Dollenseppler
Black cherry, Prunus avium
The market value of the most important black cherry Dollenseppler is high due to its versatile uses (distillery, juice and jam production) and suitability for mechanical harvesting.
Even though this variety prefers warm locations to develop its typical flavour, it is not very demanding in terms of site selection and can also be planted at higher altitudes.
Blossom
Blooming date
medium late to late, long-lasting flowering, not very susceptible to late frost damages
Fertility
self-sterile
S-allele, sterility group
S1 S7, group 28
Pollinator
Herrkirsche, Schüttler vom Albtrauf, Dolls Langstiel, Schwarze Schüttler
Incompatible with
Benjaminler, Polenkirsche
Fruit
Ripening time
4. (-5.) Cherry week, at the same time as 'Winterbacher' or shortly after
Scale, shape
20-22 mm, roundish, medium long to long and robust stalk
Colour
deep black red, shiny
Fruit flesh
dark to black red, soft to medium firm, juicy, detaches well from the stone, juice strongly colouring
Taste
at 1st pick aromatic with a slight bitterness, minimal acidity, very sweet when fully ripe, 80-100° Oechsle, prefer warm locations for typical flavour
Cracking sensitivity
stable to cracking, less susceptible to rotting
Stalk detachment
dry dissolving, very good shakeability
Tree
Vigour
medium strong, rounded/spherical crown, spreading and drooping, very healthy tree, well garnished and sufficiently branched, strong tendency to blind wood, forms sufficient young wood for pruning, dark green foliage, less susceptible to monilia infections
Crop load
early setting, high and regular, fruits are hanging regular dense
Origin
Breeder, Place
Found on the Josef Doll farm, Ortenaukreis (Germany), as a chance seedling in the 1960s.