EMPEROR FRANCIS | HEDELFINGER | SAM | KRISTIN | SUMMIT | VIVA | SYLVIA | GOLD | SOMERSET^TM | *WHITE GOLD (NEW YORK 13688) | *BLACK GOLD (NEW YORK 13791 )

BLACK YORK (NY 1725)  Latest introduction from the Cornell-Geneva program.  Midseason ripening.  Medium-large size; black; excellent quality.  Crisp, firm texture.  Crack tolerant.  Appears to have very good tolerance to bacterial canker.  Hardy, grower-friendly tree. PPAF.  Royalty $1.25.  On mahaleb for 2008

VIVA   Very early dark cherry.  It is resistant to cracking.  The fruit is medium-firm and the tree is susceptible to bacterial canker, but who cares?  The first cherry in a year always tastes good!!    Not budded for 2008

SAM  Medium-large, firm, jet-black fruits.  Tree is large, vigorous, hardy, upright, and spreading. Blooms later than most sweet cherries.  Self-unfruitful but a good pollenizer.  Shows some resistance to canker and to cracking.    Not budded for 2008

SUMMIT  From the Van x Sam cross.  Very large, heart-shaped red fruit will make your mouth water. Moderately susceptible to rain cracking.  On mahaleb for 2008

HARTLAND®   PP#11034.  (Originally tested as NY 3308, selected from open-pollinated Windsor.)  The earliest of the 3 H's (Hartland, Hedelfinger, Hudson).  This is a very durable tree that crops consistently.  Beautiful, black fruit.  Fairly firm with a good flavor; usually crack resistant.  Vigorous, productive tree.   Royalty $1.25       Not budded for 2008  

WHITE GOLD® (NEW YORK13688)  Early mid-season, self-fertile.  Promising briner-type selection.  Ripens 3 to 5 days before Ranier, earlier than other commercially used processor cherries.  A Cornell University introduction; Emperor Francis X Stella.  Fruits are medium-plus size, attractive yellow with red blush.  Blooms later than other white fleshed cherries at Geneva; consistently very productive.  In spring 2001, White Gold was the only variety producing a full crop in a Maryland test orchard, after prolonged cold weather in the spring.  Good field tolerance of canker and leaf spot. Self-fruitful.  Royalty $1.25    On Krymsk 5, Krymsk 6, Krymsk 7 and Weiroot 158 for 2008

 

COLUMBIA New red, self-fertile.  ROYALTY $1.00.         Not budded for 2008 
 

REGINA®    A new red sweet cherry .  ROYALTY $1.00. On Krymsk 5, Krymsk 6 and Krymsk 7 for 2008

EMPEROR FRANCIS    This continues to be the standard for light-colored, Napolean-type sweet cherries.  It has a red blush on an attractive yellow background.  Of all the varieties at Littletree Orchards, Emperor Francis has consistently been the most resistant to cracking, and most tolerant of cold temperatures.      On mazzard for 2008

BLUSHING GOLD (NY 8182)  Just named by Cornell's Geneva Station.  Very similar to Emperor Francis, but blooming a day or so earlier, with slightly smaller fruit size.  Blushing Gold ripens between Emperor Francis and Gold.  Blushing Gold and Emperor Francis are cross-fruitful.     Royalty $1.25/tree.        Not budded for 2008

ULSTER Selected from the Schmidt x Lambert family.  Large, purplish red cherry ripening just after Schmidt, which it resembles.  Midseason.  Moderately crack tolerant.  Productive.  On mazzard for 2008

GOLD   Perhaps the hardiest of all sweet cherries.  Pure golden yellow -- not a trace of red in skin or flesh.  Very late bloom.  Relatively crack tolerant.  Tends to set very heavily;  medium-sized fruit.  An ideal briner.           Not budded for 2008

KRISTIN  Big, black mid-season cherry introduced jointly by the Geneva station and Norwegian researchers.  Dad and Mother have seen Kristin fruiting in Tasmania on the shore of the Antarctic Ocean!  From the Emperor Francis x Gil Peck cross.  Rich flavor.  Considerable crack resistance.        Not budded for 2008

HEDELFINGER  Continues to perform well in New York, Canada, and Europe.  It has been around for more than 200 years and will be for a long time to come.  It is a medium-large, firm-fleshed, high quality dark cherry that resists cracking.  Productive.  It has proven to be very winter hardy here in Western New York.        On mazzard and mahaleb for 2007
 

ROYALTON   ROYALTY $1.25.       Not available for 2007

LAPINS. First of the self-fertile black sweets.       Not budded for 2007

SOMERSET^TM Released in 1994 by Cornell's Geneva Station from the Van X Vic family.  Fruits are attractive, very dark purple to shiny black.  Very firm, yet reduced tendency to rain-cracking.  Strong cherry flavor with good balance. Long shelf life.  The cherries hang well so there is a long harvest period.  Ripens with Hedelfinger.  Very early bearing.  The tree is less vigorous than many sweets and has nice lateral branching; precocious and productive.  Good tolerance to bacterial canker.  Compatibility Group III.     Royalty $1.25 per tree.      PPAF      Not budded for 2007

HUDSON   The latest of the good dark, black sweeet cherries.  One of the three H's  (Hartland, Hedelfinger, Hudson).  Hardy; very crack resistant; and firm.  On Mazzard for 2007.
 

SYLVIA  This is a very large, very crack resistant dark sweet.  A lot of our big growers that are on the in, have been trying Sylvia.  They know a good thing.        On mazzard for 2007.

TIETONÃfÂfÃ,®  Royalty $1.25.           Not available for 2007

BLACK GOLD® (NEW YORK 13791)  An early-midseason self-fertile black.  A hybrid of Stark Gold X Stella;  a Cornell introduction.  This  selection is a late bloomer. Seven straight years it has set a heavy crop here in Geneva.  It is self-fruitful and can be planted in solid blocks.  It is also a very good pollenizer, probably a "universal" pollenizer.  The fruit is shiny black and is resistant to cracking.  Considerable tolerance to canker.  PPAF.    Royalty $1.25 per tree.      On  mahaleb and mazzard for 2007