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Salvi Vivai enlarges its offer with 5 new cherry varieties

Varieties Nurseries

23 May 2023

"These are five new-generation varieties,' explains Andrea Bagnolini, Salvi Vivai's Sales Director, 'which we strongly wanted to increase our offer and propose to our growers selections that are more and more performing with respect to their needs.

PMGC the new Chilean cherry breeding project

Varieties

19 May 2023

For Macfrut 2023 it was an honour to host Prof. Marlene Ayala of the Catholic University of Chile, the head of the main genetic improvement project for cherries started in 2010 in Chile..

The super millionaire fruits of the Alma Mater

Varieties

16 May 2023

"The Alma Mater's super fruit millionaires": this is how Corriere della Sera headlined years ago when announcing the results obtained by researchers at the University of Bologna on the cherry tree genetic improvement project: the seven Sweet® sisters.

Hungarian cherry breeding project celebrates 70 years of success

Varieties

12 May 2023

Hungary's impressive cherry breeding programme recently celebrated its 70th anniversary. We publish the report presented at Macfrut 2023 by Zsuzsanna Békefi, the current head of the Hungarian project.

From Kordia to Feciita, Irena and Tamara: the quality cherries from WSUO

Varieties

12 May 2023

WSUO, in addition to Kordia, has commercially propagated 28 cherry varieties. The best known are Early Korvik, Christiana, Felicita, Irena, Justyna, Kasandra, Tamara, Techlovan, Tim and Vanda.

New varieties from JKI in addition to Regina and Areko

Varieties

09 May 2023

The genetic improvement programme on the cherry tree at the Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) has an almost century-long tradition. Since 2001, the project has been in the hands of M. Schuster at the JKI in Pillnitz.

Leader in apricot breeding, COT International invests on cherries

Varieties

09 May 2023

Internationally known for the apricot varieties marketed under the COT brand name, the French company has been directing its interests in cherry varietal innovation for a few years now, leading to its own genetic improvement programme in 2012.

The Sweet cherries: a success story

Varieties

01 May 2023

Their first names are Aryana, Dave, Lorenz, Gabriel, Saretta, Stephany and Valina. Their surnames are Sweet, testifying to one of their outstanding traits, sweetness. The cherry varieties in the Sweet series from Alma Mater Studiorum are celebrating their 10th anniversary.

The Kir programme of LFP

Varieties

01 May 2023

The main objectives of the programme are to select late-ripening cherry varieties with good size, texture and quality, fruit tolerance to cracking and good shelf life.

New high-quality early varieties: the Meda® series

Varieties

01 May 2023

The Meda® series cherry varieties are owned by International Varieties Unlimited (IVU), a company established in 2010 from a joint venture between an American cherry breeding company and the Proprietary Fruit Varieties (CA USA) of the late Marvin Nies.