Sweet cherry
Trademark: KIR LAMOUR ™
Variety: KSG 24 A (S)
Species: Prunus avium
Origin
| Breeder, Place | Hilmar Gräb, Kettig, Germany |
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| Intellectual property | LFP Licenses for Fruits and Plants GmbH, Bassenheim, Germany |
| Parents | open pollination from SWEETHEART ™ Sumtare (S) |
| Crossing number | Kirsche 2004 R 16 B 106 |
| Property rights | application for EU plant variety rights, EU trademark |
Blossom
| Blooming date | medium-early to medium, ideal to high, in some years very high |
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| Fertility | self-fertile |
| S-allele, sterility group | S3 S4', group SC |
Fruit
| Ripening time | 8.-9. cherry week |
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| Scale, shape | Ø 30 mm, 13-14 g, widely kidney-shaped with a medium long, robust, green stalk |
| Colour | carmine red and shiny at full maturity |
| Fruit flesh | firm, fleshy texture, very juicy, at full maturity Durofel pressure 25: 73-75 |
| Taste | Extraordinary, sweet aromatic taste. The melting, full-bodied feeling is especially highlighted by the fruit texture. The sugar levels during the examination period were always between 19-20 Brix. |
| Cracking sensitivity | low to medium, pistil point is always closed, sensitive at the stalk cavity |
| Storage | very good |
Tree
| Vigour | very compact and slow growing, spur type, very good fruit-wood production, healthy, dark green foliage, the rootstock GiSelA ™ 5 is only suitable for the best soils, for planting on lighter soils and replanting a stronger growing rootstock should be used |
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| Training | A higher effort in pruning is needed if you want to achieve the central leader system. This variety is more qualified for training systems like Spanish Bush or UFO because of its growth habit. |
| Health | The susceptibility to Pseudomonas is comparable to the mother variety SWEETHEART ™ Sumtare (S). |
| Crop load | over the years all the time ideal to high |
Evaluation
This cherry-highlight with an extended harvest period impresses with extraordinary fruit qualities: self-fertility, maturity time, fruit size, intense flavour with melting texture, good cracking resistance, yield security as well as very good storability and shelf-life. Due to the very high blossom load in the middle of the blooming season KIR LAMOUR ™ is suitable as a pollinator for many varieties.
Because of the spur type growth the trees develop almost no premature shoots. Therefore we produce only whips or two year old bush trees.
If you are interested to plant KIR™-varieties outside of the Netherlands, Austria and Germany we need the authorisation of the licence holder LFP GmbH.