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Sir Hans

Sir Hans cherry variety

  • Matures mid-season, shows intermediate cropping efficiency, has an upright growth habit and medium tree vigour.
  • Fruit size is large, averaging 10 grams and 87% of fruit sampled had a diameter greater than 25 millimetres.
  • Fruit is kidney shaped.
  • Fruit skin and flesh colour is mahogany.
  • Eating quality of the fruit is good (sugars 18%, acid 3.8).
  • The fruit are firm and susceptible to cracking in an average rainfall year (10.5% cracks).
  • Fruit stalk length is longer than 40 mm .
  • Stone size is intermediate, 10–15 mm long. The variety is self-fertile.