Sour cherries - Import export

Sour Cherry (Prunus cerasus L.) is a woody plant and belongs to the family Rosaceae, genus Prunus. Sour cherries are in high demand for fresh consumption, but they are also very appreciated in industrial processing in the production of juices, jams, compotes, and as a frozen product. It is believed that cherries originating in Asia Minor, and brought to Greece. According to its nutritional composition, cherries are especially rich in vitamin C and B, and potassium. Thanks to the plant pigment anthocyanin, a strong antioxidant, cherries are very important in maintaining good health. Sour cherry fruit trees produced in our nurseries are done with the latest technology producing a tree for a professional sour cherry producer and industrial orchards.

Low to medium vigour, round to wide pyramidal crown, dense. A spur-like habit of branching. Flowering mid-early. Oblačinska gives regular and abundant yields, great for machine harvesting. Starts bearing in the third year after planting. Relatively resilient to drought, and tolerant to various soils. POLLINATORS: Self-fertile. This cherry can be used as a pollinator for sweet cherry varieties. FRUIT APPEARANCE: Rounded to flat rounded in shape, with an intense, deep, dark red color. Thin glossy covering skin. Dark red flesh, juicy, medium-firm, with a pleasant aroma, tastes sour with a possible sweet note. Rich in soluble dry matter, sugar, acid, and vitamins. The juice made from Oblacinska sour cherry has an intense red color.