Comparison of Five New Sweet Cherry Cultivars Bred in Romania, with their Parental Forms

Genotypes	Beginning of bloom (61)	Average date for the beginning of bloom	End of bloom (69)	Bloom duration (days)	Ripening time (89)	Number of days between the end of bloom and harvesting maturity¹ (n = 5)	Natural fertility¹ (%)
‘Cătălina’	02–10 IV	06 IV	10–19 IV	10	17–28 V	35^f	27.9^b
‘Van’	04–11 IV	06 IV	15–18 IV	10	08–15 VI	62^d	37.8^b
‘Boambe de Cotnari’	04–10 IV	06 IV	12–19 IV	10	06–16 VI	57^e	21.0^b
‘Margonia’	09–16 IV	14 IV	15–28 IV	10	20–29 VI	65^c	51.4^a
‘Maria’	04–09 IV	06 IV	11–19 IV	10	06–15 VI	62^d	47.2^b
‘Stella’	04–11 IV	07 IV	14–20 IV	11	10–15 VI	57^e	30.4^b
‘Andreiaş’	04–13 IV	08 IV	14–20 IV	10	06–15 VI	55^e	49.3^b
‘HC 27/4’	06–11 IV	07 IV	11–20 IV	8	05–15 VI	56^e	34.0^b
‘George’	04–14 IV	09 IV	14–23 IV	11	07–16 VII	85^b	41.5^b
‘Ciliegia di Ottobre’	07–14 IV	10 IV	15–23 IV	10	01–13 IX	142^a	40.2^b
‘Fromm’	06–12 IV	08 IV	13–20 IV	8	08–15 VI	57^e	41.0^b

New cultivars	Epidermis color¹	Pulp firmness²	Fruit's shape³	Pulp adherence to stone	Taste⁴
‘Cătălina’	7	5	1	non-adherent	7
‘Margonia’	1	7	1	non-adherent	5
‘Maria’	5	7	1	non-adherent	7
‘Andreiaş’	7	7	1	non-adherent	7
‘George’	5	7	1	non-adherent	7

New cultivars and progenitors	Ovary frost damages^1,2 (%)	Fruit average weight (g)	Fruit equatorial diameter (mm)	Stone average weight (g)	Stone weight share in the fruit (%)	Fruit's resistance to cracking (%)
‘Cătălina’	66.0^a	7.5^a	24.0^c	0.31^b	4.13^b	6.0^c
‘Van’ (♀)	64.0^a	7.6^a	25.7^a	0.28^b	3.68^b	43.3^a
‘Boambe de Cotnari’ (♂)	64.0^a	7.4^a	24.3^b	0.36^a	4.86^a	21.3^b
‘Margonia’	62.0^a	7.4^a	24.5^a	0.35^a	4.73^a	1.3^b
‘Van’ (♀OP^*)	64.0^a	7.6 ^a	24.5^a	0.28^b	3.68^b	43.3^a
‘Maria’	54.8^c	7.6 ^a	25.2^a	0.25^b	3.29^a	9.3^b
‘Van’ (♀)	64.0^a	7.6 ^a	24.5^b	0.28^a	3.68^a	43.3^a
‘Stella’ (♂)	60.8^b	7.5 ^a	23.4^c	0.30^a	4.00^a	70.3^a
‘Andreiaş’	58.3^a	10.0^a	25.3^a	0.33^b	3.30^c	5.5^b
‘Boambe de Cotnari’ (♀)	64.0^a	7.4^b	24.3^b	0.36^b	4.86^b	21.3^a
‘HC 27/4’ (♂)	61.0^a	7.1^b	23.4^c	0.40^a	5.63^a	2.2^b
‘George’	49.0^b	7.3^b	23.0^b	0.33^c	4.52^b	5.8^b
‘Ciliegia di Ottobre’ (♀)	55.0^b	2.6^c	13.5^c	0.45^a	17.31^a	17.3^a
‘Fromm’ (♂)	63.0^a	8.0^a	25.8^a	0.38^b	4.75^b	10.0^b

Genotypes	SDS^1* (°Brix)	TA^** (mg malic acid per 100 mL)	SDS : TA^*** (%)	Total content of polyphenols (mg GAE per 100 mL)
‘Cătălina’	18.1^c	0.880^a	20.568^f	420.75^b
‘Van’	17.2^c	0.680^b	25.220^e	323.56^d
‘Boambe de Cotnari’	17.9^c	0.705^b	25.390^e	92.25^f
‘Margonia’	16.6^c	0.675^b	24.555^e	314.75^d
‘Maria’	19.5^a1	0.633^b	30.805^c	488.75^a
‘Stella’	18.0^c	0.813^a	22.109^f	363.50^c
‘Andreiaş’	18.7^b	0.413^c	45.338^a	271.25^e
‘HC 27/4’	17.8^c	0.755^b	23.509^e	293.50^e
‘George’	17.5^c	0.535^b	32.616^b	268.00^e
‘Ciliegia di Ottobre’	16.2^d	0.915^a	17.704^f	68.03^f
‘Fromm’	17.0^c	0.658^b	25.835^d	266.25^e

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