Kordia

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KORDIA is a premium late-season sweet cherry with excellent commercial reputation, producing very large, dark red fruit with outstanding firmness and flavour. Its strong shelf life, transport suitability and consistent high fruit quality make it a reliable and profitable choice for fresh-market cherry growers.

Pollination

Cross-pollination

Chill hours (no.)

800 - 1000

Flowering

Mid-season

Harvesting

Late

Fruit size (mm)

28 - 32

Resistant to

Planting System: Intensive, high-density or traditional orchard
Training Systems: Spindle, UFO, KGB, Spanish Bush, Open Vase
Tree Vigour: Medium to strong
Tree Growth Habit: Upright to semi-upright
Bearing Habit: Mainly on spurs and two-year-old wood
Bearing Age: Early bearing (3–4 years after planting, depending on rootstock)
Rootstock: Gisela 5, Gisela 6, Colt, MaxMa 14, Krymsk 5, Krymsk 6, Mazzard, Mahaleb

Pollination Type: Cross-pollinating (Self-sterile)
S-Genotype: S3S6
Pollination Group: Group 4 (European classification)
Pollinators: Regina, Van, Lapins, Summit, Sam

Chill Requirement: 800–1,000 chill hours
Flowering: Mid-season (mid – late Apr, mid – late Oct)
Harvesting: Late (mid – late Jul, mid – late Jan)

Productivity: High
Yield Regularity: Very good; consistent under suitable pollination and management

Fruit Size: 28–32 mm
Fruit Weight: 10–12 g
Fruit Shape: Heart-shaped
Skin Colour: Dark mahogany red to almost black at full maturity
Flesh Colour: Dark red
Flesh Firmness: Very firm
Juiciness: High
Taste: Sweet, rich flavour with balanced acidity
Sugar Content: 17–20 °Brix
Stone Type: Semi-freestone

Shelf Life: Long
Storage Life: 2–4 weeks under controlled atmosphere cold storage
Resistant To: No confirmed high resistance to major diseases
Fruit Cracking Tolerance: Moderate to high (but not considered fully crack-resistant)

Application: Fresh market, premium retail, export, long-distance transport, supermarkets
Climate: Temperate climates with adequate winter chill and warm, dry harvest periods

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