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Cherry trees for beginners
Self-fertile sweet cherry varieties which should succeed in any spot in full sun.
3 varieties
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Gardening skill
- Beginner
Self-fertility
- Self-fertile
Category
- Sweet cherries
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Categories
Apples
6
Early eating apples
1
Mid-season eating apples
2
Late eating apples
2
Cooking apples
1
Cherries
4
Sweet cherries
3
Sour cherries
1
Cider apples
1
Crab apples
14
Damsons
7
Mulberries
4
Pears
2
Dessert pears
2
Plums
14
Eating plums
11
Cooking plums
4
Dual-purpose plums
8
Stock availability
All
3
In stock
3
Not in stock
0
Form
1-year
3
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2-year bush-trained
2
Spindlebush
1
2-year half-standard
2
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
Large
3
Very large
Rootstocks
Gisela 5
2
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Gisela 6
1
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Colt
3
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Supplied as
Bare-root
3
Growing
Gardening skill
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Beginner
3
Average
4
Experienced
1
Self-fertility
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Self-fertile
3
Partially self-fertile
1
Not self-fertile
1
Flowering group
?
1
2
1
3
1
4
1
5
6
Pollinating others
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Good
2
Average
1
Poor
Fruit bearing
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Spur-bearer
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
2
Mild damp climates
Warm climates
1
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
RHS Plants for Pollinators
3
Using
Picking month
June
July
August
September
October
November
Picking season
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Very early
Early
Mid
2
Late
1
Very late
Cropping
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Heavy
3
Good
Light
Keeping (of fruit)
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Does not keep
1-3 days
3
1 week
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
3
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
Average
Poor
Scab
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Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Mildew
?
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Bacterial canker
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
1
Silverleaf
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Fruit splitting
Very resistant
Some resistance
2
Some susceptibility
1
Very susceptible
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
3
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1850 - 1899
1900 - 1949
1950 - 1999
3
2000
Flowering month
March
April
May
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Pink / Red
Golden / Yellow
Dark red
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
Orange flush
Purple
Purple - light
Red
2
Red - dark
1
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Fruit size
Small
Average
Large
Very large
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
3
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
Varieties list
Cherry trees
Lapins
Perhaps the best all-round sweet cherry for the UK. Easy to grow, with heavy crops of good-flavoured cherries.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cherry trees
Stella
If you only want to grow one cherry tree, choose Stella - self-fertile, easy to grow, and a good pollinator.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Cherry trees
Sweetheart
Sweetheart is one of the best-flavoured late-season cherries for the UK climate.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
