New cultivars of high quality nectarines at the Crimea

The Crimea is rich in nectarine genetic resources, with very different characteristics such as time of bloom, early and late ripening and variable fruit quality. The selection of new cultivars is focused on fruit quality, high and stable fruit set and tolerance to biotic and abiotic stress. As a result of the breeding activities three new nectarines cultivars ‘Rubinovy-8’, ‘Rubinovy-9’ and ‘Krymchanin’ have been selected. ‘Rubinovy-8’ was selected from seedlings of free-pollination peach cultivar ‘Kentavr’. Cultivar ‘Rubinovy-9’ was selected from seedlings of free-pollination nectarine cultivar ‘Claudia’. Cultivar ‘Le Grand’ was used as mother plant and the hybrid 68-72 as pollen donor plant in our breeding programme, and the ‘Krymchanin’ cultivar was obtained. Fruits flesh of these cultivars is yellow. The flavor is sub-acidic, sweet and aromatic. The fruits of these cultivars showed good transportability. Resistance to the most important fungal diseases is equal or higher than ‘Super Crimson Gold’.