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 | registered for EU plant variety rights and 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 | Exceptionally fine, sweet-aromatic taste. The sensory-fruity sensation is particularly emphasized by the flesh structure. The sugar values are Ø 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 | 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.
When selecting the site, cold or frosty locations and areas with high precipitation, where the parent variety SWEETHEART ™ Sumtare (S) also shows difficulties with tree health, should be excluded.
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, Switzerland and Germany we need the authorisation of the licence holder LFP GmbH.