Brooks
Also known as 12-28
12-28
A cross of Rainier and Early Burlat made by Paul Hansche at the University of California in 1969; the seedling was planted in 1970 and first fruited in 1976. It is unusually large and firm for an early cherry, ripening about a week before Bing.
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Origin · University of California breeding and trial programme; Wolfskill Ranch, Winters, and Kearney Agricultural Center, Parlier
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Taste & texture
- Firmness
- firm
context: Alicante IGP variety description
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Original record: Kidney-shaped; firm flesh; very short stalk
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- Alicante IGP variety description
For Brooks cherries, a lighter red can still mean good flavor.
sensory study · San Joaquin Valley orchards and two Fresno County supermarkets, California · 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
Read the evidence
Consumer acceptance of Brooks increased with soluble solids, but skin color did not guarantee the same composition across orchards or years. The pooled middle soluble-solids group had about 83% acceptance and was not significantly separated from the highest group in Table 5. The authors argued that a full dark-red appearance was not necessary for high acceptance in this early cultivar.
- Fruit tested
- Fruit harvested at four skin-color stages; consumer samples served at 20°C; skin color masked with dark glasses
- Growing conditions
- Commercial orchard survey and in-store sensory tests
- Varieties compared
- Brooks
- Use studied
- Fresh eating
- Published
- 2002
How to spot it
- Shape
- Kidney-shaped
context: Alicante IGP variety description
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Original record: Kidney-shaped; firm flesh; very short stalk
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- Alicante IGP variety description
Origin & family
Where Brooks began
Recorded origin
University of California breeding and trial programme; Wolfskill Ranch, Winters, and Kearney Agricultural Center, Parlier
United States
- Institution
- University of California
- Crossed
- 1969
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Field notes
Original source notes
descriptor observations
- trait
- fruit description
- value
- Kidney-shaped; firm flesh; very short stalk
- context
- Alicante IGP variety description
- source url
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