| Cultivar Name: |
Hedelfingen
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| Type |
Cherry |
| Synonyms |
'Hedelfingen 1877', 'Geant d'Hedelfingen', ' Giant Hedelfingen', Hedelfingen Dark Sweet Cherry'
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| Patent |
Not Patented
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| Species |
Prunus avium
|
| Usage |
Scion
|
| Products |
Canning
Freezing
Fresh Market
|
| Taste |
Sweet
|
| Chill Requirement |
800 chill hours required
|
| S Genotype |
S3S5 |
| CIG |
VII |
| Yield |
High
|
| Flesh Color |
dark mahogany
|
| Ripening time |
+2
weeks relative to
Bing
|
| Self Compatible |
No - Not Self Compatible
|
| Pollinators |
Is a good hardy pollinator. Use any other sweet cherry to pollinate. Inter-fruitful with Schmidt.
|
| Description |
Old European cultivar. The Hedelfingen or Giant Hedelfingen was obtained in 1850 in Hedelfingen, near Stuttgart in Germany. Introduced from England in 1907.
Conflicting reports on the rain-cracking
resistance of this cultivar arise from the
existence of two strains in Germany, only
one of which has rain-cracking resistance.
The collection of this cultivar grown at the
Irrigated Agricultural Research and Extension
Center near Prosser, Wash., showed
fairly good resistance to rain-cracking. It
lacked sufficient hardiness, however, to survive
the severe fall freeze of 1955.
Vigorous, healthy, early bearing and reliably productive.
Some susceptibility to canker.
The fruit is firm, black, of the Lambert type and of
exceptional quality. It ripens between 'Bing' and
'Lambert/ seasons. Flavor is slightly astringent,
similar to 'Republican', and fairly strong.
The tree is spreading and has slender, slightly
drooping terminals and branches.
Midseason bloom, midseason ripening. Hardy in Zones 5-7.
Flowering Group/Pollination Period: C/5 |
| References |
- Fruit, Berry and Nut Inventory. Third Edition. 2001. Seed Savers Exchange, Inc.
- Dark Sweet Cherry Varieties, MSU Extension; Link
- Sweet cherry compatibility and timing chart; 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
- 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
- Growing Cherries in Virginia, Virginia Tech; Link
- RosBREED, Hosted at Mainlab Bioinformatics, Washington State University · Copyright © 2010-2017, CLICK ON LIVE LINK, 'functional genotype list'; Link
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