Cherry varieties

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• Bada

• Bailey's Early Black

  Soft, fibrous, fairly juicy. Sweet. Medium stone.

• Balaton

  A late-season tart cherry, great for pies and jams, with a sweet tangy flavor and high sugar content - can also be eaten out of hand.

• Bear Creek Early

  Firm, sweet, keeps well.

• Bedford Prolific

  Heart-shaped, soft, juicy, fair to good flavour.

• Belle Agathe

  Roundish ovoid. Very firm, fibrous.

• Bianca di Verona

  Bred for ease of mechanical havesting.

• Bigarreau de Mezel

  Heart-shaped. A little fibrous, moderately juicy, good flavour.

• Bigarreau de Schrecken

  Heart-shaped. Firm, juicy. Good flavour.

• Bigarreau Gaucher

  Roundish. Quite firm. Good flavour. Fruit transports well.

• Bigarreau Jaboulay

  Heart-shaped. A little fibrous, juicy, sweet. Good flavour. Stone large.

• Bigarreau Moreau

  Roundish. Quite firm, sweet, juicy. Popular commercially.

• Bigarreau Napoleon

  

  Long heart-shaped. Very firm, moderate juice, sweet, rich flavour.Stone large. Grown commercially for processing.

• Bigarreau Reverchon

  Heart-shaped. Very firm, juicy, good quality. Grown commercially.

• Bing

  Roundish. Very firm and crisp. Good flavour. Aromatic. Juicy. Important comercially in the US.

• Black Cluster

  Soft, juicy, quite good quality.

• Black Downton

  Roundish. Soft, not fibrous, juicy, rich flavoured good quality. Black skin has a paler stripe.

• Black Eagle

  Roundish heart-shaped. Firm, not fibrous, juicy, sweet, rich flavour, good quality. Fairly small stone.

• Black Elton

  Longish heart-shaped. Soft, slightly fibrous, juicy, good to very good quality.

• Black Heart

  Heart-shaped. Soft, juicy, sweet, fair to good quality.

• Black Oliver

  

  Roundish to heart-shaped. Fairly soft, fibrous, juicy, fair to good quality.

• Black Tartarian

  Long ovoid. Firm, not very fibrous, juicy, sweet, rich flavour. Good to very good quality. Stone small.

• BlackGold

  BlackGold is an early/mid-season self-fertile sweet black cherry.

• BlackPearl

  BlackPearl is an early season dark cherry with a firm flesh and sweet flavor.

• Bolium

  Oval. Soft, a little fibrous, juicy, fair quality, slightly tangy-swet. Stone medium.

• Bowyer Heart

  Roundish. Firm, a little fibrous, juicy, very sweet, good quality. Large stone.

• Bradbourne Black

  Heart-shaped. Firm, juicy, good rich flavour, quality good. Medium stone.

• Brooks

  Firm, fibrous, sweet, excellent balanced flavour. Stone nearly free.

• Buch

• Burcombe

  Soft, fibrous, juicy, sweet. Good for bottling.

• Burlat

  

  Heart-shaped. Moderately firm, juicy, sweet. Stone semi-free.

• Burr's Seedling

  Short heart-shaped. Firm, a little fibrous, juicy, good quality.

• Buttners Rote

  Roundish. Soft, fibrous, juicy, sweet, good quality.

• Buttners Spate Rote Knorpelkirsche

  Heart-shaped. Very firm, crisp, moderately juicy, very sweet and aromatic.

We are grateful to Martin Crawford of Agroforestry Research Trust, for assistance with cherry data. Martin is also the author of a number of books, most recently Creating a Forest Garden.