Promising garden plum varieties of Krymsk EBS, VIR Branch breeding for prunes production

In the garden plum assortment of Russia, until recently there was an almost complete absence varieties with fruits suitable for making high-quality prunes, which prevented expansion production this valuable product. This necessitated selection prunes in a number scientific institutions country, including Krymsk EBS, VIR Branch. As result works carried out at station, following results were obtained: gene pool plum, Yubileynaya Sochinskaya and Blufry allocated. They combine high qualities preparing good adaptability to climatic conditions South have been used as selectionally traits sources programs new dry fruit varieties’ creation. High-tech dry-fruit combining productivity quality selected; 8 them are included State Register Russian Federation. For different cultivation technologies varieties, zoned clone rootstocks bred on Branch recommended: medium-grown drought-resistant trees’ root system anchoring (for mechanized harvesting) - Zarevo, Evrika 99, Druzhba; small-grown VVA 1, VSV Best.