Hurry up to pamper yourself with cherries! She, like the first swallow, appears on the shelves of shops and markets. Many people do not even suspect how many health benefits there are in this beautiful berry. It's time to find out everything about her!
Planting cherries: rules and features
If you still don't have cherries in your beautiful garden, be sure to plant them! In addition to the fragrant aroma of flowers, later you will enjoy plenty of fragrant cherries, which, moreover, are of great health benefits. Since it is one of the first to bloom and bear fruit, plant it in a bright place. The soil should not be swampy or oversaturated with moisture.
The planting hole is made deep - about 70x70 and 60 cm. The distance between the trees is at least 3 meters. Mix a bucket of sand, some wood ash, a bucket of peat, clay, and any organic fertilizer in the pit. This is done so that the cherries grow and bear fruit normally.
Thoroughly compact the soil after planting, cover with compost or dry grass. For good, feed with top dressing in the form of ash, slurry. This must be done before flowering, in May and after harvesting (old trees are fertilized 3-4 times). Remember to prune it annually, removing dry, weak, inward-looking branches. Treat the trimmed site with garden pitch.
Cherry pruning video:
Cherry varieties
40 varieties of sweet cherry are included in the state register of the Russian Federation. Of these, the largest are Iput, Tyutchevka (6–12 g), and the smallest are Ovstuzhenka, Chermashnaya, Fatezh (up to 4 g).
Ripening terms
- Early: Valery Chkalov, Dagestan early, Dagestanka, Ariadna, Goryanka, Dessertnaya, Dana, Beauty of Kuban, Caucasian, Iput, Krasnaya gorka, Ovstuzhenka, Krasnodar early, Raditsa, Pokrovskaya memory, Rubin Nikitina, Symphony, Sadko, Yaroslavna, Fat Chermash …
- Medium: Gastsinets, Korvatsky's Favorite, Bereket, Velvet, Orlovskaya and early pink, Ryazan's Gift, Teremoshka, Poetry, Yuzhnaya, Rechitsa.
- Late: Bryanochka, Scarlet, Veda, Annushka, Bryansk pink, Dybera black, Golubushka, Etok beauty, Odrinka, Lezginka, Francis, Revna, French black, Tyutchevka.
Self-fertility
- Partially self-fertile: Dessertnaya, Dana, Revna, Gastsinets, Rubinovaya Nikitina, Ovstuzhenka, Iput.
- Self-infertile: Veda, Raditsa, Krasnaya Gorka, Rechitsa, Severnaya, Chermashnaya, Tyutchevka, Symphony, Fatezh, Teremoshka.
Taste qualities
- Sweet and sour varieties: Fatezh.
- Sweet: Iput, Bryanskaya Pink, Chermashnaya, Raditsa, Ovstuzhenka, Revna.
Early maturity
- High (come into fruiting in the third or fourth year after vaccination): Ovstuzhenka, Bryansk pink.
- Average (for 4–5 years): Tyutchevka, Revna, Iput.
- Low (5-6 years): Fatezh, Raditsa.
Video about cherry varieties:
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Cherry composition: vitamins and calories
The benefits of the fruit are due to the presence of pectins, acids with a predominance of malic acid. Dark cherries contain many dyes from the group of carotenoids and anthocyanins. The mineral composition is represented by the presence of potassium, phosphorus, sodium, iron, magnesium, calcium; of the microelements fluorine, iodine, silicon, chromium, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, manganese are present. A large amount of vitamin C (ascorbic acid), niacin (nicotinic acid), provitamin A, carotene, vitamins B1, B2, coumarins.
Calorie content of cherries
per 100 g of product - 50 kcal:
- Proteins - 1, 1 g
- Fat - 0.4 g
- Carbohydrates - 11.5 g
Useful properties of cherries
Sweet cherry has become a favorite delicacy in every home. It is not only insanely tasty, but also useful for us, helping with:
- Hypertension - normalizes blood pressure due to the high content of P-active compounds, has a slight diuretic effect. For the benefit of hypertensive patients should eat a handful of dark red cherries, preferably daily;
- Diseases of the kidneys and liver - normalizes activity;
- Rheumatism, arthritis, gout - a serving of cherries will help to endure the pain easier. Huge beneficial properties for the body are concentrated cherry juice (1 tbsp. L three times a day);
- Anemia - saturates with iron and other useful minerals;
- Spastic colitis, intestinal atony, constipation and other diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Compotes and juice bring benefits to digestion;
- Stomach ulcer and 12 duodenal ulcer, gastritis with high acidity. Many foods high in organic acids are harmful to the body, causing heartburn, which cannot be said about cherries;
- Nervous system disorders (stress, depression, insomnia).
Cherry pulp contains vitamins B1 and B2, which have a beneficial effect on the condition of nails, hair and skin, provitamin A strengthens bones (prevention of osteoporosis) and teeth, and this provitamin is of great benefit for vision.
If you suddenly get sick with a cold, then you also need to eat cherries, because there is an abundance of ascorbic acid, which will strengthen the blood vessels and the heart, and protect against viruses. If your body lacks tone, then again include cherries in the diet. They are rich in coumarins and are second only to pomegranate, raspberry and red currant in their content. In short, an invigorating product! Lovely ladies should not forget to use these berries more often in the preparation of various cosmetics, for example, read: "Masks from cherries for the skin of the face."
For allergies: there are only white berries.
During pregnancy:
many expectant mothers love to feast on her in large quantities, but this is not entirely correct. It is important to observe the measure in food during pregnancy. If you do not have allergies, contraindications (read in harm's way), the total amount of cherries eaten during pregnancy should not exceed 0.5 kg per day.
Video: the benefits of cherries, storage and harvesting for the winter
Slimming on cherries
Let's not talk about the dangers of mono-diets, when you need to eat only one cherry, limiting yourself in the calorie content of other foods. Here are the real health benefits of eating some cherries before lunch or dinner (but not after). It has a low calorie content, which means that it does not threaten the appearance of excess weight. So you will improve digestion, do not overload your body with extra calories, quickly fill up and lose weight.
Read: "Cherry Diet"
Cherry storage
You can save cherries for the whole year by freezing or drying. For drying, you can blanch in hot water for 2–8 minutes, then cool with cold water, place on a sieve. Then dry in the oven at 60 degrees. As soon as it becomes slightly dried, increase the temperature to 80-85 degrees and hold until completely dry.
For adherents of storage in jars, you can do the following: put clean and dry cherry leaves on the bottom of a dry glass jar, then put the fruits in a row, cover them with leaves, and so alternate layers. You do not need to roll it up, close it tightly with a nylon lid and put it in a cool dry place. Stored until October-November.
Remove seeds and leaves to freeze. Put the peeled cherries on a baking sheet in one layer, freeze and place in a container. This way you can keep the shape and taste for up to 8 months.
If you want to use it fresh, then rinse thoroughly in water before that. After all, there may be a lot of harmful substances that got during spraying from pests. To rid yourself of pesticides, add salt (1 tsp) to ordinary running water and place the cherries there for 1 hour.
Check for maggots - just break a few pieces apart. Once washed, do not store for more than 2-3 hours (less useful properties will remain). Unwashed cherries can be stored in the refrigerator for a maximum of 1 week.
How to choose the right cherries
- If you have to buy cherries, then pay attention to the cuttings - green is considered the norm. If the tails are yellow, then it is overripe.
- Buy in June-July (high season): both good for the body and economical for the budget.
- The skin should not have small cuts, dents, soft spots - this way they rot faster and accumulate harmful substances (properties). Good cherry dry, dense, shiny. Do not hesitate to sniff - stale gives off the smell of fermentation.
- Color directly affects the availability of nutrients. The darker it is, the better.
- To understand whether it is a quality product or not, ask the seller for an "expert conclusion" form. It is issued after checking the quality of products for one day. Look at the “results” column - it should say “good quality”.
Cherry harm and contraindications
Sweet cherry has few contraindications: in large quantities it harms people with adhesive disease (intestinal obstruction), as well as diabetes. You can not eat cherries immediately after eating: at least 30 minutes should pass after eating.
How many cherries can you eat?
Despite the fact that cherries are healthy and have a low calorie content, you should not eat kilograms. Consume a little, no more than 300 g at a time. Eat calmly without swallowing handfuls to prevent bloating.
Bon Appetit! Eat to your health!
