
Cherry Tasting
Master Gardeners tasting cherries* to discover the most flavorful for Santa Clara Valley (June 15, 2000)
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Rated for taste and/or appearance: score 1 for lowest, 4 for highest
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Variety
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1.0
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1.5
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2.0
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2.5
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3.0
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3.5
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4.0
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Total
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Comments
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Van
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1
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4
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1
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14
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1
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22
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145
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Full flavor, meaty; good balance; intense flavor, black; sweet, juicy, yum; tart; pretty perfect;deep; interesting; mild; dark.
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Utah
Giant
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1
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14
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14
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14
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138
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Wonderful, firm, flavorful; good texture; crisp, good flavor/balance; chewy; sweet but firm; lovely; juicy.
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Brooks
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3
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16
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1
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18
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130
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Sweet, bland; nice tart/sweet balance; mild; nice, rich, juicy; good flavor.
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Garnet
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7
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2
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14
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1
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15
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125
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Wonderful, firm, flavorful, large; bright; big, juicy, good flavor balance;deep, crisp; too big; nice texture; lots of substance but less taste; very dark.
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Index
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6
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22
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2
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9
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121
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Dense, flavorful; mild, sweetish, meaty; less character; bland; solid flesh, tasty; very! Good flavor, strong but sweet; dark.
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Rainier
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1
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9
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1
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16
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3
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10
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120
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Excellent! Sweet, meaty, large; good tart; less character than others but still good; rosy; not very sweet; best of lighter colored; juicy but less taste; pink-yellow-red.
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Larian
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2
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10
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13
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1
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13
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117
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Tart, strong flavor; good flavor, less sweet; yum; soft; a little sour; juicy but less taste; Excellent! Juicy, rich, tart and sweet
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Sweet
Ann
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4
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2
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22
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2
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7
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114
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Good balance tart/sweet/juicy; acid; less sweet; nice! But not as good as some years; pink-yellow.
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Merton
Bigarreau
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4
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10
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1
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17
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1
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8
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113
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Excellent, real cherry flavor;sweet, bland, small; very berry, deep, winey; tart, not too sweet; Wow!; tasty; dryish; more complex.
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"Champagne
Lady"
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1
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6
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20
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2
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8
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112
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Nice colors; huge, weak flavor; less intense, nice balance; lots of flavor for yellow; good flavor, not too sweet; juicy; mild; pink-yellow.
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Cashmere
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1
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7
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1
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12
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4
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11
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112
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Big, beautiful, flat;huge! crisp, mild;quite good; rich, fruity; firm; wonderful, enormous; sweet and juicy; solid, good flavor; Yow! Big guy, nice after taste; no flavor; dark.
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"Tickled
Pink"
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13
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1
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13
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4
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7
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110
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Light, juicy, nice color; neutral flavor; good flavor, less tart; sweet; not much flavor; fresh but not so sweet; bland; great; large pink-yellow.
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Lapins
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2
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14
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16
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1
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6
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106
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Tart; complex; no flavor; not sweet; crunchy, good sugar/acid balance; nice and crisp; sweet, juicy, great flavor; pink-red fruit.
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Black
Republican
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5
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1
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11
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1
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16
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1
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4
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99
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Not sweet but flavorful; meaty, dense, dry; good, less juicy; bitter; high moisture content; lots of substance, good taste; large dark.
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Saylor
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1
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20
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1
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12
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2
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2
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95
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Not sweet but flavorful; meaty, dense, dry; good, less juicy; apple flavor; color off-putting; crisp; not ripe?; sweet and tart;yellow.
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Spate Braun
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2
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19
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1
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11
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1
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4
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95
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Watery; large, juicy; not so interesting; bland; delicious; liked a lot, rich flavor; medium size, dark
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Royal
Ann
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1
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18
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14
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1
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3
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95
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Liked tart taste; very juicy; tart but good; disappointing; pinker.
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Black
Tartarian
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9
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2
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13
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2
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6
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1
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65
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Overripe; soft, not sweet; small, mushy; nice flavor, softer texture less appealing; juicy; very sweet; little flavor.
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* Cherries Grown by Mariani Orchards
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