Early Rivers Cherry Find a stockist Contact The Tree Shop Back To List Description: Early Rivers is a very popular, reliable eating variety. A black cherry that's noted for it's earliness and exceptional fruit size. Heavy crops of large, heart-shaped, red to black cherries with very dark flesh; flavour is delicious. A very vigorous and spreading habit. Some resistance to leaf spot and fruit splitting. History: Originates from the famous Rivers Nursery at Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire in 1869. Grown for hundreds of years in Kent and still remains well-known to the area. Pollination Partners: Cherry Celeste Cherry Lapins Cherokee Cherry Morello Cherry Skeena Cherry Stella Cherry Sunburst Cherry Sweetheart Cherry Waterloo Attributes Uses: Eating Picking month: Late June Pollination group 1 Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… Vega Cherry A very large white exhibition cherry often over 12gms in weight. Exquisite flavoured eater. Pick in late July. Full Details Sunburst Cherry Large fruit, sweet with great flavour and texture. Self fertile, easy to grow and have good storage! Full Details Van Cherry Heavy crops of very firm and large, true black cherries. Superb eating quality and great for cooking into pies! Full Details Napoleon Bigarreau Cherry Large, long heart shaped dessert variety. An excellent white cherry with a shiny finish. Full Details
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