Skeena
Variety of Wild cherry · Prunus avium
Very large, self-fertile late variety with excellent firmness and crack resistance.
🇨🇦 Canada 2000Dessert
Taste & characteristics
Taste
firmjuicysweet
Profile
- Parentage
- offene Bestäubung (Summerland)
- Breeder
- Summerland Research Station
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 12 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Very large, dark red to black-red, kidney-shaped fruit with very firm, crisp flesh.
Growth
Medium vigor, open habit; late-flowering, escaping late frosts.
Yield
High; modern commercial variety with excellent shipping and storage quality.
Notes
Self-fertile. Good crack resistance; very late bloom.
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