FRUIT QUALITY OF SWEET CHERRIES GROWN IN LATVIA

Five local and 37 introduced sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) cultivars and 3 hybrids were tested for fruit quality at the Dobele Horticultural Plant Breeding Experimental Station from 2000 to 2004. The following components of fruit quality were evaluated: fruit weight, appearance, flavor, firmness and cracking susceptibility.
Soluble solids content, total sugars and total acids were determined for 15 of the more commonly grown cultivars.
The most suitable large-fruited cultivars for our climate (‘Krupnoplodnaya’, ‘Lapins’, ‘Valery Chkalov’) are recommended for production and several (‘Donetskiy 42-37’, ‘Techlovan’, ‘Krupnoplodnaya’ and ‘Lapins’) are being used in our breeding program.
Recently, three hybrids (‘S 1-5’, ‘S 9-2’ and ‘S 9-3’) were selected with improved fruit weight, firmness and resistance to cracking.

V International Cherry Symposium

S. Ruisa

Prunus avium, weight, firmness, cracking susceptibility, time of maturity

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2008.795.143