ABATE FETEL

It is a robust and vigorous variety with a semierect bearing. It blossoms early to mid in the season. Productive and tolerant variety. It starts yielding early in its life and develops best when the orchard has good sunshine exposure. POLLINATORS: Self-sterile. The best pollinators are Kordia, Stella, Sunburst, Bing. FRUIT APPEARANCE: Elongated and heart-shaped. Skin is glossy, rich dark red in color. The flesh is dark red, firm, crisp, juicy. Taste is sweet-sour, with a nice aroma. FRUIT SIZE: Large. HARVEST: Late in the season. Mid-June. COMMERCIAL USE: Consumed fresh and also used in cooking and baking. It is valuable to the processing industry as it can be preserved, canned, and frozen.

The growing habit of Burlat is spreading and it has moderate vigour and a round canopy. When it starts yielding, the yields are regular and abundant. Blossoms mid-early. POLLINATORS: Stella, Van. FRUIT APPEARANCE: Heart-shaped fruit with burgundy dark red skin. The flesh is dark red, medium-hard, juicy, sweet in taste, and a pleasant aroma. FRUIT SIZE: Large. HARVEST: Early, end of May. COMMERCIAL USE: One of the most important early varieties. Great quality

Sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) is a deciduous woody plant and belongs to the Rosaceae family and Prunoideae subfamily. The fruit is a monocarpic pome, with a spherical appearance and dark red, pink, or yellow color. The fruits are meaty, sweet-tasting, 2-3 pieces stacked together on stalks. Sweet cherry is a very important agricultural plant and its fruits are in high demand both for fresh consumption and for processing. Sweet cherry has the most vitamin C compared to other pome fruit. The fruit is also rich in zinc, folic acid, calcium, antioxidants, and flavonoids which play an important role in a healthy diet. Cherry also contains cellulose, which tightly regulates digestion.

Medium-vigorous, fast-growing, with a good branching habit. Mid-early blooming, early yielding, and regular and abundant crops. Easy to grow, often used as a pollinator. POLLINATORS: Self-fertile. FRUIT APPEARANCE: Characteristic heart shape. The skin is dark ruby red to purple, almost black in color, with dark red flesh color. The flesh is firm, crunchy, juicy, sweet-sour in taste, with a very pleasant aroma. FRUIT SIZE: Gives large, heart-shaped cherries. HARVEST: Most commonly in (early to late) July. COMMERCIAL USE: Due to its sweetness and firmness it is appreciated as a dessert fruit, but can be also used widely in the fruit processing industry