| Cultivar Name: |
Van
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| Type |
Cherry |
| Patent |
Not Patented
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| Parentage |
open pollinated seedling of Empress Eugenie
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| Species |
Prunus avium
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| Usage |
Scion
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| Products |
Canning
Culinary
Freezing
Fresh Market
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| Taste |
Sweet
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| Chill Requirement |
700 chill hours required
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| Bloom Time |
Zero
days relative to Bing
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| S Genotype |
S1S3 |
| CIG |
II |
| Yield |
High
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| Flesh Color |
Dark red
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| Ripening time |
Zero
weeks relative to
Bing
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| Self Compatible |
No - Not Self Compatible
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| Pollinators |
Bing, Black Tartarian, Deacon, Lambert, Lapins, Napoleon, Craig's Crimson, Rainier, Royal Ann, Sam, Stella. Interfuitful with all popular sweet cherries/excellent pollinator for Bing and Lambert and most other sweet cherry varieties.
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| Description |
Orig. in Summerland, British Columbia, Canada, by A.J. Mann, Canada Dept. of Agriculture, Res. Sta. Cross made in 1936; selected in 1942. Introd. in 1944.
Fruit: Bing type (blocky shape with short stem); medium size, sweet; skin black, with bright luster; Somewhat resistant to spurs and doubles; somewhat resistant to cracking, being less susceptible than Lambert; as large as Bing with comparable crop, but often smaller due to overbearng; bears 1-3 years before Bing. Slightly firmer and quite as good in quality as Bing; same season as Bing; Blocky shape with a short stem. Resistant to splitting. Ripens from mid-June to early July depending on location. Withstands harsher climatic conditions than other sweet cherries.
Tree: vigorous, upright; heavy, annual bearer; hardier than Bing, widely grown and a parent of Rainier. Named in honor of J. R. Van Haarlen, Hort. Expt. Sta., Vineland, Ontario. Very cold hardy; hardy in Zones 4-9. Reliable, heavy bearing. In Pollination Period III. Canker - some susceptibility. |
| 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.
- Fowler Nursery Commercial Fruit and Nut Tree Variety Descriptions. Link
- Duarte Nursery Link
- Sierra Gold Nurseries Variety Descriptions. Link
- L.E. Cooke Co. Fruit and Nut Tree Variety Descriptions. Link
- Burchell Nursery Fruit and Nut Tree Varieties. Link
- Dave Wilson Nursery. Link
- Sweet cherry compatibility and timing chart; Link
- J. AMER. SOC. HORT. SCI., Molecular Typing of S-alleles through Identification,
Characterization and cDNA Cloning for S-RNases in
Sweet Cherry; Link
- Sweet Cherries
Production, Marketing, and Processing, USDA, Link
- Genetic Diversity and Relatedness of Sweet Cherry (Prunus Avium L.) Cultivars Based on Single Nucleotide Polymorphic Markers, Table 1 shows presumed parentage, origin and CIG status, Frontiers in Plant Science 2012; 3:116; Link
- Cherry Harvest Calendar for California, PickYourOwn.org; 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
- Cherry Cultivars - Sweet and Tart FACTSHEET, Ontario, Ministry of Ag, Food, and Rural Affairs;
Link
- Orange Pippin; Link
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No photos for this cultivar.
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