Sweet Cherry x Sour Cherry NOCHKA

A unique sweet cherry x sour cherry interspecific hybrid. The fruits are as big as the cherries with a unique taste between sweet cherry and sour cherry without excessive acidity. Variety is desease resistant and frost hardy.
Interspecific crosses are a valuable possibility to enlarge the gene pool in cherry breeding and to insert new characteristics in cherry. The main goals in sweet and sour cherry breeding are fruit quality, resistance to biotic and abiotic stress, stable fruit set and resistance to Monilia and cherry leaf spot.

Crossing: sour cherry Nord Star х sweet cherry Valery Tschkalov, breeder Lilija Ivanovna Taranenko
Vigour: moderate, compact, overhanging. On the rootstock Gisela 5, the cherry is just a small compact tree, reaches a maximum height of 2.5 - 3 m, does not take up much space and is suitable for small gardens.
Blossom: partially self-fertile variety, brings better yelds when the sour cherries are available as pollinators. Sweet cherries are not suitable as pollinators.
Fruit: large, weight 9 g, dark red, firm, shiny
Pulp: juicy, pulp and juice dark red, freestone. Medium-sized stone.
Taste: harmonious, very refreshing, sweet like sweet cherry with a mild sour cherry taste
Harvest season: late June
Special notes: very suitable for small gardens. The variety is valuable for its fruit quality, good health, and frost resistance. The advantage is the resistance to leaf spot caused by the fungus Blumeriella jaapii. Suitable for organic or no-spray culture.