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Varieties
5 varieties
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Picking season
- Mid
Self-fertility
- Self-fertile
Category
- Sweet cherries
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Categories
Apples
3
Mid-season eating apples
2
Red-flesh apples
2
Apricots
7
Cherries
5
Sweet cherries
5
Crab apples
4
Damsons
2
Inter-specific trees
1
Mulberries
1
Nectarines
2
Peaches
5
Pears
3
Dessert pears
3
Cooking pears
1
Plums
10
Eating plums
6
Cooking plums
3
Dual-purpose plums
3
Quinces
1
Walnuts
2
Figs
3
Juneberries
1
Stock availability
All
5
In stock
5
Not in stock
0
Form
1-year
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2-year bush-trained
5
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
1
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
Each
Mature size
Very small
Small
1
Medium
3
Large
3
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
Gisela 5
3
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Colt
3
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Own-roots
1
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Supplied as
12L pot
4
11.5L pot
3
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
2
Average
3
Experienced
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
5
Partially self-fertile
1
Not self-fertile
4
Flowering group
?
1
2
1
3
2
4
2
5
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
1
Average
4
Poor
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
4
Mild damp climates
Warm climates
3
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
3
Mid
5
Late
2
Very late
Cropping
?
Heavy
3
Good
2
Light
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
5
1 week
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
5
Culinary
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
Average
1
Poor
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
3
China
Czech Republic
1
Denmark
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
1
United States
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1850 - 1899
1900 - 1949
1950 - 1999
3
2000
1
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
December
Blossom colour
White
5
Cream
Pink - light
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
Orange flush
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
2
Red - dark
3
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
2
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
Athos
®
A natural dwarf sweet cherry tree, unlikely to get much bigger than 2m.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Felicita
®
A modern self-fertile dark-red cherry, notable for its very large cherries.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Lapins
Perhaps the best all-round sweet cherry for the UK. Easy to grow, with heavy crops of good-flavoured cherries.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Stella
If you only want to grow one cherry tree, choose Stella - self-fertile, easy to grow, and a good pollinator.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Sunburst
Sunburst is a large red mid-season cherry with a good sweet mild flavour, and notably easy to pick.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile