The features of frost resistance and winter hardiness of the triticale of alternative type of development  Pidzimok harkivskiy are studied. It is established that the level of its frost resistance is approximated to the stability of winter wheat Triticum durum Desf., the critical freezing temperature is -16.5 ° C. The variety of alternative type of development is distinguished by more intensive growth and development in the early spring period. Accelerated rates of development of the cone of growth at low temperatures ensure the placement of more spikelets and flowers in the ear and produce a yield of 1.3 tons / ha higher than that of the winter variety Triticale.