Burlat
Sweet cherry, Prunus avium
Traditional early variety for warm sites, that are also not sensitive to late frost. Because of the good fruit size and only medium cracking sensitivity Burlat stays as a recommended early ripening variety. During the harvest moisture and heat lead to less longer shelf-life and decreasing firmness of the fruits. Treatment of the flowers and fruits against Monilia is necessary in most years.
Blossom
Blooming date
medium early
Fertility
self-sterile
S-allele, sterility group
S3 S9, group 16
Pollinator
Nimba (S), CERASINA ™ Prim 3.1 (S), BELLISE ™ Bedel, EARLY RED ™ Maraly (S), ADELISE ™ Masdel, CERASINA ™ Prim 4.1 (S), Vanda (S), SAMBA ™ Sumste (S), Fertille (S), SATIN ™ Sumele (S), Tamara (S), CERASINA ™ Final 13.1 (S), KIR ROSSO ™ KSG 03 A (S)
Incompatible with
Souvenir des Charmes, CERASINA ™ Prim 2.1 (S), Walter (S)
Fruit
Ripening time
early, 2. cherry week
Scale, shape
Ø 28 mm, 10 g, rounded to kidney-shaped, short to medium long stalk
Colour
shiny red to dark red
Fruit flesh
medium firm, at full maturity fruits get soft rapidly, Durofel pressure 25: 58-62, juicy
Taste
spicy with acidity, at full maturity sweetish
Cracking sensitivity
medium
Tree
Vigour
in juvenile phase strong to very strong, semi-upright, at mature stage widely spreading
Crop load
high and early from the beginning, easy to pick
Origin
Breeder, Place
found and spread by Mr. Burlat in Pierre Benite (in the south of France) in the 1930s
Parents
chance seedling
Type, Selection
clone INFEL V 370
Property rights
free variety
Synonyme
Bigarreau Hatif Burlat