Sour cherryvariety
Balaton
Balaton is a sour cherry, from Hungary. Released in 1970. Its fruit is intense dark red.
Released 1970
How to spot it
- Skin
- intense dark red
context: Carandale Farm observations published in 2013
uncommonfruit.cias.wisc.edu ↗Context & source
- /details/observations/0/value/0/context
- Carandale Farm observations published in 2013
- Flesh
- red
context: Carandale Farm observations published in 2013
uncommonfruit.cias.wisc.edu ↗Context & source
- /details/observations/0/value/1/context
- Carandale Farm observations published in 2013
- Shape
- pitted fruit holds its rounded shape more readily than Montmorency in the reported Michigan work
context: MSU comparison, including 1988–2000 fruit-quality observations
msu-prod-2.dotcms.cloud ↗Context & source
- /details/observations/0/value/2/context
- MSU comparison, including 1988–2000 fruit-quality observations
Origin & family
Where Balaton began
Recorded origin
Hungary
- Released
- 1970
Field notes
Original source notes
descriptor observations
- trait
- skin color
- value
- intense dark red
- context
- Carandale Farm observations published in 2013
- source url
- uncommonfruit.cias.wisc.edu ↗
- trait
- flesh color
- value
- red
- context
- Carandale Farm observations published in 2013
- source url
- uncommonfruit.cias.wisc.edu ↗
- trait
- processing trait
- value
- pitted fruit holds its rounded shape more readily than Montmorency in the reported Michigan work
- context
- MSU comparison, including 1988–2000 fruit-quality observations
- source url
- msu-prod-2.dotcms.cloud ↗
Photos

Allagash BrewingCC BY 2.0 “Balaton” sour cherries intended for the flavoring of beer