BlackPearl cherry
Prunus aviumBlackPearl is an early season dark cherry with a firm flesh and sweet flavor.
USDA identification images for BlackPearl
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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We don't have any registered trees for this variety yet. If you have a BlackPearl tree you can register it here.
Origins
- Species: Prunus avium - Sweet cherry
Identification
- Country of origin: United States
- Period of origin: 2000
- Fruit colour: Red / Black
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Flower size: Small
- Fruit size: Average
- Fruit shape: Oval
Using
- Picking season: Early
- Keeping (of fruit): 1-3 days
- Flavour quality: Very good
- Cropping: Heavy
- Food uses: Eating fresh
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Flowering group: 2
- Pollinating others: Average
- Vigour: Slightly large
- Precocity: Precocious
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Growth habit: Upright
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Cherry universal pollinator: No
Climate
- Cold hardiness (USDA): Zone 5 (-29C)
- Climate suitability: Warm climates
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
Other qualities
- Bacterial canker: Some resistance
- Fruit splitting: Some susceptibility
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer BlackPearl cherry trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (USA) United States
BlackPearl cherry trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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