Big hopes for a big cherry

摘要

A new cherry variety, bred in a Czech nobleman's chateau, has Pacific Northwest growers tentatively excited.Backers claim the Aramat, which carries the trade name Tamara in the UnitedStates, grows firm, sweet, juicy and large — very large. Test plots in the Columbia Gorge region straddling theColumbia River produced cherries mosdy in the 8.5-row to 9.5-row size range this year, a year otherwise known for small fruit. Some Australian trial blocks have routinely produced fruit 32 to 34 mm in diameter, with some as large as 37 mm in diameter. A9-row cherry is 33.3 millimeters.