Sweet cherry
Trademark: CERASINA ™
Variety: Final 12.1 (S)
Species: Prunus avium
Origin
| Breeder, Place | Peter Stoppel, Kressbronn/Bodensee, Germany |
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| Intellectual property | CERASINA GmbH |
| Property rights | registered for EU plant variety rights and trademark |
Blossom
| Blooming date | late |
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| Fertility | self-fertile |
| S-allele, sterility group | S3 S4‘, group SC |
Fruit
| Ripening time | very late, 9.-10. cherry week |
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| Scale, shape | large, 28-30 mm, heart-shaped, medium to long stalk |
| Colour | dark red, shiny |
| Fruit flesh | very firm, Durofel pressure 25: 85-90, finely textured, juicy |
| Taste | aromatic with fine acidity |
| Cracking sensitivity | low, mainly at the stalk cavity, pronounced pistil point but closed |
| Storage | good to very good |
Tree
| Vigour | medium strong to strong, semi-upright to spreading, also fruiting on annual shoots, tendency for blind wood, dark green leaves |
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| Crop load | ideal to high, fruits are hanging densely, tendency to produce clusters, high picking rate because of the long stalks |
Evaluation
A late ripening, self-fertile variety, which is suitable to extend the harvest period because of its very firm flesh and good storage qualities. Self-fertility and late blooming positively affect the fruit set even in years with unfavourable blooming conditions. While harvesting the highly cracking-tolerant fruits it is necessary to pay attention to the bitter flavour, which dissipates while the fruits ripen. This variety already produces fruit on one-year-old wood and needs thorough pruning of weak and hanging branches. The very healthy tree shows no susceptibility to bacterial canker until now.
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