Vega

Ripening time: medium (about 10 days after ‘Burlat’, IV –V cherry week), end of June in PL, I decade of July in LT.

Fruit size: large (8.0 -9.0 g).

Fruit shape: kidney

Skin color: yellow with a beautiful salmon-red blush

Fruit firmness: high.

Taste: sweet-acid, with flavor, very good.

Stalk

The length is medium.

Stone

Round, medium size.

Flesh

Fruit flesh color: creamy/yellow.

About the cultivar

Obtained in Canada in 1967 as a hybrid of ‘Bing’ x ‘Victor’.

Registered in 1984 in Poland.

Use : fresh fruits for dessert, usefull also for processing.

Tree : is very vigorous, it forms moderately dense canopy, with a strong structure.

Winterhardiness : in PL - medium to good for trees and flower buds. In LT – medium for trees, low – for flower buds.

Resistance to diseases : medium.