This is probably the most popular
sweet cherry cultivar.
Neilsen and colleagues Denise Neilsen, Frank Kappel, and T. Forge from the Agriculture and Agri - Food Canada, Pacific Agri - Food Research Centre, conducted research to determine the response of two
sweet cherry cultivars to a variety of nutrient and water management strategies (HortScience, February 2014).
Not exact matches
Research was conducted in a
sweet cherry orchard of «Cristalina» and «Skeena»
cultivars on the dwarfing rootstock Gisela 6 at the Pacific Agri - Food Research Center in Summerland.
Research showed that wet conditions (as indicated for the
cultivars under test) reduced annual yield of
sweet cherry, strongly affecting fruit quality, and often overriding
cultivar and soil and water management effects.
With a mild,
sweet flavor derived from 16 - 19 % sugar, this
cultivar bears very firm
cherries, large in size, with a flat heart shape, light red blush over a yellow background, and near - clear flesh.
A popular European
cultivar, it grows medium to large dark red
cherries that are slightly
sweeter than Montmorency.
While
sweet cherry (Prunus avium), black
cherry (Prunus serotina), and tart
cherry (Prunus cerasus) varieties occur naturally in the wild, when it comes to commercial
cherries, centuries of man - made hybridization have brought many
cherry cultivars, each one with unique characteristics, from size and shape of the trees to flavor and sugar content.