POMOLOGICAL FEATURES OF SWEET CHERRY CULTIVARS FROM ABROAD: THEIR ADAPTATION TO HUNGARIAN CONDITIONS

ISHS Acta Horticulturae 410: II International Cherry Symposium

POMOLOGICAL FEATURES OF SWEET CHERRY CULTIVARS FROM ABROAD: THEIR ADAPTATION TO HUNGARIAN CONDITIONS

Authors:

G. Tóth, M. Auer, F. Auer

Abstract:
There are two possibilities for developing and improving the sweet cherry cultivars grown in Hungary. The first one is to rely upon the Hungarian breeding (selection and hybridization) work. Examples of this are the new Hungarian sweet cherry varieties bred and selected by Brozik, which include 'Margit', 'Linda', 'Katalin', 'Pomázi hosszúszárú', 'Szomolyai fekete', 'Germersdorfi' 1, 3, and 45. The second possibility is the adaptation of foreign cultivars to Hungarian conditions. Researchers such as Gyuro, Nyéki, V., Nemeth, Brozik, Porpaczy and Szilagyi have all imported and evaluated foreign cultivars in Hungary. Permission has been obtained to propagate and distribute some of these varieties, in particular 'Bigarreau Burlat', 'Van', 'Münchebergi korai', and 'Vega' (Harsanyi et al., 1992).

This import and testing of foreign sweet cherry varieties at the University of Horticulture and Food Industry was started in the early 1980s. The objectives of the work were and still are:

The evaluation of the important characteristics of the cultivars and the completion of pomological descriptions.
Selection of cultivars suitable for Hungarian growing areas and markets.
Recommendation of cultivars as parental sources of certain desirable breeding characteristics (e.g. high quality, high yield capacity, mechanical harvesting, canning.)

This paper shows the results of some of this work evaluating pomological characteristics.

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