Nimba cherry
Prunus aviumNimba is a modern large-fruited red sweet cherry, ripening right at the start of the cherry season.
USDA identification images for Nimba
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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Tree register
We don't have any registered trees for this variety yet. If you have a Nimba 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
- Fruit colour: Red - dark
- Flower colour: White
- Flowering duration: Average (2-3 weeks)
- Flower form: Single flower (5-8 petals)
- Fruit size: Large
- Alleles: 2
- Alleles: 3
Using
- Picking season: Very early
- Keeping (of fruit): 1-3 days
- Flavour quality: Very good
- Cropping: Heavy
- Fruit persistence: Normal ripening
- Food uses: Eating fresh
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Flowering group: 2
- Pollinating others: Average
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Precocity: Precocious
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
- Sunlight: Prefers full sun
- Growth habit: Upright-spreading / Vase
- Cherry universal pollinator: No
Climate
- Chill requirement: Low-chill 400-450
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Climate suitability: Warm climates
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Average
- Fruit splitting: Some susceptibility
- Blossom wilt: Very susceptible
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Nimba cherry trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Nimba cherry trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
No orchards have registered as growing this variety. If you grow this and want to register please go to our Orchard Registration form.