PA4UNIBO* Sweet Valina® is a very interesting variety due to the central harvesting period, with good cropping and excellent pomological and organoleptic characteristics of the fruits.
| Variety denomination | PA4UNIBO* Sweet Valina® |
|---|---|
| Thematic area | Plant varieties |
| Ownership | ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA |
| Breeders | Riccardo Correale, Michelangelo Grandi, Stefano Lugli |
| 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,Peru, Argentina, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Azerbaijan. |
| Species | Prunus avium (L.) L. |
PA4UNIBO* Sweet Valina® 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: very high vigour, vegetative-productive habitus very easy to manage and adaptable to different training system. Mid-season bearing fruit, good productivity.
Flowering time: intermediate bloom, 1-2 days post Burlat, self-incompatible (allelic profile: S3S4). Advised pollinators: Sweet Gabriel® and Sweet Saretta®.
Harvest Time: mid-season (15-18 days post-Burlat), uniform ripening, optimal and long on-tree fruit lifespan.
Fruit: very large size (average dominant size 32-34 mm), symmetrical heart-shape, shiny red skin (4 in CTIFL color scale) tending to shiny purplish red skin at advanced ripening (5-6 in CTIFL color scale), firm flesh, sweet, good and aromatic taste, mid-long peduncle, high susceptibility to cracking.
Plant Breeders' Rights (PBR)
EU (CPVR) n. 48928; title date 23/04/2018
Protetto con PBR/plant patent in: EU; UK; USA; Canada; Chile; Argentina; Peru; South Africa; Australia; New Zealand; Turkey; Azerbaijan.
Trademark
EU trade mark Sweet Valina® no. 11058609/2012
Protected with registered trademark in: EU, Chile, Sudafrica, Australia, Turchia
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 Zeland: Innovar
- USA: Innovar
- Turkey: Parlar
Lugli S., Correale R., Grandi M., 2012. Serie Sweet: belle fuori, buone dentro. Sweet Series: beauties outside, delights inside. Frutticoltura - Supplement to no. 11-2012: 1-17.
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