Fruit Varieties and Horticultural Digest (J Fruit Var & Hort Digest)
Volume 15 Number 2 Article 12 Pages: 38-38
Year 1960 Month 12
Title: Chinook and Rainier Sweet Cherries
Author: APS Citation
Abstract:
Two new sweet cherry varieties,
Chinook and Rainier, were released
jointly in August 1960 by the Wash.
Agr.
Exp.
Station and the U.S.D.A.
Dr.
Harold W. Fogle was originator
of both varieties.
Chinook (Bing × Gil Peck) ripens
its mahogany colored fruits four to
ten days before Bing.
Soluble solids
in fruit is equal to or higher, and titratable
acidity lower than in Bing.
Young trees have been vigorous and
hardier than Bing, but less so than
Van.
Rainier (Bing × Van) ripens three
to seven days before Bing.
Fruit is
firm, of high quality and attractive.
The skin color is yellow with a red
blush.
Flesh is clear.
Soluble solids of
fruit are equal to or slightly higher,
and titratable acidity lower than in
Bing.
Tree is vigorous, productive,
early bearing, and as winter hardy as
Van.
Indexing tests show that both Rainier
and Chinook are free of harmful
viruses.
