How much does a large cherry sapling cost, and which varieties are good?
The large cherry is a brightly colored, delicious and nutritious fruit, and it ripens early, making it very popular on the market. Besides being eaten fresh, the large cherry also has fairly high medical and health care value, and therefore has good economic value; at present it has been widely promoted and planted in our country. So how much does a large cherry sapling cost? Which varieties of large cherry saplings are good? Let's find out together.
How much does a large cherry sapling cost?
At present, the more commonly sold large cherry saplings are priced at roughly from 8 to 20 yuan, but the exact price also depends on the variety of the large cherry, as well as differences in the sapling's age, height, diameter at breast height and other factors, so prices vary. However, there are quite a lot of ways to buy large cherry saplings; generally, saplings can be bought at sapling markets and online stores. It is suggested that you had best go to the local market to check prices, and at the same time select high-quality saplings.
Which varieties of large cherry saplings are good?
1. Meizao cherry sapling
A variety introduced from the United States in 1996 by the Dalian Institute of Agricultural Sciences. It has the characteristics of large fruit, excellent quality, firm flesh, tolerance to storage and transport, and early high yield, and is a fine mid-season variety. In the Yantai area it ripens at the end of May and the beginning of June, 5-7 days later than Hongdeng.
2. Hongdeng cherry sapling
Bred by the Dalian Institute of Agricultural Sciences in 1963 through crossing Napoleon with Yellow Glass; it has the advantages of early ripening, large size and bright color, and for more than 20 years it has become one of the fastest-developing varieties across the country. This variety generally begins to bear fruit rather late, starting to fruit in the 4th year, and only entering the early stage of full bearing after the 6th year. In Yantai it generally ripens in mid-to-late May.
3. Daihong cherry sapling
It is a very rare early-bearing, early high-yielding, large-fruited early-ripening variety. The fruit is round-heart shaped, with a regular shape, neat and attractive, and very few deformed fruits. In Yantai it ripens in mid-to-late May, and it is currently one of the preferred varieties for protected cultivation.
4. Early Big Fruit cherry sapling
A Ukrainian variety, introduced to Tongchuan from Yantai, Shandong in 2002. The fruit is round to broad-heart shaped, of the large-fruit type, with an average single fruit weight of 10 grams and a maximum fruit weight of over 12 grams. In Tongchuan it ripens in early May, 5-7 days earlier than Hongdeng, and it tolerates storage and transport and has excellent quality.
5. Lapins cherry sapling
Bred by the Summerland Research Institute of Canada in 1965 by crossing Van with Stella, and currently it is cultivated in relatively large quantities worldwide. This variety is a self-fertile late-ripening variety; the fruit is nearly round or oval, the stalk is medium-long and medium-thick, and when ripe the skin is purplish red with an attractive luster, good flavor and top-grade quality. It ripens from late May to early-to-mid June.
Large cherries have not been commercially cultivated in our country for very long, and the regions with the earliest start and the richest experience are still the Shandong Peninsula and the Liaodong Peninsula, which have inherent advantages. When buying saplings, you may give priority to those from these two production areas; the prices are affordable and the varieties are superior.
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