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Variety of Wild cherry · Prunus avium
World's best-known dark commercial cherry with large, firm, juicy fruit.
Edible value6Medicinal value4Other uses5
🇺🇸 USA 1875Dessert

Taste & characteristics

Taste

firmjuicysweet

Profile

Parentage
Sämling aus Republican/Black Republican
Breeder
Seth Lewelling / Ah Bing
Pollination
self-fertile
Fruit weight
11 g

Flowering & harvest

J F M A M J J A S O N D
Flowering
Fruit harvest

Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Description

Fruit

Very large, heart-shaped, deep mahogany-red fruit with firm, juicy, sweet flesh.

Growth

Vigorous, upright; demanding on climate and pollination.

Yield

High in suitable sites; the leading North American commercial cherry.

Notes

Self-sterile. Crack-prone in rain; needs warm, dry ripening weather.

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