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Varieties
4 varieties
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Picking season
- Early
Self-fertility
- Not self-fertile
Category
- Sweet cherries
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Categories
Apples
6
Early eating apples
3
Cooking apples
3
Dual-purpose apples
3
Cherries
5
Sweet cherries
4
Cider apples
2
Inter-specific trees
1
Pears
6
Dessert pears
5
Asian pears
1
Perry pears
1
Plums
3
Eating plums
2
Cooking plums
1
Dual-purpose plums
3
Stock availability
All
4
In stock
0
Not in stock
4
Form
1-year
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2-year bush-trained
Spindlebush
2-year half-standard
Premium half-standard
2-year top-worked
2-year (1.75m)
Cordon-trained
Premium cordon
1/4 standard
Each
Mature size
Very small
Small
Medium
Large
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
1
Average
3
Experienced
Self-fertility
?
Self-fertile
3
Partially self-fertile
Not self-fertile
4
Flowering group
?
1
2
2
3
1
4
5
1
6
Pollinating others
?
Good
1
Average
3
Poor
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
4
Mild damp climates
1
Warm climates
2
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
1
Early
4
Mid
4
Late
5
Very late
1
Cropping
?
Heavy
1
Good
3
Light
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1-3 days
4
1 week
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
4
Culinary
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
?
Good
1
Average
1
Poor
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
1
Scab (Apple and Pear)
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Powdery mildew
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Fire blight
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Bacterial canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
1
Some susceptibility
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Woolly aphid
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
1
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
2
United States
1
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1
1800 - 1849
1
1850 - 1899
1900 - 1949
1
1950 - 1999
2000
1
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
December
Blossom colour
White
4
Cream
Pink - light
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
1
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
Orange flush
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
1
Red - dark
1
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
2
White
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
Early Red Maraly
®
Early Red is a modern dark red sweet cherry with a firm flesh.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Knight's Early Black
A traditional English early-season black cherry
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Merton Glory
A well-known mid-season English white cherry.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Napoleon Bigarreau
A traditional white cherry, with an excellent flavour and appearance.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
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