Our Variety Assessment

Its strengths, growing requirements and the conditions in which it performs best.

Burlat suits most fruit gardens in a sunny position protected from spring frost. We recommend it to growers wanting to begin the season with large, juicy and flavoursome cherries. Earliness is its main strength. The fruit has a short storage life, can crack after rain and requires a compatible pollinator.

Burlat

Price range: 26,50 € through 64,50 €

Burlat is a bright red sweet cherry, which ripens in late May / early June.

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Dispatch generally takes place from late November to February, depending on the weather and the progress of lifting the trees.

Choose your tree form

1 year old grafted tree – approx. 1–2 m

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

Low-stem tree – approx. 60 cm stem

Standard tree – 1.8 m stem and over

Cherry rootstock options

Colt – approx. 4.5 m mature height

GiselA 5 – approx. 2.5 m mature height

GiselA 6 – approx. 3.5 m mature height

Mazzard – approx. 8 m mature height

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SKU: 4403 Category: Cherry trees

Description

Burlat is a bright red sweet cherry, with dark red flesh. The cherries are large, and ripen very early in the season – usually in late May / early June.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

French variety discovered in 1915 by Léonard Burlat in Lyon, grafted and then distributed from Loire-sur-Rhône and Pierre-Bénite, now a benchmark early variety.

Origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Harvest period

Eating / keeping period

Use

Sweetness / acidity

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Pollinator value

Ploidy

Origin and identity

Parentage

Chance seedling, exact parents unknown

Synonyms

Bigarreau Burlat, Bigarreau hâtif Burlat, Hâtif Burlat, Early Burlat

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Very vigorous to strong, semi-upright to upright habit, medium branching, productivity to be improved with a suitable rootstock

Pollination and fertility

Alleles

S3S9

Pollination

Compatible pollinating varieties

For reliable fruit set, plant at least one variety with a compatible flowering period nearby. Flowering period: 2 - early.

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Additional variety information for Burlat is provided in partnership with Orange Pippin.