CLONAL SELECTION IN ‘SCHATTENMORELLE’ AND COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT SOUR CHERRY CULTIVARS

The clones ‘Rheinland’, ‘Bockelmann’, and ‘Römer’ of cv. ‘Schattenmorelle’ were compared in an orchard trial for 13 years.
Only differences in fruit weight were found between the three clones.

When compared to other sour cherry cultivars ‘Schattenmorelle’ proved to be superior in yield and fruit weight.
But ‘Schattenmorelle’ does not allow mechanical harvesting.
Newer cultivars, e.g. ‘Ujfehértói Fürstos’ showed a better suitability to mechanical picking as well as higher fruit quality for processing.

Workshop on Clonal Selection in Tree Fruit

G. Engel

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1986.180.9