| Cultivar Name: |
Lambert
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| Type |
Cherry |
| Patent |
Not Patented
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| Parentage |
Joseph Hamilton Lambert developed what became known as the Lambert cherry, by grafting a volunteer seedling, found in 1848 under a Napoleon cherry tree to the rootstock of a May Duke cherry. The crown of the tree died in 1880 and a new tree grew from its roots that was not a May Duke, nor was it identical to the original seedling.
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| Species |
Prunus avium
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| Usage |
Scion
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| Products |
Canning
Culinary
Fresh Market
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| Taste |
Sweet
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| Chill Requirement |
800 chill hours required
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| S Genotype |
S3S4 |
| CIG |
III |
| Yield |
High
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| Flesh Color |
red
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| Ripening time |
+1
weeks relative to
Bing
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| Self Compatible |
No - Not Self Compatible
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| Pollinators |
Pollenized by Van, Rainier, Angela, Sam, Stella or Black Tartarian or a sour cherry. Not pollenized by Bing.
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| Description |
J.H. Lambert (Joseph Hamilton Lambert, 1825–1909), a neighbor and former employee of Seth Lewelling (formerly Luelling), introduced the 'Lambert' cherry in 1876. Dark red, heart-shaped fruit, slightly smaller than Bing. Has been grown in the Pacific Northwest for over 150 years and is still in commercial production today.
Not as productive as Bing during first 12 years. More resistant to late spring frost. Ripens 1-2 weeks later.
Highest quality, ranks second only to Bing as a commercial cultivar.
Less susceptible to cracking due to later season but susceptible to cracking in Eastern and Midwester weather.
Hardiness: USDA Zones 5-9.
Bloom Season, late. Harvest Season, late.
In flowering group/pollination period:4
Fruit is large, black, firm and sweet. Strong, upright tree. Vigorous, hardy and heavy bearing. |
| References |
- Fruit, Berry and Nut Inventory. Third Edition. 2001. Seed Savers Exchange, Inc.
- Dave Wilson Nursery. Link
- Sweet cherry compatibility and timing chart; Link
- History of Fruit Growing in the Pacific Northwest
Henderson Luelling and Seth Lewelling; Link
- Variable fruit set in self-fertile sweet cherry, Dept. Hort. Sci., Cornell University 2001; Link
- Cherry Harvest Calendar for California, PickYourOwn.org; Link
- Sweet Cherries for the Home Grounds, UCANR, Bloom and Harvest Seasons,Table 1; Link
- Sweet Cherries:
An Economic Assessment of the
Feasibility of Providing Multiple-Peril Crop Insurance, Prepared by the Economic Research Service, USDA
in cooperation with the University of California, 1995; 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
- RosBREED, Hosted at Mainlab Bioinformatics, Washington State University · Copyright © 2010-2017, CLICK ON LIVE LINK, 'functional genotype list'; Link
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