Cherries
In Moldova, the taste of childhood is associated, first and foremost, with the varieties of cherries picked in a hurry, during holidays spent at your grandparents’ house. Thanks to their high flavor properties, cherries continue being the favourite fruit of both adults and children here.
Regina
Regina - a variety of medium vigour, resistant to frost, but also to drought, with an exceptionally good productivity.
The technical characteristics of this variety are:
- The shape of the fruit
Cordiform, large (8.50 grams)
- Colour
Bright red to dark red when fully cooked
- The pulp of the fruit
Crispy, red, and juicy
- Harvest period
June - July
- Type of packaging
Wooden or cardboard boxes
Cordia
Cordia - variety native to the Czech Republic. The tree has great vigour. Kordia cherry is resistant to cracking in conditions of excessive humidity.
The technical characteristics of this variety are:
- The shape of the fruit
Elongated shape and domed back
- Colour
Dark purple to black
- The pulp of the fruit
Stony, consistent, sweet, nonadherent to the kernel
- Harvest period
June-July
- Type of packaging
Wooden or cardboard boxes
Skeena
Skeena - a variety of Canadian origin with quality fruit and late ripening. The company owns around 15 ha of this variety, in Gura Bâcului, Anenii Noi.
The technical characteristics of this variety are:
- The shape of the fruit
Uniform
- Colour
Dark red
- The pulp of the fruit
Consistent, crack-resistant
- Harvest period
June-July
- Type of packaging
Wooden or cardboard boxes
Ziraat
The technical characteristics of this variety are:
- The shape of the fruit
Big, heart-like
- Colour
Dark red to black
- The pulp of the fruit
Dark red, thick, dense, half cartilaginous, medium juicy, sweet with a slight acidity
- Harvest period
July
- Type of packaging
Wooden or cardboard boxes
Bigarreau Burlat
Bigarreau Burlat - French cherry variety
The technical characteristics of this variety are:
- The shape of the fruit
Large for 5.6 grams, cordiform, with red - vivid, glossy epicarp, has a short peduncle
- Colour
Dark red
- The pulp of the fruit
Fleshy, semi-stony, red in colour, it is suitably sweet, pleasantly acidic, good for fresh consumption; the kernels do not adhere to the pulp
- Harvest period
June-July
- Type of packaging
Wooden or cardboard boxes
Sweet Heart
Sweetheart - a relatively new variety that conceives many fruits on the tree
The technical characteristics of this variety are:
- The shape of the fruit
Big, heart-like
- Colour
Dark red
- The pulp of the fruit
Light red, consistent, sweet, fragrant, stony, crunchy. The kernel is medium in size and non-adherent to the pulp
- Harvest period
July
- Type of packaging
Wooden or cardboard boxes
Van
Van - variety obtained at the Columbia Research Station in Summerland, Canada, in 1936. The tree is of medium vigour. It is very productive and frost resistant.
The technical characteristics of this variety are:
- The shape of the fruit
Globular in shape, slightly flattened, bright red. The stalk is characteristically short and thick, and the kernel is non-adherent and makes up about 3% of the weight of the fruit
- Colour
Red
- The pulp of the fruit
Stony, reddish, slightly tart, red
- Harvest period
July
- Type of packaging
Wooden or cardboard boxes
Ferrovia
Ferrovia - a variety of cherries with relatively unknown genealogy, which is said to have originated in the province of Bari, Italy, Turi area.
The technical characteristics of this variety are:
- The shape of the fruit
Large, slightly sharp, heart-shaped
- Colour
Bright red
- The pulp of the fruit
Red, more intensely coloured near the kernel, consistent, juicy, adherent to the kernel, with good taste characteristics
- Harvest period
In the middle and last part of June
- Type of packaging
Wooden or cardboard boxes
The Fruit Agro company owns cherry orchards in the picturesque Gura Bicului area, Anenii Noi district, on the border with Ukraine, near the Dniester River. At the same time, it has highly performant technologies in growing cherries according to Italian technologies, high-performance irrigation, hydrocooling, areas for pre-cooling, depositing, and storing cherries. All the care taken is also observed in the quality of the fruits, which end up having impressive diameters of 30/32 mm+.