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
Average5
Some needed2

Fruit tree categories

Apple trees52
Cherry trees11
Cider apple trees1
Crab apple trees10
Mirabelle trees2
Peach trees1
Pear trees3
Plum trees7

Stock availabilitytop

Tree form

1-year7
2-year1
2-year bush-trained5
Patio-trained5
Half standard3
Fan-trained4

Supplied as

Bare-root7
Pot-grown6

Height after 10 years

Small (dwarf)
Medium (semi-dwarf)6
Large (semi-vigorous)5
Full-size (standard)2

Rootstock

Colt5
F12/12
Gisela 56

Usingtop

Picking season

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Very early
Early2
Mid6
Late3
Very late

Keeping

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Does not keep
1-3 days11
1 week
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more

Uses

Good for eating fresh11
Good for cooking
Good for juice
Good for cider

Cooking result

Puree
Textured puree
Keeps shape

Growingtop

Planting position

Full sun essential
Full sun preferred11
Tolerates partial shade
Tolerates north-facing shade

Flowering group

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1
22
34
44
51
6

Self-fertility

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Self-fertile5
Partially self-fertile
Not self-fertile6

Ploidy

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Diploid11

Pollinating others

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Good4
Average7
Poor

Vigour

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Weak growing
Slightly small
Average growth4
Slightly large1
Large5
Very large

Precocity

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Precocious5
Slow to start bearing

Cropping

Heavy3
Good8
Light

Fruit bearing

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

Fruit persistence

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Normal ripening7
Fruit drops when ripe
Ripens over a period3
Persistent

Bearing regularity

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Regular9
Biennial tendency

Climatetop

Blossom frost-resistance

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Good resistance2
Some resistance1
Susceptible

Can be grown in

Temperate climates11
Mild / damp climates
Warm climates6

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 susceptibility1
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

Canada7
Germany 1
United Kingdom3

Period of origin

1500 - 1549
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 17991
1800 - 1849
1850 - 1899
1900 - 19493
1950 - 19996
20001

Fruit colour

Black9
Orange flush1
Red7
Red - dark5
Red / Black1
Yellow / Red3

• Cherry trees
  

  Amber Heart

  The most popular traditional English white cherry, widely known as Kent Bigarreau.  compare
  From £21.95
  Flowering: 4

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Eating 
• Cherry trees
  

  Lapins

  Perhaps the best all-round sweet cherry for the UK. Easy to grow, with heavy crops of good-flavoured cherries.  compare
  From £18.45 to £34.95
  Flowering: 2self-fertile

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Eating 
• Cherry trees
  

  Merton Glory

  A well-known mid-season English white cherry.  compare
  From £18.45 to £55.95
  Flowering: 2

  Pick: Early-season

  Uses: Eating 
• Cherry trees
  

  Napoleon Bigarreau

  A traditional white cherry, with an excellent flavour and appearance.  compare
  From £18.95
  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

  Stardust is a new mid-season white cherry which is also fully self-fertile.  compare
  From £34.95
  Flowering: 4self-fertile

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Eating 
• Cherry trees
  

  Summer Sun

  Summer Sun is productive mid-season cherry, and should ripen even if the summer weather is less than perfect.  compare
  From £18.45 to £55.95
  Flowering: 3

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Eating 
• Cherry trees
  

  Sunburst

  Sunburst is a large red mid-season cherry with a good mild flavour, and notably easy to pick.  compare
  From £18.45 to £55.95
  Flowering: 4self-fertile

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Eating 
• Cherry trees
  

  Sweetheart®

  Sweetheart is one of the best-flavoured late-season cherries for the UK climate.  compare
  From £18.95 to £55.95
  Flowering: 3self-fertile

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating 
• Cherry trees
  

  Van

  Van is a deservedly popular dark-red mid-season cherry with firm flesh and an excellent cherry flavour.  compare
  Flowering: 3

  Pick: Mid-season

  Uses: Eating 
• Cherry trees
  

  Vega

  A very large-fruited modern white cherry.  compare
  Flowering: 4

  Pick: Late-season

  Uses: Eating