Europe is focusing on slightly smaller and lighter cherries of new varieties

In Germany, the tendency for consumers to choose extra-plus size cherries is somewhat declining. Oleg Bazyuk, the founder of the Dolyna Agro company, told about this in his article in the magazine "Ukrainian Gardening". "28-30 mm is optimal [for Germans - ed]," he clarified. - Such fruits have better shelf life and manufacturability. Indeed, it is possible to grow a large cherry, but it is problematic to store, and therefore to sell, even large nets begin to deviate from the cherry by more than 30 mm." The expert also emphasized that good new Italian and French varieties are appearing on the world market on a par with very popular cherry varieties, such as Cordia and Regina. The Ukrainian market, as before, mainly chooses very dark varieties with large fruits. "Cherry is a very large selection of options for gardeners, and it is necessary to have intelligent advisers, because cherries are also a very complex crop, much more complex than, for example, berries. We ...