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Cherry
Colney 
Cherry
Merchant 

 

 

 
SummaryFirm, average to good flavour. Skin colour is black/purple.
Good flavour.



Identification

Colney
Merchant



Fruit colour




Flesh colour




Fruit size




Fruit shape




Using

Colney
Merchant



Flavor




Flavour style




Ripening periodMid season
Mid-Late season



Use/Keeping




Cooking result




Growing

Colney
Merchant



Picking




Cropping




Vigour




PollinationFlowering group 3
Flowers Mid season
Self-sterile
Flowering group 4
Flowers Mid-Late season
Self-sterile
Gardening skill




ProblemsCanker - Some resistance
Canker - Some resistance
Fruit splitting - Some susceptibility

Other

Colney
Merchant



Country of originUnited Kingdom
United Kingdom



Other qualitiesAwards 2003
Awards 1995