US: New cherry-plum hybrid on way to export markets
He says, "It has the characteristics of both a cherry and a plum although if you see it, I think the cherry part is much more dominant in terms of the shape of it and it’s certainly larger than a normal cherry. It has a little shorter stem than a cherry."
But Taylor says don't expect to see the fruit in the stores anytime soon.
"It takes a while to get it to the market. We like to kid around saying we are doing these kinds of things for our children and our grandchildren."
In this case there’ll probably be fruit in the UK available as early as January of next year but for the United States where Brandt’s has the rights it’s probably going to be 5 to maybe even 8 years before commercial volumes are grown here.
That does not mean that there won’t be import product on the supermarket shelves in the near future.
"It has a great flavor which is kind of hard to describe because it’s a combination of cherry and plum but I think it favors the cherry part. It has also been tested and has a very substantial levels of betacarotene which is something that is very good for all of us."
Source: aginfo.net
