Cherry - the most common garden culture in our latitudes. The Caucasus and Crimea are considered to be the birthplace of this tree. It is unpretentious, grows in any conditions, including in the stony district. However, the best conditions for growth and fruiting are fertile soils and wetlands.
- Vladimirskaya
- Baby girl
- A meeting
- Early
- Purple
- Chocolate girl
- Hydrangea
- Shpanka Donetsk
- Expectation
- Early dessert
Thanks to the work of plant breeders, cherries can have a different taste and color of fruits, its varieties differ both in the strength of the growth of the tree and in terms of fruiting.
Vladimirskaya
This variety is known long ago. More than three centuries ago, our ancestors were harvesting this cherry. For such a long time this fruit has several varieties - you can find both two-meter bushes and four-meter giants. In addition, in the collective farms of the last century, it was Vladimirskaya cherry that occupied the main part. 
The yield of this variety is no different. The fruits of her small size (up to 3.5 g). but the taste of these fruits allows you to successfully use them as a dessert. Good Vladimir's cherry, both fresh and processed. Suitable for drying and freezing.
Harvest cherry tree gives in the third year (cherries ripen by mid-July) after planting.
Vladimirskaya Cherry tolerates even extreme cold, so it has long been zoned in various regions. However, at -30 ° C, the kidneys may suffer, which will have a bad effect on the future harvest.
The main disadvantage of Vladimirskaya cherry is insufficient (according to modern standards) resistance to fungi.
Baby girl
If you choose a cherry for the garden early, pay attention to the baby. This tree grows up to two meters in height (rarely - a little higher). 
Harvest can be collected at the end of June. Fruits are dark red, large (5-6.5 g), juicy, their appearance is estimated by gardeners for a solid top five. The stone is easily separated from the pulp. Cherries are beautifully transported. The baby is frost-resistant, has a high resistance to fungi.
A meeting
Many consider this cherry to be the leader in the list of the best varieties. The meeting was concluded by Melitopol breeders by crossing the Amateur and Kievskaya-19 cherries.
The tree itself grows up to 2.5 meters, has a spherical, thick, slightly drooping crown. The first harvest can be collected in the third year after planting. From an adult tree, you can harvest up to 25 kg. Maturing term - the end of June. 
The meeting is highly resistant to drought, fungi and frost.
Its fruits are quite large - 9 g (under favorable conditions - 15 g), shiny, bright red. Taste - standard, cherry, dessert pulp. It belongs to partially self-fertile varieties and needs pollinating neighbors.
Early
Gorgeous cherry, pleasing its flowering in early spring and delicious, large dark red fruits in summer. Ripens very early - in the second decade of June, gives a good harvest.
The strength of the tree is medium. Differs in frost resistance, tolerates drought well.
Purple
This variety was obtained by crossing cherries Shubinka and Vladimirskaya in the 60s of the last century. Differs in precocity and high-quality fruits.
The height of an adult tree is small - a maximum of 2 meters.Crohn - rounded, dense. The leaves are small, elongated-oval. 
Purple bloom begins early and the crop yields by mid-July. At the same time, its fruits reach 3.7 g. The cherries themselves are round, dark red, and have a sweet, slightly sour taste. Stone difficult to separate. Not bad tolerates frosts, has resistance to fungi.
Chocolate girl
Cherry varieties chocolate is bred recently, in 1996, by crossing varieties of Consumer black and Lyubskaya.
The tree is low, rarely growing to 2.5 meters. Crohn back pyramid thick. 
Chocolate burgundy fruits, almost black, large (3.5 g). To taste - sweet and sour, with a slight bitterness, resemble a sweet cherry.
This variety begins to bloom in May and yields by the middle of July. The first harvest can be collected in the fourth year of the tree. It is a self-fertile crop, but for a better harvest, a neighborhood of pollinators is desirable.
Chocolate can do a long time without watering, resistant to drought, fungi and frost.
Hydrangea
There are disputes about the origin of this variety: the Belgians are credited with breeding themselves, while the French consider Hortense their offspring. Be that as it may, this cherry, belonging to early varieties, quickly spread throughout the continent.
The fruits of Hortense are oval-truncated, one-caliber (tied alone or in pairs). The skin of cherries is shiny, red, easily removed from ripe fruits. The flesh is tender, juicy, sweet, with a slight sourness.
The crop is removed in a half-ripe state in the middle of June.
Hydrangea is considered a capricious crop: in some conditions it produces little fruit, and sometimes it can make you happy with the yield. The yield mainly depends on the soil and the area in which these trees grow. Greater yields are given in relatively dry ground and on elevations. Ideal areas - Dagestan and Kazakhstan.
Shpanka Donetsk
Ukrainian variety. Tree with a spherical crown, vigorous. Shpanka is undemanding to the soil and bears fruit on almost any site. 
The tree has good frost resistance, is relatively resistant to fungi. Begins to bear fruit in the fourth year after disembarkation.The fruit of the speckle average (5 g), red, sweet and sour, ripen in late June.
Expectation
Refers to the early ripening varieties, the crop of which is removed in late May. Differs in the increased productivity. Waiting fruits are dark red, suitable for any kind of processing.
Early dessert
Cherry Early dessert - ultra early (mid-June) variety with large (5-6 g) fruits of bright red color. Productivity from a tree can reach 20-25 kg.
The flesh of the fruits of the Early Dessert is tender, with a sweet-sour taste. The crop is well transported and preserved. Trees of this variety have moderate resistance to fungi, rust, drought, and tolerate frosts well.
All varieties of cherries are divided into 2 groups:
- Moreli - with darker fruits and bright juice;
- amorely - with light fruit and clear juice.
