Big cherry is the earliest fruit listed in spring, so it has the reputation of "the first spring fruit". The trend of large cherry varieties is to require large, gorgeous, excellent quality, no cracking, hard pulp, storage and transportation resistance and strong stress resistance. At present, there are more than 200 varieties of big cherry in China, including early, middle and late varieties.

First, early-maturing varieties

1, red light

The most common early-maturing cherry variety in the market, medium and large fruit, generally matures in the middle and late May. The fruit is pink or brilliant red in color, with hard pulp and more juice, which is suitable for people with sweet and sour taste.

2. Early Ruby

The fruit is small and medium in hardness. Early-maturing varieties, with red lights on at the same time. The fruit is bright red in color, very sweet in taste and almost sour. Suitable for customers who can't wait to eat sweet and sour.

3. Good morning

The "noble" big fruit in cherry is hard fruit. The closest variety to cherry is also the most expensive. The fruit is big, sweet, juicy, ripe and dark purple, and can be stored well. Suitable for high-end customers who love sweets.

4. Wear red cherry

The largest sweet cherry "Daihong" is an early-maturing variety. Shandong agricultural university breeding for red. , up to14.2g. The fruit is round and heart-shaped, with regular shape, neat and beautiful appearance and few deformed fruits. The stipe is short, with an average length of 2.24 cm. The skin is bright red to purple, full of luster, bright color, pink flesh, purple near the core, semi-hard flesh, sweet and palatable.

5, early big fruit

A sweet cherry variety, 1997, was introduced from Ukraine with large and nearly round fruit. The fruit is deep red, completely ripe and purple-black, bright and shiny; The flesh is very hard. The fruit development period is about 35 days, and it is an early-maturing variety.

6. Qin Ying No.1

Qin Ying 1 is a cherry variety bred by Northwest A&F University. In February, 2005, it was approved by Shaanxi Forest Variety Approval Committee. It has the characteristics of early maturity, excellent quality, strong early fruiting and compact crown, and is suitable for planting in high altitude areas in north and south China.

7.brooks

Brooks cherry fruit is oblate and large, with an average single fruit weight of 9.4 g and a maximum fruit weight of13.0 g. The skin is thick red, with a light yellow background, oily and shiny (Plate 2). Fruit top flat, slightly concave. The fruit stalk is short and thick, with an average length of 3. 1 cm, which is similar to a red light and belongs to a short stalk variety. The flesh is purple, the flesh is thick and the core is small, and the edible rate is 96. 10%. The meat is crisp and hard, and the total hardness (including skin) is 199.7 g/mm2, which is 2.3 times that of red light. Juice is rich in flavor and extremely sweet in flavor, with sugar content of 17.00%, which is 60% higher than that of red light on average. The acid content is 0.97%, which is 28% lower than the red light. The ratio of sugar to acid is 17.5, which is 2.2 times that of a red light. It is resistant to storage and transportation, and can be stored for more than 30 days at 0~5℃ without changing its taste.

8. Early birth

The early compact van is commonly known as the precocious "pioneer". Originally from Canada. The average weight of a single fruit is 8 grams, and the large fruit 12 grams. The fruit is uniform in size, kidney-shaped, orange-red, hard and crisp, and delicious. Fruit stalk is short, dark green, easy to crack in rain, and resistant to storage and transportation. This variety has medium tree potential, compact tree shape, many branches, large flowers, early fruiting and high yield. 4-6 days earlier than Pioneer. Suitable pollination varieties are Binku, Steiner, Rabins, etc.

9. Zhifu Red

The fruit is large, with an average single fruit weight of 8. 1g and a maximum of 9.5g The shape of the fruit is wide, heart-shaped, flat at the top, with obvious suture lines, neat and even. The fruit stalk is long and thick, which is not easy to separate from the fruit, and the fruit drop is light before harvest. The peel is bright red and shiny. The pulp is light red, hard, juicy, sweet and sour, containing 65438 06.9% soluble solids, and has excellent flavor quality. The peel is not easy to peel off. Away from the nucleus, the nucleus is small, and the edible part is 93.3%. Mature earlier, 3~5 days later than Dazi, and mature at the same time with red light. Generally, it can be harvested from the end of May to the beginning of June. Fruits with the same maturity can be harvested in 2~3 times. This variety is cruciferous, and it needs to be equipped with varieties such as Hongguang, Nanong, Crystal, Steiner and Binku as pollination trees when the garden is built.

Chen Fu 10

Chen Fu' is a new sweet cherry variety bred by Fruit Research Institute of Yantai Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Parents are' summit' ×' red light'. 2065438+ passed the expert acceptance in June 2002. The fruit is bright red, heart-shaped, and the suture line is flat, which is similar to the female parent' samit', but the top of the fruit is flat; The flesh is reddish, hard and crisp; The fruit is large, with an average fruit weight of 9.7 g, and in some years it is11.2g; The edible rate is 93.2%. Solubility 15.5%, flowering as high as 72% in the second year, pollination trees: Bula, Hongguang, Meizao, hard and crisp pulp, excellent quality, storage and transportation resistance.