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Sunburst

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Sunburst is a good modern cherry variety, with soft flesh, and a good sweet mild cherry flavour. It is also easy to pick the fruit.

Reserve now for delivery w/c 3rd September onwards

Sunburst cherry trees for sale

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Semi-mature fruit trees (delivery Sept 2012 - April 2013)

Large (3.5m - 5m)3-year Half-Standard -12L pot - Colt rootstock £45.00

Pot-grown fruit trees (delivery Sept 2012 - April 2013)

Medium (2.5m - 3m)2-year bush-tree -12L pot - Gisela 5 rootstock £39.00
Medium (2.5m - 3m)2-year bush-tree -11.5L pot - Gisela 5 rootstock
patio-trained
£39.00
Large (3.5m - 5m)2-year bush-tree -12L pot - Colt rootstock £38.00

Bare-root fruit trees (delivery any week Nov 2012 - Feb 2013)

Medium (2.5m - 3m)1-year -Bare-root - Gisela 5 rootstock £32.00
Large (3.5m - 5m)1-year -Bare-root - Colt rootstock £33.00
Large (3.5m - 5m)2-year bush-tree -Bare-root - Colt rootstock £34.00
Large (3.5m - 5m)2-year Half-Standard -Bare-root - Colt rootstock £36.00

Trained fruit trees - pot-grown (delivery Sept 2012 - April 2013)

Large (3.5m - 5m)Fan 2-year -12L pot - Colt rootstock £52.00

Trained fruit trees - bare-root (delivery any week Nov 2012 - Feb 2013)

Large (3.5m - 5m)1-year part-trained fan/espalier -Bare-root - Colt rootstock £38.00

**All prices include delivery (except certain fan-trained or espalier-trained trees). We offer a discount on orders of multiple bare-root trees for delivery at the same time - this will be shown at the checkout.

Fan-trained and Espalier trees: Prices of these trees do NOT include delivery as these require special delivery arrangements - click here for details.

Delivery period: Pot-grown trees can be delivered from September onwards. Bare-root trees can be delivered from mid-November onwards. Within those periods you can specify your preferred month of delivery during the checkout process. It is best to order as soon as you can to ensure items are reserved for you.

*Mature heights: Height shown is the approximate height of the tree when mature (after 5-10 years), not the height when supplied. See photos of trees as supplied. Actual mature heights may vary considerably dependent on your local conditions and training and pruning regime.

Stock availability: Items showing as 'sold out' will probably be available again next season. If you would like to reserve in advance use our enquiry form - this does not commit you to anything.



Growing

  • Cropping: Heavy
  • Fertility: Self-fertile
  • Flowering group: 4
  • Ploidy: Diploid
  • Pollinating others: Average
  • Precocity: Precocious
  • Bearing regularity: Regular
  • Gardening skill: Average
  • Vigour: Large
  • Fruit persistence: Normal ripening
  • Fruit splitting: Some susceptibility

Uses

  • Flavour quality: Very good
  • Flavour style: Sweeter
  • Good for eating fresh
  • Picking season: Mid-season
    mid / late July
  • Use / keeping: 1-3 days
    in a fridge

Identification

  • Fruit colour: Red
  • Blossom colour: White
  • Leaf colour: Green
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom
  • Period of origin: 1950 - 1999

Climate


Pollination guide for Sunburst cherry trees

Sunburst is self-fertile and does not need a pollination partner, although fruiting may be improved if there is a compatible tree of a different variety nearby.

Our online pollination checker lists suitable pollination partners for this variety.

More advice about pollination.


How to grow Sunburst cherry trees

Sunburst is a precocious cherry variety, and starts bearing fruit within 2-4 years.

Planting instructions.

Pruning instructions.


Historical details

Canada 1975, a cross between Van and Stella.

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