Olenek (Cinderella)

Late-season variety selected at the Krasnoyarsk Experimental Station for Fruit Growing, is a seedling from open pollination of the A. M. Lukashov selection. Breeders: V. M. Krutovsky, N. N. Tikhonov, A. S. Tolmacheva. Since 2001, the variety has been included in the State Register for the Eastern Siberian region. At the experimental station, 0.5 hectares are planted with this variety, and 0.2 hectares at the "Udachny" farm. Found in gardens of amateur horticulturists in the Krasnoyarsk region, Altai region, Novosibirsk region, and other areas.

Trees are medium-sized. Young trees have a round crown, while during full fruiting, the crown becomes broadly round. Bark on the trunk is gray, and on the main branches it is greenish-gray.

Shoots are weakly jointed, moderately hairy (with a coating). Buds are medium-sized, round, gray. Buds are brownish, oval, pressed against the shoots. Leaves are medium-sized, oval, with small cilia, green, flat; leaf blade is elastic, surface smooth, without hairs.

Inflorescence — a shield-shaped cluster, composed of 4–6 flowers. Buds are pink, flowers are medium-sized, petal color is white-pink.

Fruits are very small, pear-shaped, uniform, with a smooth surface and even texture. Main fruit color is yellow-green, no covering. Skin spots are brown. Fruit skin is thick and oily. Pedicel is short and thin. Receptacle is slightly ribbed, calyx is half-closed. Seeds are medium-sized, dark brown.

Fruit flesh is light-yellow, tart-sweet flavor, very juicy, medium-firm, fine-grained, with moderate aroma. On tasting, fruit flavor is rated 4.4 points, appearance 4.2 points. Fruits contain 7.8% sugars, 1.0% titratable acids, 6.5 mg/100g ascorbic acid.

Harvest maturity occurs at the end of August — first days of September; consumer period continues until September 20. Fruit quality is medium. Variety is universal in use.

Fruits are suitable for making compotes and jams.

Self-sterile; best pollinators are varieties: Nevlichka, Sibirchka, Orlenga.

Low-yielding variety, with periodic fruiting. Cold resistance is medium, disease resistance is very high.

Advantages of the variety: high disease resistance, suitability of fruits for industrial processing.

Disadvantages: low yield, periodic fruiting.