Felicita® cherry trees

Felicita cherry trees for sale

If you like really big cherries then Felicita is likely to be of interest - the cherries of this variety are amongst the largest and heaviest available. Weights of 12g per cherry can be achieved in good conditions.

The flesh is firm and the flavour is tangy / sweet.

Felicita also starts producing cherries from a relatively young age (particularly on the Gisela 5 semi-dwarf rootstock) and is reliably self-fertile.

How to grow

Felicita may be susceptible to frost damage and is best planted in sheltered sunny position. While frost damage will reduce the number of cherries which set, it also tends to increase the mature size.

Felicita can be prone to fruit-cracking, which is caused by periods of heavy rainfall in June causing the fruit to swell and split. For this reason commercial cherry growers often cover their orchards to keep the rain off. It is perhaps less of an issue in the home orchard, but if heavy rainfall is forecast it might be worth covering the tree with horticultural fleece.

Advice on fruit tree pollination.

History

Felicita is a modern cherry variety, developed in the Czech Republic, and is related to the popular Stella cherry variety.

Felicita characteristics