Cherry varieties

• a(9)
• b(34)
• c(17)
• d(8)
• e(11)
• f(5)
• g(17)
• h(10)
• i(2)
• j(1)
• k(10)
• l(10)
• m(21)
• n(14)
• o(3)
• p(8)
• r(13)
• s(36)
• t(7)
• u(3)
• v(11)
• w(8)
• y(3)

• Valera

  Good flavour.

• Van

  

  Heart-shaped. Very firm, sweet, pleasant flavour, moderately juicy. Stone small. Grown commercially world-wide.

• Vega

  Firm, sweet. Stone small.

• Venus

  Moderately firm.

• Vic

  Firm, sweet.

• Victoria Black

  Heart-shaped. Soft, poor flavour, fairly sweet, juicy, fair to good quality. Stone medium.

• Viscount

  Kidney-shaped. Firm, juicy, very good quality.

• Vista

  Firm.

• Vittoria

  Round-kidney shaped. Very firm, crisp, sweet, slightly acid, aromatic, juicy. Stone small, semi-free. Good for mechanical harvesting/canning.

• Viva

  Semi-firm.

• Vogue

  Firm, sweet. Small stone.

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.