Research on the behavior of some sweet cherry cultivars in Iasi area

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to present the valuable features of sweet cherry cultivars obtained at RSFG Iasi but also of some foreign cultivars which improve the range with different fruit ripening period throughout during entire harvest season. Regarding on the three years average yield (2015-2017) it is reported statistically that all the cultivars recorded insignificant differences compared to the average of cultivars (20.3 kg/tree) with values between 16.7 kg/tree (Cătălina) and 24.3 kg/tree (Marina). In terms of weight and equatorial diameter of fruits, Cetăţuia (5.0 g respectively 21.07 mm) recorded significant negative differences compared to the average of the variants (6.9 g and 23.53 mm) and all cultivars taken in the study registered insignificant differences compared with control.