Suyzlepsky (Suyzleper, Malinovka)

Early-ripening variety of folk selection. Originates from the Baltic states. Trees of this variety are found in small numbers in many gardens of the Middle Strip of Russia.

Medium-sized trees with dense, spherical crowns, with dark, upwardly raised branches.

Fruits are borne on rings, spines, and fruiting twigs.

Shoots are thick, reddish-brown, moderately hairy. Leaves are medium to large, broad, nearly round in shape, strongly curved, dark green, glossy with slightly wrinkled surface, serrated-denticulate, moderately hairy. Leaf edges are coarsely serrated, with teeth pointing outward. Leaves are firmly seated on short petioles and do not move easily even with light shaking.

Fruits are medium to above-medium size, vary in shape but are mostly flattened, conical at the top, sometimes unequal-sided, with clearly visible ribs. Main color is greenish or straw-yellow, glossy when ripe. Cover color is very attractive, appearing as a pink blush with bright red stripes on its background. Subcutaneous dots are greenish and clearly visible. Skin is smooth. Fruit stalks are medium or long, compressed sideways. Calyx is narrow and small. Cup is of medium depth, often with radiating light-brown rust-colored patches. Core is very large, shaped like a broad onion. Seed chambers are large and open. Seeds are medium-sized, flat, dark brown.

Flesh is white, often pinkish beneath the skin and with pink veins inside the fruit, having a sweet-tart dessert flavor. Chemical composition of fruits: total sugars — 9.8%, titratable acids — 0.70%, ascorbic acid — 9.2 mg/100g, P-active substances — 116.0 mg/100g, pectin substances — 12.2%. Fruits ripen in the Oryol region in the first decade of August. After harvest, they can be stored for about two weeks.

During fruiting, Suyzlepsky trees enter fruiting phase at medium term (on 6-8 year after planting). The variety is characterized by low yield, thus it lags behind all widely cultivated summer varieties in this important agronomic-biological trait. Young trees of Suyzlepsky bear fruit annually, while mature trees bear fruit irregularly.

In terms of general winter hardiness, Suyzlepsky approaches the winter hardiness of Saffron Pippin, lagging behind Antonovka, Autumn Striped, and Welles.

Advantages of the variety: dessert flavor and attractiveness of fruits.

Disadvantages of the variety: low yield, insufficient winter hardiness, low fruit transportability.

Using Suyzlepsky, the variety Yuzhnoe was developed.