Fernor – A Perspective Walnut Cultivar under the Conditions of Bulgaria | ФЕРНОР – ПЕРСПЕКТИВЕН ОРЕХОВ СОРТ ЗА УСЛОВИЯТА НА БЪЛГАРИЯ
2014
Gandev, S., Institute of Fruit Growing, Plovdiv (Bulgaria) | Arnaudov, V., Institute of Fruit Growing, Plovdiv (Bulgaria) | Perifanova-Nemska, M., University of Food Technologies, Plovdiv (Bulgaria)
The experiment was carried out at the Fruit Growing Institute – Plovdiv in the period 2009 – 2013 seventh-eleventh vege-tation period of the walnut trees. Biological and economic qualities of Fernor cultivar were compared with those of the local cultivars Izvor 10 and Sheynovo. The aim of the investigation was to study the agrobiological characteristics of the Frenench walnut cultivar Fernor and to evaluate the possibility of growing it in Bulgaria. The results obtainened show that under the conditions in Bulgaria, the cultivar is moderate in growth, late flowering, with good winter hardiness, high fertility and resistance to anthracnose G. leptostyla and walnut blight X. arboricola pv. juglandis. Fruits ripen in the first decade of October and their mean weight is 12.4g, the kernel output is 42.8% and the fat content 61.0%. It could be concluded that the cultivar Fernor is suitable to be grown in the country.
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