Slivenski

Height & Growth

big tree, medium to strong growing

Tree crown

medium-sized, broad and loose crown

Flowering

Early leafing but late blooming and thus largely unaffected by frost.

Flowering type

Protandrous

Self fertile

No

Pollination

Best good pollinator - Dryanovo, other pollinators - Sheinovo, Silistrenski

Terminal or Lateral

terminal

Fruiting

Early, reliable and good cropping, undemanding of soil type

Fruit

large (13.9 - 16 gr.), oblong-elliptic

Shell & pericarp

Straw yellow, thin-skinned, strongly fringed, brittle shell which breaks easily

Kernel

Straw-yellow to cream-colored flesh, core fills the shell well, easy to crack, easily shelled, very good, strong and nutty flavor

Harvest

End September

Oil content

high fat content of 70% percent

Kernel %

56.60%

Frost susceptibility

Largely frost proof

Drought resistance

Very resistant

Sensitivity to bacterial blight and anthracnose

Good resistance to bacterial blight, slightly susceptible to anthracnose