"Reine claude" is one of the most popular grades of plum. Its distinctive features – unpretentiousness to environmental conditions and leaving, high efficiency and earlier fructification, ability to adapt in short terms to climate.
"Reine claude" - quite high tree with large, juicy fruits, high productivity, absolutely unpretentious to conditions of growth and not demanding thorough leaving. Drainings of this grade are similar to slightly sharpened egg, not less than 5 cm long that is not characteristic of the majority of types.
Description of Reine claude plum
Already at the end of April, the beginning of May Reine claude plum of any kind it is abundant blossoms, irrespective of weather. One more its distinctive feature – the intensive growth of the tree. It is capable to grow from 6 meters high and more. The krone is formed ovate-orbicular, not dense, but not rare.
Small flowers of Reine claude plum, with a diameter no more than 2.5 cm, with white close lobes turn into the large slightly extended fruits with juicy pulp and thin, but strong thin skin. Each of fruits, during technical maturing, weighs not less than 35 g. Pulp at plum gentle-green, juicy, sweetish and sour, very tasty. The surface of fruit is covered with the wax raid characteristic for the sake of appearances.
Both experts, and amateur gardeners refer the following its qualities to advantages of Reine claude plum:
- visual appeal and excellent taste of fruits,
- resistance to frosts and fall of fruits,
- transportability of plums, tree resilience to diseases.
Shortcomings, and insignificant, it is possible to call high-tallness, the tendency to education was overgrown, to crushing of fruits, but only at the wrong or insufficient leaving which consists in implementation of standard procedures.
Types of Reine claude plum
"Reine claude" is not grade, but type of plum. In turn, there is much it grades, each of which has advantages and shortcomings, distinctive features and features, requirements to leaving. The most widespread and popular of them:
- Tambov,
- Michurinsk,
- Collective-farm,
- Altana,
- Soviet,
- Tenkovsky and others.
Michurinsk Reine claude plum - one of the "youngest" grades removed in the 21st century by cross-pollination method. The tree grows only 3 meters high, but also fruits at it no more than 25 g. It begins to fructify for the third year after disembarkation to the constant place of growth.
One more popular grade of Reine claude plum - Collective-farm. The famous agricultural technician Michurin, by hybridization has brought him. The grade yields harvest at the end of summer, in the form of juicy yellow fruits, with delicate slightly sourish taste and juicy pulp. The tree can transfer frosts to - 30C.
The Tambov Reine claude plum - tree 3.5 m high, with sprawling krone with a diameter up to 3 m. One such tree, after 3 years of growth, can annually give 25 kg of fruits weight on 20 g, with gentle yellowish pulp, characteristic blue thin skin, gentle and sour taste. From them it is possible to cook compotes and jam, jam, they can be dried and used as dried fruits.
Features of landing and care for Reine claude plum
Plum trees of this look can be planted to the place of continuous growth and in the spring, and in the fall. But spring disembarkation is more preferable – more favorable conditions for forming of root system is formed, the risk of destruction by frost of weak sapling is excluded. The place should be chosen as solar, but without drafts, especially during the winter period. It can be the southern or southeast part of garden, the seasonal dacha. Requirements for the soil – optimum acidity of 6-7 pH, underground waters are not closer, than in 1.5 m, loamy soil.
Care for Reine claude plum consists in spring fertilizing by mix of superphosphate, potassium and organic fertilizers, ammonium nitrate in the field of pristvolny circle. Besides, the crown needs forming, it is necessary to cut off in due time dry and sick branches, to limit vertical growth.
In spite of the fact that the majority of grades are resistant to frosts, Reine claude plum needs to be cooked correctly for wintering – to cover pristvolny circle with layer of sawdust, to place small saplings under design from branches, straw. It is important to understand that the correct leaving – guarantee of plodonoskost of any fruit tree.