News about Kordia

Cultivating success: the insights of Vivai Spinelli, the Italian fruit tree specialist

Nurseries

22 Sep 2023

The company Vivai Spinelli has made a name for itself in the industry thanks to its complete management of the production cycle, from the initial propagation phase to the distribution of mature plants on the market. Vito Spinelli spoke for Cherry Times.

A report on the 2022-23 season shows an early season, nice sizes and good average prices

Markets

01 Sep 2023

The Chilean company CyD Asesoría Agrícola compiled a report on the 2022-2023 season. This data was analysed by several exporters to better understand price fluctuations, providing management tools for producers to refine their profitability.

Henriette*, "the mountain cherry" representing an improvement on Kordia

Varieties

04 Aug 2023

The Fragsburg farm is located at 700m a.s.l. in the hills above the city of Merano (Bozen). There, in the experimental cherry orchard (about 1.5 ha), different training systems, rootstocks, varieties, and pruning techniques are tested with the purpose of supporting farmers.

Boni Silvano and Ezio: between varietal assortment and family management

Production

21 Jul 2023

The Boni Silvano and Ezio farm is a family-run business located in the municipality of Affi (Verona, Italy), near Lake Garda. The farm has 5 hectares of cherry production, divided between early, medium and late varieties, with a production exceeding 40 tonnes per year.

With this year's Final® varieties, Sanifrutta cherry season will end on a high note at the end of July

Varieties

30 Jun 2023

The four varieties of the Final® series derive from a breeding programme conducted by Peter Stoppel in Kressbronn (Germany). The aim of the project was to obtain new late-ripening varieties, after Regina, to be proposed as possible alternatives to the Canadian varieties.

Experimentation on new cherry planting systems at FEM

Planting systems

27 Jun 2023

The plants were set up according to the chosen form of cultivation, in comparison with the traditional spindle, starting from one-year old rods. From the analysis of the data collected, some interesting indications for vegetative and productive aspects emerged.

The importance of training system for high quality production

Planting systems

23 Jun 2023

The research we are presenting you today was carried out at the University of Tasmania. In this study, the performance of different breeding forms of 'Kordia' grafted on 'Krymsk 5' (semi-dwarfing rootstock) was evaluated.

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.