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A112 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 13, 2005

‘Skéena cherry r

~ By KAT LEE

ipe with

potential health _

WITH MID-JULY upon us,
the Skeena- cherry is on the
brink of ripening. The large

» round Skeena cherry has a

dark skin, and has a firm,

_ Sweet taste. It may also have

something in it to prevent

. cancer.

- The B. C. Fruit Grower’ S$:

“Association . and - Agricul- — :

ture and Agri-Food. Canada |
agreed i in mid-June 2005 to

investigate the health com-
ponents ‘of sweet cherries, ”
. one of which is. the: Skeena
variety.

The research will exam-

ine the new cherry varieties . J
. (Skeena, {
- heart, Staccato, and a new.

Lapins, - Sweet-

nameless variety) to find out

’ more about antioxidant con-

tent and antioxidant activity.
Joe Sardinha,. president of.
the B.C. Fruit Grower’s As-

. sociation, said research indi-

cates that, antioxidants. help

_ in the prevention of-various
diseases such as cancers.,

“But although the cherry i is -
named after our region, lo- ©

“eal residents probably won’t
‘see a big orchard of Skeena -

cherries® here: ‘because’ the”
weather is too. ‘wet; a drier
region like the - Okanagan .

. _ Valley is needed for growth. .

Summerland, ‘a noted

- fruit- “growing. area in’ the

Okanagan, is . where the
Skeena cherry was ‘born.’

THE SKEENA cherry will soon be ready for picking: .
MICHAEL WEIS PHOTO ©

a

‘to the testing stage to deter-

mine whether or not it will

_be a suitable variety for pub-

lic consumption.
., To make a new variety,

_ the researchers select par-
ents with traits that they’re
- interested in, and they make -
crosses hoping to produce |

beneficial traits.
The researchers take off

= the male parts of the flower

in the female parent, collect
pollen from the male plant of

_ the other parent, and transfer |

the ‘dry pollen onto the fe-

. male part of the flower.

Once ‘the cross catches,

‘ they collect seeds, put it.

“The. Skeena is an im- .. through a cold, damp period

‘portant B.C. name, and the.

cherry was developed in
Summerland,” ” said Frank:
‘Tesearch scientist .

Food Canada at the research
centre in Summerland.
A lot of varieties devel-

~ oped in Summerland, and the

tradition is to start with “s’,”
‘said Sardinha. For example, .
the Spartan apple came from. .

- Summerland. Over 80 per °

cent of. the cherry ‘varieties -

_jn Summerland Start with an

“ 6g de

‘s. .
The original parent cross
for the Skeena cherry was
made in 1975, but the vari-’.

ety was. only, recently named;
‘in. 1997; this is because it « *%&
_takes around 20 years from

the cross to the grown tree.

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called stratification, plant -
the seedlings and store them”
ina nursery for a year, put’:
“the trees in the seedling or-
chard, and wait for fruiting -.

to take place. .
_The fruit then goes to the

lab for testing for qualities *

like flavour, firmness, acid-
ity level, storage and suscep-

tibility to disease. If the fruit:

does well, the researchers

will extend the testing and.

give it to other growers for

testing purposes.

“When we think the cher-

ry is ready to be introduced
into the industry, a name is
attached to it,” Kappel said.

Once used, the name isn’t —
used again in food crops. -

The variety isn’t named un-

less there’s a future to it, and
the Skeena cherry’ s future is.

blooming. °
Currently, the ‘Skeena
cherry is being tested ‘all

around the world to-see if it ©
can be grown in diverse re- »
"gions. The self-fertile cherry

trees can also be found in or-
chards in Washington State
as well.

“There .is quite. a bit of
interest,” Kappel said. “It’s.

one that growers are inter- —

ested in because of good
food quality.”

The cherry- breeding pro- |
. gram has been going on in:

Summerland since .1936.
The first variety was named

in 1944. Around 1,000 seed-
lings are planted every year |
to find successful varieties.

Summerland .has named 29

varieties since they began -

the breeding program:

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