Cornus mas 'Shan'

Our Variety Assessment

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

Shan is intended for growers who want genuinely impressive fruit. Its almost round, dark-red cornels rank among the largest in the collection and have juicy, flavourful flesh, suitable both fresh and processed. As with most cornelian cherries, complete ripening is essential: fruit picked while firm will taste unnecessarily sharp and underdeveloped.

Shan

Price range: 28,00 € through 45,00 €

Shan Cornelian cherry tree, a Bulgarian variety with large dark red, juicy spherical fruits, ripening in early September.

Cornelian cherry options

Maiden grafted tree – bare-root

Maiden in 2 L pot

6 L potted plant with fruit buds

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SKU: 7437 Category: Cornelian cherry trees

Description

Shan Cornelian cherry tree (Cornus mas) produces dark red cornelian cherries that are very flavourful and juicy.

The fruits are spherical, and Shan is one of the larger-fruited spherical varieties. They are suitable both for fresh eating and for preserves.

Shan ripens in the normal Cornelian cherry season, from early September. The fruit can be kept for 3 to 4 weeks in cool storage.

The tree is naturally resistant to diseases and crops very regularly from year to year.

Budbreak and flowering occur very early, but the flowers have excellent frost resistance.

Shan is a Bulgarian variety.

We supply Shan as a grafted Cornelian cherry tree on seedling rootstock, grown in pot as a one-year plant, with an average height of around 1.4 m.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

Variety listed by horticultural sources as being of Bulgarian origin, with thicker cherry-red fruits, ripening from late July to August.

Origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Harvest period

Eating / keeping period

Use

Cooking, Fresh eating, Juice

Sweetness / acidity

Sweet and tangy

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Pollinator value

Good pollinizer

Origin and identity

Parentage

Selection of Cornus mas, exact parents unknown

Pollination

Compatible pollinating varieties

For reliable fruit set, plant at least one variety with a compatible flowering period nearby. Flowering period: 1 - very early.

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Harvest calendar

Extend your harvest season

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At the same time

August 15-31

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