Burlat cherry
Heart-shaped. Moderately firm, juicy, sweet. Stone semi-free.
Burlat cherry identification images
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USDA identification images for Burlat
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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Origins
- Species: Prunus avium - Sweet cherry
Identification
- Fruit colour: Red
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Leaf colour - autumn: Green
- Flowering duration: Average (2-3 weeks)
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Flesh colour: Dark red
- Fruit size: Large
- Fruit shape: Round
- Alleles: 3
- Alleles: 9
Using
- Picking season: Very early
- Keeping (of fruit): 1-3 days
- Flavour quality: Good
- Cropping: Good
- Fruit persistence: Normal ripening
- Food uses: Eating fresh
- Picking month: June
- Wildlife: Attractive to birds
- Picking period: early June
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Flowering group: 2
- Pollinating others: Average
- Vigour: Slightly large
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Organic culture: Suitable
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Sunlight: Prefers full sun
- Pruning: Do not prune
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Cherry universal pollinator: No
- Cherry incompatibility group: 7
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Average
- Fruit splitting: Some resistance
- Black knot: Some resistance
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Burlat cherry trees for sale:
- Thomas Fruit Trees (EU) France
Burlat cherry trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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