Abstract
The fruits of sweet cherry are valued for early maturing and high quality of a taste.The sweet cherry likes a warm dry climate. The steppe Crimea (Russia) is afavorable region for cultivation of sweet cherry varieties with high-quality fruits.The aim of research was to evaluate a consuming quality of fruits of new sweetcherry forms selected in Nikita Botanical Gardens. The study included 33perspective forms and control zoned varieties, growing at the plots withoutirrigation in Simferopol region of the Republic of Crimea. As the rootstocks ofstudied forms we used seedlings of Prunus mahaleb L. Mill. The study was carriedout during 2012-2015. Characteristics such as fruits size, attraction of appearance,density and succulence of a pulp, quality of a taste and fragrance of the fruits werevalued. According to the results of evaluation, 12 forms were marked out: № 387,№ 275, № 434, № 767, № 305 and etc. According to the results of evaluation offruits size, all marked samples were evaluated at 4,7-5,0 points (according to 5point scale). The fruits weight was ranging from 7.2 to 8.9 g. The evaluation ofattraction of appearance of marked samples was ranging from 4.8 to 5.0 points. Theevaluation of the quality of taste was 4.8-4.9 points.
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