Cornelian Cherry

cornus mas PaczoskiPolish variety bred in Arboretum Bolestraszyce.

Fruits have an average content of vitamin C, sugar (12%) and pectin. They begin to ripen from the beginning of September. The harvest time is long but variable, in good years it could last over two months.
A moderate growing shrub with a typical broad conical crown.

cornus mas JantarnyjUkrainian cultivar with yellow fruits. It bears large crops - average yield from an about 15 year old shrub 40kg. The fruits are tasty and about 3,5g weight. Sugar content 9,6%. Fruits are ripening in the early part of September and drop down. They do not store well.
A moderate growing shrub with a broad pyramidal crown.

cornus mas MacrocarpaOld cultivar that bears abundant crops of strikingly large, pear-shaped fruits. Ripening time is September/October.
A slowly growing shrub reaching 2,5m in height.

cornus mas JolicoAustrian variety. The dark red fruits are big, about 5g and ripen in September/October as one of the last. Therefore they need a warm autumn to get full flavour. Jolico starts to set fruits at a very young age – often there are a dozen flower buds on a one year old plant.
It is selfsterile.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other cultivars from the Bolestraszyce release available: Słowianin, Kresowiak, Podolski, Florianka.