Yellow / Red cherries

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•   Category - Cherry trees

• Using
• Growing
• Disease resistance
• Climate
• Identification
• Stock

Gardening skill

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Suitable for beginners4
Average4
Some needed1

Fruit tree categories

Apple trees38
Cherry trees9
Cider apple trees1
Crab apple trees10
Mirabelle trees2
Peach trees1
Pear trees3
Plum trees6

Stock availabilitytop

Tree form

1-year6
2-year bush-trained4
Patio-trained1
Half standard4
Fan-trained3

Supplied as

Bare-root7
Pot-grown4

Height after 10 years

Small (dwarf)
Medium (semi-dwarf)4
Large (semi-vigorous)5
Full-size (standard)2

Rootstock

Colt5
F12/12
Gisela 54

Usingtop

Picking season

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Very early
Early2
Mid5
Late2
Very late

Keeping

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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

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1
22
33
43
51
6

Self-fertility

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Self-fertile5
Partially self-fertile
Not self-fertile4

Ploidy

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Diploid9

Pollinating others

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Good3
Average6
Poor

Vigour

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Weak growing
Slightly small
Average growth3
Slightly large1
Large4
Very large

Precocity

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Precocious4
Slow to start bearing

Cropping

Heavy3
Good6
Light

Fruit bearing

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Spur-bearer
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer

Fruit persistence

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Normal ripening5
Fruit drops when ripe
Ripens over a period3
Persistent

Bearing regularity

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Regular7
Biennial tendency

Climatetop

Blossom frost-resistance

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Good resistance2
Some resistance1
Susceptible

Can be grown in

Temperate climates9
Mild / damp climates
Warm climates5

Disease resistancetop

General resistance

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Good1
Average1
Poor1

Suitable for organic

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Organic / no-spray culture

Canker

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Very resistant1
Some resistance
Neutral
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible2

Scab

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Very resistant
Some resistance
Neutral
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible

Mildew

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Very resistant
Some resistance
Neutral
Some susceptibility1
Very susceptible

Silverleaf

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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

• Cherry trees
  

  Amber Heart

  The most popular traditional English white cherry, widely known as Kent Bigarreau.  compare
  From £19.45
  Flowering: 4

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: 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.  compare
  From £19.45 to £30.95
  Flowering: 2self-fertile

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Eating 
• Cherry trees
  

  Merton Glory

  A well-known mid-season English white cherry.  compare
  From £19.45 to £56.95
  Flowering: 2

  Pick: Early-season

  Uses: Eating 
• Cherry trees
  

  Napoleon Bigarreau

  A traditional white cherry, with an excellent flavour and appearance.  compare
  From £19.45
  Flowering: 5

  Pick: Early-season

  Uses: Eating 
• Cherry trees
  

  Skeena®

  One of the best of the Canadian late-season cherries.  compare
  Flowering: 3self-fertile

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating 
• Cherry trees
  

  StardustTM  Best seller

  Stardust is a new mid-season white cherry which is also fully self-fertile.  compare
  From £35.45
  Flowering: 4self-fertile

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: 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.  compare
  From £19.45 to £56.95
  Flowering: 3

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Eating 
• Cherry trees
  

  Sunburst

  Sunburst is a large red mid-season cherry with a good sweet mild flavour, and notably easy to pick.  compare
  From £19.45 to £56.95
  Flowering: 4self-fertile

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Eating 
• Cherry trees
  

  Sweetheart®  Best seller

  Sweetheart is one of the best-flavoured late-season cherries for the UK climate.  compare
  From £19.45 to £56.95
  Flowering: 3self-fertile

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating