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Varieties
15 varieties
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Rootstock
- Gisela 5
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Categories
Cherries
13
Sweet cherries
13
Sour cherries
1
Stock availability
All
15
In stock
15
Not in stock
0
Form
1-year
4
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2-year bush-trained
9
Spindlebush
4
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
1/4 standard
Each
Mature size
Very small
Small
Medium
15
Large
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
35
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M9
32
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Dwarf
3
?
Quince Eline
12
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Gisela 5
15
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M26
46
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Semi-dwarf
2
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Gisela 6
1
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Wavit
22
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Weiwa
11
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M116
23
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MM106
92
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Colt
11
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Own-roots
1
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Quince A
23
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Semi-vigorous
75
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St. Julien
71
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MM111
9
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Pyrodwarf
23
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M25
37
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Pyrus c. Kirchensaller
20
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Brompton
17
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F12/1
7
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Supplied as
Bare-root
8
11.5L pot
9
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
5
Average
9
Experienced
1
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
9
Partially self-fertile
1
Not self-fertile
5
Flowering group
?
1
2
6
3
4
4
4
5
1
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
5
Average
9
Poor
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
12
Mild damp climates
Warm climates
9
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
1
Early
5
Mid
5
Late
3
Very late
1
Cropping
?
Heavy
8
Good
6
Light
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1
1-3 days
13
1 week
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
14
Culinary
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
Pickling
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
2
Average
4
Poor
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Scab (Apple and Pear)
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Powdery mildew
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Fire blight
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Bacterial canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
1
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Woolly aphid
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
6
China
Croatia
Czech Republic
2
Denmark
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
4
United States
3
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1850 - 1899
1900 - 1949
1950 - 1999
10
2000
3
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
December
Blossom colour
White
14
Cream
Pink - light
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
3
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
1
Orange flush
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
7
Red - dark
7
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)
8
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
Celeste
Celeste is a compact dark red/black cherry, one of the best early-season varieties, with a sweet mild flavour.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Early Red Maraly
®
Early Red is a modern dark red sweet cherry with a firm flesh.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Felicita
®
A modern self-fertile dark-red cherry, notable for its very large cherries.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Kordia
Kordia is a large late-season true black cherry variety with a good balanced cherry flavour.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not 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
Merchant
An early-season black/red cherry with a good flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Morello
Morello is a traditional late-season acid or sour-cherry, ideal for cooking with, and can be grown in north-facing situations.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Nimba
®
Nimba is a modern large-fruited red sweet cherry, ripening right at the start of the cherry season.
Picking season: Very early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Pacific Red
®
Pacific Red is a modern large-fruited red sweet cherry with a firm flesh.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Penny
Penny is a high quality late-season black cherry - ripening in mid-August.
Picking season: Very late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Stardust
TM
Stardust is a new mid-season white cherry which is also fully self-fertile.
Picking season: Early
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
Summer Sun
Summer Sun is productive mid-season cherry, and should ripen even if the summer weather is less than perfect.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Partially 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
Sweetheart
Sweetheart is one of the best-flavoured late-season cherries for the UK climate.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile