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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
3
Not in stock
5
Form
1-year
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2-year bush-trained
3
Spindlebush
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
2
Large
2
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
Gisela 5
2
?
Colt
2
?
Supplied as
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
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
7
Mild damp climates
4
Warm climates
2
Using
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
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
3
Average
1
Poor
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
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
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Varieties list
Black Oliver
A traditional English black cherry from the West Midlands.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Burcombe
A dark red / black cherry from the Tamar valley.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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
Hertford
A large dark red English cherry with a good flavour.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Knight's Early Black
A traditional English early-season black cherry
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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
Penny
Penny is a high quality late-season black cherry - ripening in mid-August.
Picking season: Very late
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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
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