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Cornell Chronicle: Two new cherry varieties released
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Cornell releases two new cherry varieties
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Oct06/new_cherries.html
Oct. 13, 2006
The cherry processing industry now has two new varieties to work
with, thanks to recent releases by Cornell's New York State
Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES) and International Plant
Management Inc.
"These two brining cherry [cherries used for canning or processing]
releases provide growers with new well-adapted varieties for the
eastern United States," said Susan Brown, professor of horticultural
sciences, who leads Cornell's cherry breeding program.
"Andersen" is a large, stem-on cocktail cherry with long, thick,
green stems that tends to bear in singles. The cherry has a bright
pink blush while the flesh is white. The fruit is very acid and not
suited for retail sales.
Andersen was developed at the NYSAES and was named for Robert
Andersen, professor emeritus at Cornell, who was the cherry breeder
at NYSAES until his retirement last year.
The second variety, "Nugent," is a yellow cherry that was selected
from seedlings from Michigan State University. It was named for Jim
Nugent, coordinator of the Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research
Station, Traverse City, Mich.
For more information, contact International Plant Management at (800) 424-2765.
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