Time to move on from speculation about Nadia to an actual fruit report. So I picked one Nadia that was softening. In the process of evaluation I found that the fruit had a split pit so probably matured before it’s time. The split could be due to low crop load. Tree is in a pot. A seedling of Flavor Supreme in another pot has also been having split pits.
The Nadia was 52 grams vs 16 for a Selah sweet cherry harvested for comparison. Both had 24 brix but another Selah not pictured was off scale meaning above 34 brix. The 34 brix Selah tasted best. The other two tasted similar sweet/tart. Both tasted under ripe which was probably the case.
All in all I’m favorably impressed with Nadia. Hopefully the other three fruits won’t split the pits and I can get a better tasting.
The cherry and plum tasted similar. So I guess you could call that a cherry flavor. Like I said both tasted not fully ripe. Nadia wasn’t any where near the taste of a good Flavor Supreme but has room for improvement if properly ripened without split pit.
I think the other big question is will it ever set well? I know it’s only second leaf trees we are talking about but so far does not seem to be a prolific setter.
Not runny juicy like some plums, say Superior. Not firm and meaty like some others, Flavor Treat is my standard there. It had a bit of crunchy texture like a lot of pluots.
They look great. I planted three of them this year so I guess we’ll see how they handle the heat, humidity & disease down here in the Deep South. Hopefully I get to taste a few next year.
Congrats on the first person here to have a ripened Nadia. So far at least it is a keeper on a 24 BRIX. Like you said in the past, give it 5 years to collect data and to come to conclusion.
Steven, I assume this fruit is clingstone. You said it had a split pit but no mention of clingstone or freestone. Also, how similar in appearance is the pit to that of a plum or pluot? Does the pit have any cherry appearance at all?
