Benton
Benton is an early sweet cherry grown in the Pacific Northwest, with mahogany skin when ripe.
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Origin · Prosser, WA
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Taste & texture
- Sweetness
- high
- Firmness
- mediumfirm
These named cherries are a good starting point for a side-by-side tasting of sweetness and tartness.
extension guidance · Pacific Northwest, United States; Oregon, Washington and Idaho extension publication.
Read the evidence
A 2007 Pacific Northwest extension guide reports high flavor ratings for Bing, Benton and Sweetheart in consumer studies that also rated them highly for both sweetness and tartness. The guide interprets that combination as a useful flavor balance. It cites an unpublished 2005 study without panel size, sample conditions or a score table.
- Fruit tested
- Fresh-market sweet cherries; exact crop maturity and storage history of any underlying tasting samples are not supplied.
- Varieties compared
- Bing, Benton, Sweetheart
- Use studied
- Understanding cultivar-specific eating and handling qualities.
- Published
- 2007
How to spot it
- Skin
- Mahogany
- Flesh
- red
Harvest & storage
- Harvest
Origin & family
Where Benton began
Recorded origin
Prosser, WA
United States
- Institution
- IAREC
Benton’s family
6 varieties · 5 recorded linksArrows follow parents → children
Benton
Prosser, WA, United States
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Field notes
Original source notes
- weight
- 11.9 g · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- flesh colour
- red · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- firmness
- medium · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- size
- medium to large · Washingtontreefruit.wsu.edu ↗
- sweetness
- high · Washingtontreefruit.wsu.edu ↗
- texture
- firm · Washingtontreefruit.wsu.edu ↗
- season timing
- mid · Washingtontreefruit.wsu.edu ↗
descriptor observations
- trait
- firmness
- value
- medium
- context
- Unpublished NFC characterisation, Brogdale, Kent; accession observations, not a universal cultivar guarantee.
- source url
- nationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- trait
- flesh color
- value
- Medium Red
- context
- Unpublished NFC characterisation, Brogdale, Kent; accession observations, not a universal cultivar guarantee.
- source url
- nationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- trait
- fruit weight reported
- value
- 11.90 g
- context
- Unpublished NFC characterisation, Brogdale, Kent; accession observations, not a universal cultivar guarantee.
- source url
- nationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- trait
- stalk length reported
- value
- 46.90 mm
- context
- Unpublished NFC characterisation, Brogdale, Kent; accession observations, not a universal cultivar guarantee.
- source url
- nationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- trait
- skin color
- value
- dark red
- context
- Unpublished NFC characterisation, Brogdale, Kent; accession observations, not a universal cultivar guarantee.
- source url
- nationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- trait
- pistil shape
- value
- flat
- context
- Unpublished NFC characterisation, Brogdale, Kent; accession observations, not a universal cultivar guarantee.
- source url
- nationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- trait
- juice color
- value
- red
- context
- Unpublished NFC characterisation, Brogdale, Kent; accession observations, not a universal cultivar guarantee.
- source url
- nationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- trait
- appearance
- value
- medium to large size, mahogany red
- context
- WSU cultivar descriptors; appearance is not unique enough for visual cultivar identification.
- source url
- treefruit.wsu.edu ↗
- trait
- pollination class
- value
- self-fertile
- context
- WSU cultivar descriptor; S-allele notation retained without reconciling conflicts among sources.
- source url
- treefruit.wsu.edu ↗