Carmen

 

This cherry is a class in its own right! Carmen is luminiously red, fine balanced in taste and of a size that amazes. Carmen is a culinary and visual firework of taste for experts and gourmets alike.

Parents:

Sárga Dragán x H203

Growth:

weak-medium strong growing, good branching, very beautiful crown structure

Blossom:

medium late, self-sterile, S-Allele: S4S5 (source: JKI, Dr. Mirko Schuster); good pollinators are: Summit, Schneiders late “Knorpelkirsche” (cartilage cherry), Early Korvik, Techlovan, Vanda

Ripeness:

10–12 days after Burlat

Appearance:

very large (9–13 g, 28–33 mm), kidney-shaped fruits, long stem, luminious red fruit skin

Quality:

purple fruit pulp, firm (to the bite), relatively large stone size, very juicy

Taste:

very fine, pleasant sourishness, wonderfully harmonious flavour

Crop yield:

medium, good yield behaviour

Special notes:

The fruit load presents itself loosely arranged. Cultivation under plastic is recommended.