Sweet cherry
Variety: Tamara (S)
Species: Prunus avium
Origin
| Breeder, Place | Blazek, Holovousy, Czech Republic |
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| Intellectual property | Artevos, Germany |
| Parents | Krupnoplodnaja x Van |
| Crossing number | HL 10 201 |
| Property rights | registered for EU plant variety rights |
Blossom
| Blooming date | early |
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| Fertility | self-sterile |
| S-allele, sterility group | S1 S9, group 18 |
| Pollinator | Souvenir de Charmes, Nimba (S), Burlat, CERASINA ™ Prim 2.1 (S), CERASINA ™ Prim 3.1 (S), ADELISE ™ Masdel, Fertille (S), SAMBA ™ Sumste (S), Christiana (S), Vanda (S), SATIN ™ Sumele (S), Aida (S), SWEETHEART ™ Sumtare (S), KIR ROSSO ™ KSG 03 A (S) |
| Incompatible with | CERASINA ™ Prim 2.3 (S), BELLISE ™ Bedel, EARLY RED ™ Maraly (S) |
Fruit
| Ripening time | medium, 5. cherry week |
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| Scale, shape | large to very large, >30 mm, heart-shaped with a deep stalk cavity, long stalk |
| Colour | dark to black red, marbled, intensely shiny |
| Fruit flesh | firm, Durofel pressure 25: 75-80, crunchy and very juicy |
| Taste | highly aromatic, spicy, balanced sugar-acid ratio |
| Cracking sensitivity | high to very high |
| Storage | good |
Tree
| Vigour | medium strong, very strongly pendulous, tendency to blind wood |
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| Crop load | only medium production |
Evaluation
Tamara (S) has good fruit size, taste and attractive fruits. Because of the high susceptibility to brown rot and cracking this variety should not be cultivated without rain cover. A rain cover is only profitable when the fruits can be marketed in the premium segment and provide a potential high price.