to coccomycosis and is not affected by monilial blight.

The fruits are large (average weight 4.9 g), round, and dark red.
The stone is medium-sized and separates easily from the pulp.

The flesh is dark red, medium-firm, juicy, and has a pleasant sweet-and-sour flavor (tasting score: 4.6). The juice is dark red.

Best before: mid-July