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All about apples, pears, plums, and cherries - and orchards where they are grown

Cherry varieties

  • Roundish/heart-shaped. Fairly soft, a little fibrous, moderately juicy, good flavour, very good quality. Stone small.
  • Heart-shaped. Soft, a little fibrous, very juicy, good quality. Stone large.
  • Heart-shaped. Soft, rather fibrous, juicy, fair quality.
  • Roundish heart-shaped. Fairly sweet, moderately juicy, sweet, good quality. Stone small to medium.
  • Round/heart-shaped. Firm, sweet, juicy, good quality. Stone small.
  • Heart-shaped. Very soft, fibrous, fairly juicy, sweet, fair quality. Stone large.
  • A white-fleshed sweet cherry, self-fertile, and ripening in the mid-season, and productive - an ideal cherry tree for the backyard orchard.
  • Roundish heart-shaped. Moderately firm to soft, juicy, good quality.

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.