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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
Stock availability
All
8
In stock
7
Not in stock
1
Form
1-year
6
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2-year bush-trained
Spindlebush
2
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
Espalier
Fan-trained
Step-over
Mature size
Very small
Small
2
Medium
2
Large
Very large
3
Rootstocks
Gisela 5
4
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F12/1
3
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Supplied as
Bare-root
7
Growing
Gardening skill
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Beginner
Average
5
Experienced
2
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
Partially self-fertile
Not self-fertile
7
Flowering group
?
1
2
3
5
4
1
5
1
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
Average
7
Poor
Fruit bearing
?
Spur-bearer
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
6
Mild damp climates
3
Warm climates
2
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
RHS Plants for Pollinators
8
Using
Picking month
June
July
August
September
October
November
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
1
Mid
1
Late
4
Very late
1
Cropping
?
Heavy
1
Good
6
Light
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
7
1 week
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
7
Culinary
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
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
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Good
2
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
2
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
1
France
Germany
1
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
5
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
March
April
May
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Pink / Red
Golden / Yellow
Dark red
Fruit colour
Black
8
Blue - dark
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
1
Orange flush
Purple
Purple - light
Red
5
Red - dark
3
Red / Black
2
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
3
White
Fruit size
Small
Average
2
Large
2
Very large
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
2
RHS AGM (former)
2
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
Varieties list
Cherry trees
Black Oliver
A traditional English black cherry from the West Midlands.
Picking season: Mid
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
Cherry trees
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