Security of growing habits and bud formation of German sour cherry varieties

• Main Authors: D. Franjo, S. Szőke, J. Nyéki, P. Hilsendegen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Debrecen 2011-12-01
• Series: International Journal of Horticultural Science
• Subjects: sour cherry varieties; shoot length; growing habits; flower bud formation
• Online Access: https://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/IJHS/article/view/967
• ISSN: 1585-0404; 2676-931X

Intensive sour cherry production is concerned to find the most productive varieties under special growing conditions. High planting density, adapted to manual picking or on the other hand to mechanical harvesting. Almost as important is the prolongation of the ripening season by enlarging the choice of varieties. Unfortunately, three of our four leading commercial varieties are ripe almost at the same date. Therefore, new varieties ought to be examined thoroughly. In the Pallag Experimental Station of the Debrecen University, five European varieties have been grown (’Schattenmorelle’, ’PI-SA 12,100’, ’Jade’, ’Gerema’, ’Achat’) and a Hungarian one, ’Debreceni bôtermô’ used as a check for the experiments to compare their growing and yielding habits in 2010. The plantation was three years old, standing on Prunus mahaleb rootstocks, in high density (5 x 2 m) and trained to slender spindle crowns. The results are proving that some of the varieties in question are suitable to prolong the harvesting season. Growing habits and yields of the varieties related to the variety ’Debreceni bôtermô’ were similar or even better as ’Jade’, ’Gerema’ and ’Achat’. The ’Jade’ excelled with its vitality and ’Gerema’ with its generative character. Further studies are expected to prove the utility of one of them at least to enlarge the ripening season on the fruit market.