| Cultivar Name: |
Summit
|
| Type |
Cherry |
| Synonyms |
'4C-18-21'
|
| Patent |
Not Patented
|
| Parentage |
Van X Sam
|
| Species |
Prunus avium
|
| Usage |
Scion
|
| Products |
Fresh Market
|
| Taste |
Sweet
|
| Chill Requirement |
650 chill hours required
|
| S Genotype |
S1S2 |
| CIG |
I |
| Yield |
Medium
|
| Flesh Color |
fairly light
|
| Ripening time |
-1
weeks relative to
Bing
|
| Self Compatible |
No - Not Self Compatible
|
| Pollinators |
Any other sweet cherry.
|
| Description |
Orig. in Summerland, British Columbia, By K.O. Lapins, Agriculture Canada, Res. Sta. Introd. in 1973. Cross made in 1957; selected in 1964; tested as 4C-18-21.
Fairly resistant to cracking.
Fruit: very large; roundish heart-shaped; skin black-dark red, medium soft; flavor sweet, mild, good; ripens 4 days before Bing (8 July in Summerland). Small pit.
Tree: large; spreading; vigorous; as hardy as Bing. Hardy in Zones 5-8.
In flowering group 2. |
| References |
- The Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit & Nut Varieties. Third Edition. 1997. ASHS Press, Alexandria, Virginia.
- Fruit, Berry and Nut Inventory. Third Edition. 2001. Seed Savers Exchange, Inc.
- Fresh Market Sweet Cherry
Varieties for Eastern North
America, Dept. Hort Sci., New York State Horticultural Society; Link
- Sweet Cherry Pollen Compatability Chart, James Nugent, updated 2013; Link
- FLOWERING TIME AND INCOMPATIBILITY GROUPS – CULTIVAR
COMBINATION IN COMMERCIAL SWEET CHERRY
(Prunus avium L.) ORCHARDS, Fruit Research Institute, Cacak, Serbia; Link
- Chilling Requirements of Cherries Grown Under Subtropical Conditions of Adana, Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research, 2012; Link
- Orange Pippin; Link
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No photos for this cultivar.
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