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Variety of Wild cherry · Prunus avium
Early, reliable English dark cherry with good yields for cooler climates.
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
firmjuicysweet
Profile
- Parentage
- Merton Glory x Frogmore Early
- Breeder
- John Innes Institute
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 8 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium-large, dark red, roundish fruit with sweet, juicy flesh.
Growth
Vigorous, healthy; reliable even in cooler, wetter regions.
Yield
High and regular; popular in British and northern European cultivation.
Notes
Self-sterile. Early-ripening, well adapted to maritime climates.
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