PA1UNIBO* Sweet Aryan® is an interesting early variety due to the harvesting period, with high, early cropping and excellent pomological and organoleptic characteristics of the fruits.
| Variety denomination | PA1UNIBO* Sweet Aryana® |
|---|---|
| Thematic area | Plant varieties |
| Ownership | ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA |
| Breeders | Michelangelo Grandi, Stefano Lugli, Riccardo Correale |
| Protection | European Community; UK; USA; Canada; Chile; Argentina; Peru; South Africa; Australia; New Zealand; Turkey; Azerbaijan. |
| Licensing status | Exclusive multiplication rights licensed in Italy, Spain, Greece, France, Czech Republic, Belgium, Turkey, Chile, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Azerbaijan. |
| Species | Prunus avium (L.) L. |
PA1UNIBO* Sweet Aryana® is one of the 7 varieties of sweet cherry belonging to the “Sweet” series. These varieties come from a breeding programme which began in the early 2000s at the Department of Tree Crops (now the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences) at the Alma Mater Studiorum, with a precise “target”, i.e. to obtain six or seven varieties that could cover a harvesting period of at least 30-40 days, all with a “maximum” common denominator: fruits with excellent appearance, easily recognisable organoleptic qualities, obtained from trees with high agronomic performance and productivity.
Tree: high vigour with open canopy, good branching, standard bearing habit. Production mainly on the shoots and flowering buds at the base of the one-year old branches.
Flowering: early, usually 2-3 days before Burlat. Self-fertile; allelic profile: S3S4’; incompatibility group SC/O. Recommended pollinators: PA3UNIBO* Sweet Gabriel® and PA5UNIBO* Sweet Saretta®
Time of maturity: early and uniform; harvesting begins 3 to 5 days after Burlat depending on the year (the same period as Early Star® Panaro 2*); the excellent ripening resistance on the plant ensures a harvesting window of over 10 days.
Fruit: medium-large size (dominant calibre: 28 mm; average weight 11-12g), cordiform-depressed, symmetrical, attractive. Medium-thin skin, dark red shiny colour (scale 5 CTIFL code) covering the whole surface, tending to dark red-black and shiny when fully ripe (scale 6 CTIFL code). Surface suture line. Red flesh with an excellent consistency, fleshy, juicy and very aromatic, good quality, very sweet, good acidity content. Stalk of intermediate length and thickness. Medium small, freestone pit.
Agronomic evaluation: very early fruiting, both on weak (II-III year after planting out) and vigorous rootstocks (III-IV year); constantly high cropping. In years with heavy rainfall, the fruits have medium-high susceptibility to splitting, with localised damage mostly at the top and bottom.
Plant Breeders' Rights (PBR)
EU (CPVR): title n. 48925; title date 23/04/2018
PBR/plant patent in: EU; UK; USA; Canada; Chile; Argentina; Peru; South Africa; Australia; New Zealand; Turkey; Azerbaijan.
Trademark
EU trademark "Sweet Aryana®" n.11058559 filed on 04/09/2012
Protected with registered trademark in: EU, Chile, South Africa, Australia, Turkey
Licenses
Europe
- Italy: Salvi Vivai, Top Plant Vivai, Vivai Fortunato e Vivai Spinelli
- Greece: Vitro Hellas
- Spain: Tecniplant 2010 S.L.
- Czech Republic: FYTOS fruit
- Belgium: DEPA-Fruit
- France: IFO
International
- Chile, Argentina, Peru: A.N.A. - Andes New Varieties Administration
- South Africa: Stargrow Group
- Canada: Calissi Farms
- Australia: Graham's Factree; The Austral 1892
- New Zealand: Innovar
- USA: Innovar
- Turkey: Parlar
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Lugli S., 2013. Sweet, delicious new cherries from Bologna University Sweet, la dolcezza delle ciliegie targate Unibo. Fresh Point Magazine. n. 4-2013: 50-55.
Lugli S., Correale R., Grandi M., 2013. La nuova serie Sweet: primi risultati agronomici e qualitativi. Frutticoltura. n. 4-2013: 12-19.
Lugli S., Correale R., Grandi M., 2014. Modificazioni nella qualità dei frutti in varietà della serie Sweet. Frutticoltura. n. 4-2014: 30-32