TULARE CHERRY

USPP 6407

Red Cherry

Ripens: About 6 Days after Brooks or About 10 Days before Bing

Skin Colour:  Fire Engine Red	Blooming Period: Early, 5 Days Before Brooks
Shape:  Somewhat Heart Shaped	Blossom Density:  Heavy
Size:  Medium	Anther Color:  Yellow
Flesh Color:  Dark Red	Pollen Production:  Abundant, Bee Enticing
Texture:  Firm, Juicy	Cropping:  Variable, Weather and Chill Dependent
Eating Quality:  Very Good	Aroma:  Moderate
Cracking:  Very Crack Resistant	Shipping Data:  Very Good
Doubling:  Virtually Non-doubling	Pollinators:  Brooks and perhaps others

Notes:  Tulare has grown to be a mainstay in the warmer cherry growing regions of California. It is a smooth fire engine red cherry that ripens a few days after Brooks.  It is very crack resistant and virtually non-doubling.  It is firm, juicy, sweet and medium size and has been a good export variety.  It blooms about 5 days before Brooks and Brooks may be used as a late pollinator, and Tulare cross-pollinates Brooks.  The cropping is usually sufficient with reasonable weather and chill.