Sweet Cherry Bloom Ranking

NW MI Horticultural Research Station
Sweet Cherry Cultivar Trials -- Selected Varieties by Full Bloom
               
  Cultivar Full Bloom Rank   Avg. Bloom Rank Pollen Compatibility Group
Dark   1997 1998 1999 2000    
           
  Valera 3 1 1   1.7 O
  Cavalier (CR 403) 2 2     2.0 IV
  Viscount 3 3 2   2.7 IX
  Hartland (NY3308) 4 2 2   2.7 VI
  Somerset (NY6476) 4 2     3.0 III
  Lapins 5 2 2   3.0 Self Fruitful
  Windsor 3 3 3   3.0 II
  Bing 4 3 2   3.0 III
  Stella 4 3 2   3.0 Self Fruitful
  Tehranivee (V690620) 4 3 2   3.0 Self Fruitful
  Van 3 4 3   3.3 II
  Kristin 4 3 3   3.3 III
  Royalton 4 3 3   3.3 VIII
  Schmidt 4 3 3   3.3 VIII
  Summit 4 3 3   3.3 I
  Ulster 4 3 3   3.3 III
  Nelson Black Sweet 4 4 3   3.7 XIII
  Hedelfingen 4 5 3   4.0 VII or O
  Vic 4 5 3   4.0 O
  Attika 4 5 4   4.3  
  Cashmere (B53-38) 5 5 3   4.3  
  Sam 5 5 4   4.7 VIII
  Black Gold         5.0 Self Fruitful
  Hudson 6 4 4   4.7 IX
  Glacier (B53-54) 6 6     6.0  
  Sylvia 6 6     6.0  
  Viva 6 6     6.0 IV
  NY1725         ? IX
Light
  Napoleon 2 1 2   1.7 III
  Ranier 2 2 2   2.0 IX
  Vega 2 4 1   2.3 O
  Emperor Francis 4 2 2   2.7 III
  NY518/Mah   4     4.0  
  NY8182 5 2 2   3.0 Not II,III,VI,VIII,IX
  White Gold (NY13688)   4     4.0 Self Fruitful
  Gold 6 5 5   5.3 VI
Full Bloom Scale:
             1        2        3         4        5        6 
'97     5/22   5/23   5/24   5/25   5/26   5/27-
'98     4/25   4/26   4/27   4/28   4/29   4/30-
'99      5/1     5/2     5/3     5/4      5/5     5/6-
  Last Updated on 02-19-01

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