Yellow / Red cherries
Varieties: 9 | Clear all
Fruit colour - Orange flush
Fruit colour - Red
Fruit colour - Yellow / Red
Category - Cherry trees
Gardening skill
?Suitable for beginners4
Average4
Some needed1
Fruit tree categories
Apple trees39Cherry trees9
Cider apple trees1
Crab apple trees10
Mirabelle trees2
Peach trees1
Pear trees3
Plum trees6
Stock availabilitytop
Tree form
1-year2
Patio-trained1
Half standard1
Spindle-bush1
Supplied as
Bare-root3
Pot-grown2
Height after 10 years
Small (dwarf)
Medium (semi-dwarf)1
Large (semi-vigorous)2
Full-size (standard)2
Rootstock
Colt1
F12/12
Gisela 51
Gisela 61
Usingtop
Picking season
?Very early
Early2
Mid5
Late2
Very late
Keeping
?Does not keep
1-3 days9
1 week
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
Uses
Good for eating fresh9
Good for cooking
Good for juice
Good for cider
Cooking result
Puree
Textured puree
Keeps shape
Growingtop
Planting position
Full sun essential
Full sun preferred9
Tolerates partial shade
Tolerates north-facing shade
Flowering group
?1
22
33
43
51
6
Self-fertility
?Self-fertile5
Partially self-fertile
Not self-fertile4
Ploidy
?Diploid9
Pollinating others
?Good3
Average6
Poor
Vigour
?Weak growing
Slightly small
Average growth3
Slightly large1
Large4
Very large
Precocity
?Precocious4
Slow to start bearing
Cropping
Heavy3
Good6
Light
Fruit bearing
?Spur-bearer
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Fruit persistence
?Normal ripening5
Fruit drops when ripe
Ripens over a period3
Persistent
Bearing regularity
?Regular7
Biennial tendency
Climatetop
Blossom frost-resistance
?Good resistance2
Some resistance1
Susceptible
Can be grown in
Temperate climates9
Mild / damp climates
Warm climates5
Disease resistancetop
General resistance
?Good1
Average1
Poor1
Suitable for organic
?Organic / no-spray culture
Canker
?Very resistant1
Some resistance
Neutral
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible2
Scab
?Very resistant
Some resistance
Neutral
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Mildew
?Very resistant
Some resistance
Neutral
Some susceptibility1
Very susceptible
Silverleaf
?Very resistant
Some resistance
Neutral
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Fruit identificationtop
Country of origin
Canada5
Germany 1
United Kingdom3
Period of origin
1500 - 1549
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 17991
1800 - 1849
1850 - 1899
1900 - 19492
1950 - 19995
20001
Fruit colour
Black6
Orange flush1
Red5
Red - dark3
Red / Black1
Yellow / Red3
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Red / Yellow cherries
- Cherry trees
Amber Heart
The most popular traditional English white cherry, widely known as Kent Bigarreau. compareFrom £19.45Flowering: 4Pick: Mid-seasonUses: Eating - Cherry trees
Lapins Best seller
Perhaps the best all-round sweet cherry for the UK. Easy to grow, with heavy crops of good-flavoured cherries. compareFrom £19.45 to £30.95Flowering: 2self-fertilePick: Mid-seasonUses: Eating - Cherry trees
Merton Glory
A well-known mid-season English white cherry. compareFrom £19.45Flowering: 2Pick: Early-seasonUses: Eating - Cherry trees
Napoleon Bigarreau
A traditional white cherry, with an excellent flavour and appearance. compareFrom £19.45Flowering: 5Pick: Early-seasonUses: Eating - Cherry trees
Skeena®
One of the best of the Canadian late-season cherries. compareFrom £19.45Flowering: 3self-fertilePick: Late-seasonUses: Eating - Cherry trees
StardustTM Best seller
Stardust is a new mid-season white cherry which is also fully self-fertile. compareFrom £35.45Flowering: 4self-fertilePick: Mid-seasonUses: Eating - Cherry trees
Summer Sun Best seller
Summer Sun is productive mid-season cherry, and should ripen even if the summer weather is less than perfect. compareFrom £19.45 to £56.95Flowering: 3Pick: Mid-seasonUses: Eating - Cherry trees
Sunburst
Sunburst is a large red mid-season cherry with a good sweet mild flavour, and notably easy to pick. compareFrom £19.45 to £56.95Flowering: 4self-fertilePick: Mid-seasonUses: Eating - Cherry trees
Sweetheart® Best seller
Sweetheart is one of the best-flavoured late-season cherries for the UK climate. compareFrom £19.45 to £56.95Flowering: 3self-fertilePick: Late-seasonUses: Eating