Raspberry "Beauty of Russia": description of the variety, care, photo

Almost on any plot of land you can see raspberry bushes of raspberries. But not every gardener can boast of the unusual seedlings of this plant, whose fruits are comparable to cherry tomatoes. It is a question of large-fruited varieties of raspberry, among which the raspberry "Beauty of Russia" deserved special popularity and respect among gardeners, photo below left. The cultivation of this variety belongs to the Moscow breeders of the Institute of Horticulture by combining the properties and qualities of raspberry varieties - "Maroseyka" and "Mirage".

Malina "The Beauty of Russia", description of the variety

It deserves its name "raspberry raspberry". After all, the fruits of raspberries have incredible taste and beauty. It is for these qualities that the raspberry lovers "Beauty of Russia" appreciate so much. The description of the variety includes such characteristics as: the maturity of the fruit, the degree of yield, the shape of the bush, the size of shoots and rhizomes, the size, shape, color and taste of the fruit. Such a variety is a plant that drops foliage for the winter. A perennial half-shrub, which has a well-developed rhizome, is raspberry "Krasa Rossii". Description of the variety includes the absence of spines on the shoots, which makes it possible, without injury, to pluck the fruits.

Terms of fruit ripening

About the timing and features of fruiting raspberry "Beauty Russia" reviews are everywhere the same. Fruit ripening begins in the middle of summer and lasts until the tenth of August. During this period, you can carry out up to five berries. Accordingly, the fruiting of the variety is attributed to the average maturity.

Yield of variety

After planting raspberry bushes fruiting occurs only in the second year. With good care and proper fertilization, the yield from one bush reaches five kilograms, which indicates the high productivity of raspberries of this variety. Seedlings of young shrubs will give a little less fruit.

Size of shoots and rhizomes

Stems of raspberries grow about two years, then they need to be updated. When forming shrubs, they are achieved their compactness and not strong overgrowing, they leave up to seven shoots, the rest are removed. The length of shoots reaches two meters. Completely devoid of spikes raspberry "Beauty of Russia." Description shoots of the first year - soft as grass stalks of green color, with short internodes, covered with gray fuzz and a slight wax coating. The next year, the branches of the half-shrub become tree-like, and their color changes from green to brown. In the axils of the leaves of annual shoots there are two flower-bearing buds of different sizes, from which branches with buds are subsequently formed. Fruit shoots are thicker than vegetative shoots and have branching in 4 tiers. Twenty berries ripen on such shoots. A small number of flowering branches develops from the lower buds. After the shoots cease to bear fruit, they dry up, and in the next year new young shoots will grow out of the overwintered rhizome. If the shoot grows in the spring, it can grow until the fall, just such shoots are used to rejuvenate the bush.

A rhizome of crimped form, lignified, with numerous roots that form a branching root system. Most of the roots are located at a depth of 30 cm. During the dry season, single roots reach a level up to a meter in depth, thereby holding a scrub and nutrients. In width they grow up to two meters. The roots of raspberries are provided with subordinate buds, from which almost white transparent shoots form in the earth without light, and one-year-old stems grow from them. Kidney buds are pawned in July. Unlike other varieties, there are few root shoots of raspberry "Krasa Rossii". The variety description indicates the absence of thickening of such bushes.

Raspberry "Beauty of Russia", description of fruits

Raspberry belongs to the family Rosaceae, the fruit is a complex fruit, consisting of small kostyanok, which densely intertwined with each other on the peduncle. In shape, the fruits resemble an elongated cone, crimson or saturated red, shine in the sun. Variety of raspberry "Beauty of Russia" (photo on the left) is famous for its large berries, weight of which reaches twelve grams, and according to the maximum size it is comparable with a box of matches. That is why this variety is referred to as large-berry varieties of raspberries. The berries are sweet with raspberry flavor and smell, the flesh is dense and juicy, there is little seed. Fruits can be used both fresh and for conservation.

Planting raspberries

Saplings of raspberry "Beauty of Russia" should be planted in the autumn or spring period. If you plant shrubs in autumn, then they are covered with earth from frost, and with the advent of spring this land is removed. The place under the raspberries is chosen not to be windy, so that in winter the snow is delayed. The earth needs to be prepared in advance, removing all the weed grass, and give a year to rest the soil. As a planting stock, you should choose raspberry seedlings "Krasa Rossii", which have well developed lobed roots and ripe aerial shoots. In the prepared wells, organic and mineral fertilizers should be added. Distance between the holes about a meter. Before planting, the roots of planted plants are immersed in a special solution with stimulants of growth, then plant and moisturize the soil. For better rooting, shoots are shortened, leaving a few dozen centimeters.

Still there is a way of planting raspberries in late summer, as a planting material use root shoots taken with the ground. Plant shoots should be, spreading the roots and not much sprinkling the ground base of the shoot.

Planting raspberries "Beauty Russia" is carried out in several ways. The first method involves the formation of a bush in each seedling. For this, at the end of the second year, fragile shoots are cut out, leaving up to seven of the strongest stems.

The second option is planting plants with strips or ribbons, which contributes to higher yields. Within the tape, the width of which reaches 50 cm, periodically cut out extra stems, between the strips make paths, also removing all the raspberry shoots.

Formation of a bush

The raspberry "Beauty of Russia" does not tolerate thickening. Pruning will help to form a bush of 6-7 stems. It does not hurt to make a support for raspberry bushes, to which you should tie stems. It is better to do this the first time the stem has reached 80 cm in height, and then at a height of 1.8 m. This garter contributes to better lighting and ventilation of the air, makes the hive more accurate. The support serves to protect the branches from the wind, and also will not allow the shoots to break during the ripening period of large berries, especially when they have a lot of ovaries. If you do not tie the lower branches, they put on putrefactive fungi. Fruits on such stems are prone to contamination and fast decay. In addition, it is easier to harvest berries on properly tied bushes.

Watering

Loves moderately moisturizing the soil of raspberries "The Beauty of Russia." Care for this kind of sort is needed. For it, both the lack of moisture and its excess will be fatal. This plant likes nutritious, friable soils. Young bushes should be watered more often than are already entrenched, pouring up to six liters under each bush. To reduce the evaporation of moisture and prevent the formation of crusts around the plant, the ground is covered with mulch, using overgrown grass or peat.

Top dressing

Before planting the seedlings of the variety, the microelement composition of the soil should be improved with the help of organic and mineral fertilizers (potassium and nitrogen fertilizers). Organics should be pre-made at the site chosen for raspberry. If plants are planted in the spring, then humus is introduced in the autumn of last year, and if planting is scheduled for autumn, the fertilizer is scattered in the spring. If you do not have time to make organic in advance, then spread it over the entire bed in an amount of 10 kg per square meter, and then dig for an even distribution. Fresh manure is not used, because it contains various pests of plants.

In addition to organic fertilizers, potash and nitrogen fertilizers, in the form of urea, wood ash, ammonium nitrate, tincture of cow manure, potassium sulfate. The amount of these fertilizers is 5-6 kg per hundred square meters, they increase the amount of sugar in the fruit. Nitrogen fertilizers are desirable to make in the beginning of autumn to improve the branching of shoots. Phosphate fertilizers are superphosphate.

Chlorine-containing fertilizers are not used, since chloride ions inhibit the growth of plants. When the raspberry grows in one area, it releases toxic substances for it, therefore periodically it is necessary to change the landing site.

Preparing for winter

The frost resistance of the variety is medium, it can withstand frosts down to -30 ° C. On the plots where there is little snow in winter, the raspberry "Beauty of Russia" can freeze. Caring for raspberry plantations in the autumn period is to prepare them for the winter. For this, young shoots are bent yet in September, and their tops are covered with earth. Do special fencing to hold snow, using branches or flaps. In spring, it is necessary to dig out the branches of raspberries and cut off the broken and weak shoots.

Reviews about the variety "Beauty of Russia"

In addition to positive moments, the raspberry "Beauty of Russia" reviews gets different, including critical ones. Among the shortcomings of gardeners are a small sweetness and an inexpressive odor, but these shortcomings are explicable. It is proved that the lack of potassium and magnesium fertilizers in the planting land leads to a slow synthesis of sugars in the plants, respectively, the fruits will not be sweet. On light soils, fertilizers are quickly washed away by sediments. Also the taste of berries is affected by the amount of lighting, in shaded areas in plants less carbohydrates are produced.

Therefore, you should entrust the cultivation of these berries to professionals. Variety of raspberry "Beauty of Russia" reviews novices in gardening is not always correctly characterize. After all, they still do not know all the intricacies of planting and caring for large-fruited varieties. Further - about possible diseases of the variety "Beauty of Russia".

Prevention of raspberry diseases

The most common diseases are chlorosis and a mosaic of raspberry leaves. The first disease manifests yellowing of leaves in the summer, and with the second disease the leaves resemble a mosaic of dark and light spots. These diseases affect not only the leaves, they reduce the yield. Cure the affected plant is impossible, can only be destroyed in order to avoid the spread of disease.

In rainy weather, fungal diseases such as brown stain spot and gray mold can develop. For the prevention of these diseases, raspberry bushes are treated with a Bordeaux liquid or a biological preparation called "Phytosporin", which inhibit the development of pathogenic microorganisms.

How to deal with pests

The most dangerous pest of raspberry is a raspberry beetle, or rather, its larvae. They feed on flowers, leaves and fruits of raspberries and leave after themselves a leafless shrub, devoid of harvest. Fighting beetles is problematic, because they hide in the soil.

Another representative of the detachment of insects brings considerable harm - this is a raspberry-strawberry weevil. Harm raspberries bring eggs, which the female puts in buds.

A spider mite causes a lot of harm to raspberry bushes. On the leaves there are white spots. These are sections of the leaf, from which the mite sucked the juice. Usually the affected leaves are twisted into a tube.

The stem gall midges penetrate into the shoot's wood and leaves eggs there, thereby damaging the raspberry bushes, which can subsequently dry up. Affected bushes are excavated and burned.

For the destruction of parasites use special pesticides, which spray the bushes and ground around, or manually trap insects.