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Tasting notes and identification advice for apples, pears, plums, cherries and other orchard varieties.

Cherry varieties

  • Heart=shaped. Firm, crisp, juicy, sweet, good flavour and quality. Flowers frost-resistant.
  • Very resistant to splitting. Sweet, pleasant flavour.
  • Very good flavour, Fruit borne singly.

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.