CONSERVATION OF OLD TRADITIONAL CHERRY LANDRACES IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

In the period 1994-2002, a number of expeditions in the territory of the Czech Republic were undertaken to collect and conserve original fruit landraces, cultivars (cvs.) which were cultivated in the past.
The expeditions were directed mainly to the border regions of the country, where the chances of finding forgotten materials were better.
Many interesting and valuable landraces and obsolete cultivars were found and brought to the National Collection.
The following Czech sweet cherry landraces were found: ‘Bělice’, ‘Buky’, ‘Doupovská černá’, ‘Libějovická raná’, ‘Medovka’, ‘Plavky’, ‘Srdcovka přeúrodná’, ‘Šakvická’, ’Vlašky’ and ‘Znojemská kaštánka’. One of the most striking cultivars was ‘Ladeho pozdní’, which has the latest time of ripening of all known cultivars.
It was ripe at the beginning of September (in comparison to the cultivar ‘Van’, that ripens around July 10) in the locality Mrklovat at an elevation of 658 m a.s.l.
In the visited regions, cherry cultivars of foreign origin grown there for over 100 years were found.
They were mainly of German origin, namely: ‘Baltawarer’, ‘Dönissen´s Gelbe Knorpelkirsche’, ‘Drogan´s Gelbe Knorpelkirsche’, ‘Früheste der Mark’, ‘Grosse Schwarze Knorpelkirsche’, ‘Zeisberger’. Similarly, a few French cultivars were found such as ‘Koburger Mai Herzkirsche’, ‘Early Lyons’ and ‘Napoleon’. In addition, the English cultivar ‘Early Rivers’ was very common.

XI Eucarpia Symposium on Fruit Breeding and Genetics

F. Paprštein, J. Kloutvor, V. Holubec

Prunus avium, conservation, obsolete cultivars, expeditions

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.663.101