Roundish heart-shaped. Quite firm, sweet, juicy, slightly acid, good flavour.
Lapins cherry identification images
All images copyright Orange Pippin unless otherwise stated.
USDA identification images for Lapins
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Visitor reviews
- 30 Dec 2012 United StatesLapins is a highly productive, and flavorful cherry. It has a tendency to set fruit in tight clusters. Its biggest drawback is the incidence of black rot inside those tight clusters of fruit. The sprays just can not reach into the center of those clusters. There are a lot of commercial Lapins cherry orchards, but no Lapins orchards are being planted today because of this one drawback.
Tree register
United States
- Fred Stager in KODIAK, ALASKA
- Lisa Pearson in FITCHBURG, MA
- Mike in Pennsylvania (south-central)
- Mike in Pennsylvania (south-central)
- Rick z in San Juan Capistrano, CALIFORNIA
- Sarah Martinez in Orcas Island, WA
United Kingdom
- Daniel in DUNDEE, SCOTLAND
- Les Brear in Todmorden, WEST YORKSHIRE
- Nathalie Mills-Oaka in London, LONDON
- Nivedh in London, GREATER LONDON
- Terry Wells in Carmarthen,
- Vincent Bentley in Montgomery, POWYS
Canada
- Barry Hegland in Bridgetown, NOVA SCOTIA
- Laura in Gatineau, QC
Australia
- Neville in Tea Tree Gully, SA
Spring blossom records for this variety
2017 season
- 19th September 2017 - tree owned by Neville in Tea Tree Gully, Australia
- March 2017 - tree owned by Rick in San Juan Capistrano, United States
2014 season
- 29th April 2014 - tree owned by Mike in , United States
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Harvest records for this variety
2017 season
- May 2017 - tree owned by Rick in San Juan Capistrano, United States
Origins
- Species: Prunus avium - Sweet cherry
- Parentage: Stella x Van
- Originates from: BC, Canada
- Introduced: 1984
- Developed by: Summerland Research Station,
- UK National Fruit Collection accession: 2002-035
Identification
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Country of origin: Canada
- Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
- Fruit colour: Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Popularity: Best sellers
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Alleles: 1
- Alleles: 4
Using
- Picking season: Mid
- Keeping (of fruit): 1-3 days
- Flavour quality: Very good
- Cropping: Heavy
- Fruit persistence: Normal ripening
- Food uses: Eating fresh
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Flowering group: 2
- Pollinating others: Average
- Vigour: Vigorous
- Precocity: Precocious
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Cherry universal pollinator: Yes
Climate
- Frost resistance of blossom: Good resistance
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Warm climates
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
- Cold hardiness (RHS): H6 (to -20C)
Other qualities
- Fruit splitting: Some resistance
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Lapins cherry trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Lapins cherry trees - Thomas Fruit Trees (EU) France
Lapins cherry trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
The following orchards grow Lapins:
United States
Idaho
- BYU-Idaho Apple Orchard Museum, Rexburg
Virginia
- Ayers Orchards, Cana