Firm, good flavour. Self fertile.
Sweetheart cherry identification images
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USDA identification images for Sweetheart
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Parents and other ancestors of this variety
- Van (parent)
Visitor reviews
- 13 Oct 2012 WISCONSIN, United StatesVery firm. Keeps extremely well when refridgerated. Has a great taste. I happen to like softer juicier fruit when cooking with sweet cherries, but it also does okay there.
Tree register
United Kingdom
- Billy Auger in Hopton Wafers, SHROPSHIRE
- Cassandra in Wirral, MERSEYSIDE
- Deborah Kaufmann in Hyde,
- Howard Green in Whitby, NORTH YORKSHIRE
- Mick Espley in Llandrindod Wells, POWYS
- Nathalie Mills-Oaka in London, LONDON
Origins
- Species: Prunus avium - Sweet cherry
- Originates from: Canada
Identification
- Awards: RHS AGM (current)
- Country of origin: Canada
- Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
- Fruit colour: Red
- Flower colour: White
- Leaf colour: Green
- Popularity: Best sellers
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
- Alleles: 3
- Alleles: 4
Using
- Picking season: Late
- Keeping (of fruit): 1-3 days
- Flavour quality: Very good
- Cropping: Heavy
- Fruit persistence: Ripens over a period
- Food uses: Eating fresh
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Beginner
- Flowering group: 3
- Pollinating others: Good
- Vigour: Vigorous
- Precocity: Precocious
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Cherry universal pollinator: Yes
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
- Cold hardiness (RHS): H6 (to -20C)
Other qualities
- Fruit splitting: Some resistance
- Brown rot: Some susceptibility
- Shot-hole / Bacterial canker: Some susceptibility
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Sweetheart cherry trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (USA) United States
Sweetheart cherry trees - Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Sweetheart cherry trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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