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Black cherries
A list of so-called "black" or dark-skinned cherry varieties.
8 varieties
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Fruit colour
- Black
Category
- Sweet cherries
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Categories
Cherries
9
Sweet cherries
8
Mulberries
1
Ornamental cherry trees
2
Stock availability
All
8
In stock
6
Not in stock
2
Form
1-year
3
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2-year bush-trained
3
Spindlebush
2
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
Each
Mature size
Very small
Small
Medium
4
Large
2
Very large
1
N/A
Rootstocks
Gisela 5
4
?
Colt
2
?
F12/1
1
?
Supplied as
Bare-root
5
12L pot
2
11.5L pot
2
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
Average
6
Experienced
2
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
Partially self-fertile
Not self-fertile
8
Flowering group
?
1
2
1
3
5
4
1
5
1
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
Average
8
Poor
Ploidy
?
Diploid
1
Triploid
Tetraploid
Quintaploid
Octoploid
Universal pollinator
?
Yes
1
No
1
Fruit bearing
?
Spur-bearer
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
7
Mild damp climates
4
Warm climates
2
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
RHS Plants for Pollinators
8
Melliferous
Using
Picking month
June
July
August
September
October
November
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
1
Mid
1
Late
5
Very late
1
Cropping
?
Heavy
1
Good
7
Light
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
8
1 week
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
8
Culinary
1
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Flavour style (apples)
Sweet/Sharp
Sharper
Sweeter
Aromatic
Vinous
Cooking result
Puree
Textured puree
Keeps shape
Juice style
Sweeter
Sharper
Sweet (cider)
Sharp (cider)
Bittersweet (cider)
Bittersharp (cider)
Cling-stone
Freestone
Semi-freestone
Clingstone
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
3
Average
1
Poor
Scab
?
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Mildew
?
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Bacterial canker
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
Silverleaf
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Fruit splitting
Very resistant
2
Some resistance
3
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
Czech Republic
1
Denmark
France
Germany
1
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
6
United States
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1
1850 - 1899
1900 - 1949
1
1950 - 1999
5
2000
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
December
Blossom colour
White
8
Cream
Pink - light
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
8
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
1
Orange flush
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
8
Red - dark
8
Red / Black
4
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
3
White
Fruit size
Very small
Small
Average
3
Large
2
Very large
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
2
RHS AGM (former)
2
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
Cherry trees
Black Oliver
A traditional English black cherry from the West Midlands.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Universal pollinator: Yes
Cherry trees
Burcombe
A dark red / black cherry from the Tamar valley.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
Colney
Colney is a large modern late-season English dessert cherry, dark red/black, with a good flavour.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
Hertford
A large dark red English cherry with a good flavour.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
Knight's Early Black
A traditional English early-season black cherry
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
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
Cherry trees
Penny
Penny is a high quality late-season black cherry - ripening in mid-August.
Picking season: Very late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Cherry trees
Regina
Regina is a new late-season sweet black cherry, with a good flavour and resistance to splitting.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Universal pollinator: No
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