Results concerning the creation of cultivars with ripening ages at the limits of cherries maturation season and their evaluation

Abstract

The paper’s aim is to present the valuable characteristics of a couple cherry cultivars created at SCDP Iaşi, which improve the inland cherry assortment with early and late maturation cultivars, with quality fruits. At the moment the domestic market, but also the external one is unbalanced, favoring the cultivars from the first part of the fruits maturation season (June). The tendency is to create a balance, assured by reducing the weight of the cultivars with average age of fruits maturation and by increasing the weight of the extra early and late cultivars. Analyzing the average productions on three years (2011-2013), from the statistical point of view, it can be seen that the cultivars Marina (31,1 kg/tree) and Margo (30,9 kg/tree) registered significantly positive production differences compared to the witness cultivar Boambe de Cotnari (21,7 kg/tree). In terms of fruits weight (g) and of equatorial diameter (mm), the cultivars Anda (7,6 g and 23,7 mm) and Marina (7,2 g and 22,2 mm) got remarked with significantly positive differences compared to the witness