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Varieties
12 varieties
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Rootstock
- Gisela 5
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Categories
Cherries
12
Sweet cherries
11
Stock availability
All
12
In stock
12
Not in stock
0
Form
1-year
4
1-year bush-trained
2-year
2-year bush-trained
8
Spindlebush
2
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
12
Large
Very large
N/A
Rootstocks
M27
32
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Very dwarf
1
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M9
26
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Dwarf
2
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VVA-1
19
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Quince Eline
10
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Gisela 5
12
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M26
45
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Semi-dwarf
2
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Wavit
1
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Weiwa
11
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M116
15
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MM106
89
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Colt
11
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Own-roots
1
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Quince A
18
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Semi-vigorous
64
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St. Julien
64
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MM111
16
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Pyrodwarf
15
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M25
22
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Brompton
15
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Supplied as
Bare-root
6
12L pot
1
11.5L pot
7
Growing
Gardening skill
?
Beginner
4
Average
7
Experienced
1
Self-fertility
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Self-fertile
7
Partially self-fertile
1
Not self-fertile
4
Flowering group
?
1
2
4
3
4
4
4
5
6
Pollinating others
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Good
5
Average
7
Poor
Fruit bearing
Spur-bearer
Free-spurring
Partial tip-bearer
Tip-bearer
Climate suitability
Temperate climates
10
Mild damp climates
Warm climates
7
Using
Picking season
?
Very early
Early
4
Mid
5
Late
2
Very late
1
Cropping
?
Heavy
6
Good
6
Light
Keeping (of fruit)
?
Does not keep
1
1-3 days
11
1 week
2-3 weeks
1-2 months
3 months or more
Food uses
Eating fresh
12
Culinary
Traditional cooker
Dual purpose
Juice
Hard cider
Drying
Edible fruits
Not suitable for humans
Problems
Disease resistance
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Good
1
Average
2
Poor
Canker
Very resistant
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
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
Some susceptibility
1
Peach leaf curl
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Very susceptible
Woolly aphid
Some resistance
Some susceptibility
Identification
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
6
China
Czech Republic
2
Denmark
France
Germany
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
3
United States
1
Period of origin
1550 - 1599
1600 - 1649
1650 - 1699
1700 - 1749
1750 - 1799
1800 - 1849
1850 - 1899
1900 - 1949
1950 - 1999
10
2000
1
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
December
Blossom colour
White
11
Cream
Pink - light
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Fruit colour
Black
3
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green - light
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
1
Orange flush
Pink
Purple
Purple - light
Red
5
Red - dark
4
Red / Black
Red / Green
Red striped
Russet
Varigated
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Flesh colour
White
Cream
Golden / Yellow
Orange
Pink / Red
Dark red
Awards
RHS AGM (current)
7
RHS AGM (former)
RHS AM
RHS 1st class
Slow Food - Ark of Taste
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Varieties list
Celeste
Celeste is a compact dark red/black cherry, one of the best early-season varieties, with a sweet mild flavour.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Early Red Maraly
®
Early Red is a modern dark red sweet cherry with a firm flesh.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Felicita
®
A modern self-fertile dark-red cherry, notable for its very large cherries.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: 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
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
Merchant
An early-season black/red cherry with a good flavour.
Awards: RHS AGM (current)
Picking season: Early
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
Stardust
TM
Stardust is a new mid-season white cherry which is also fully self-fertile.
Picking season: Early
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
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
Summer Sun
Summer Sun is productive mid-season cherry, and should ripen even if the summer weather is less than perfect.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Partially self-fertile
Sunburst
Sunburst is a large red mid-season cherry with a good sweet mild flavour, and notably easy to pick.
Picking season: Mid
Self-fertility: Self-fertile
Sweetheart
Sweetheart is one of the best-flavoured late-season cherries for the UK climate.
Picking season: Late
Self-fertility: Self-fertile