Early Rivers Cherry Back To List Cherry 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: June Pollination group: Pollination group 1 Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydCo. AntrimCo. DownCo. WestmeathConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDublinDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… Noir de Guben Cherry Large, dark red to black cherry with a distinctive heart-shape. Fruit resists cracking well and has a good shelf life. Full Details Black Oliver Cherry Medium-large round black fruit. Flesh dark red, soft, juicy. Vigorous, upright spreading tree. Full Details Bigarreau Gaucher Cherry Large, round, dark red flesh. Fairly firm and juicy. Very good quality fruits, an upright, vigorous grower. Full Details Zoe Cherry Large black cherry which is firm and late. Similar to Penny but with shorter stalk. Full Details
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