Elegant
At Carandale Farm, Elegant was brighter red, somewhat tart and less soft than fully ripe Pioneer.
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Taste & texture
- Acidity
- somewhat tart
statistic: local grower observation · conditions: Carandale Farm trial, fruit harvested in 2012
uncommonfruit.cias.wisc.edu ↗Context & source
Carandale Farm grower observation on fruit harvested in 2012; comparison and maturity conditions are retained.
Original record: At Carandale Farm, Elegant was brighter red, somewhat tart and less soft than fully ripe Pioneer.
- /interpretation/context
- statistic: local grower observation · conditions: Carandale Farm trial, fruit harvested in 2012
- Firmness
- less soft than fully ripe Pioneer
statistic: local grower observation · conditions: Compared with fully ripe Pioneer at Carandale Farm; fruit harvested in 2012
uncommonfruit.cias.wisc.edu ↗Context & source
Carandale Farm grower observation on fruit harvested in 2012; comparison and maturity conditions are retained.
Original record: At Carandale Farm, Elegant was brighter red, somewhat tart and less soft than fully ripe Pioneer.
- /interpretation/context
- statistic: local grower observation · conditions: Compared with fully ripe Pioneer at Carandale Farm; fruit harvested in 2012
A firm red cornelian cherry and a fully softened Pioneer are different experiences; ask which variety you're tasting.
producer observation · Carandale Farm, Wisconsin, USA; Cornus mas trial planted in 2006 and harvested in 2012. · 2012
Read the evidence
Carandale Farm describes firm red cornelian cherries as very tart, becoming sweeter and aromatic as they soften. In its cultivar comparison, Pioneer was slightly earlier, darker red, juicy, sweet and very soft when fully ripe; Elegant stayed brighter red, somewhat tart and less soft.
- Fruit tested
- Fresh fruit of two named cultivars in one farm trial.
- Varieties compared
- Pioneer, Elegant
- Use studied
- Understanding the identified fruit and its specified eating or prepared form.
How to spot it
- Appearance
- Fruit colourbrighter red
statistic: local grower observation · conditions: Compared with Pioneer; Carandale Farm trial, fruit harvested in 2012
uncommonfruit.cias.wisc.edu ↗Context & source
Carandale Farm grower observation on fruit harvested in 2012; comparison and maturity conditions are retained.
Original record: At Carandale Farm, Elegant was brighter red, somewhat tart and less soft than fully ripe Pioneer.
- /interpretation/context
- statistic: local grower observation · conditions: Compared with Pioneer; Carandale Farm trial, fruit harvested in 2012
Origin & family
Where Elegant began
Recorded origin
Ukraine
Field notes
Original source notes
trait observations
- trait
- local taste texture and timing
- source url
- uncommonfruit.cias.wisc.edu ↗
- observation
- At Carandale Farm, Elegant was brighter red, somewhat tart and less soft than fully ripe Pioneer.