Acid cherry trees

Acid cherries belong to a distinct but closely related species Prunus cerasus. The fruit is smaller than sweet cherries, has a strong cherry flavour and is of course acid. These are the best cherries for jam. Click here for a guide to choosing cherry trees.

1Albalu
Pre-order from May
A high quality Iranian acid cherry with strong cherry flavour excellent for jam and other culinary uses.
2Brusseler Brauner
Graft to order
An old culinary cherry suited to cold climates
3Ispolinskaya Vlkova
Graft to order
old Russian culinary cherry
4Kentish Red
Graft to order
A small red cherry once grown in many parts of Kent.
5Marasca Luxardo
Graft to order
small acid Croatian cherry, commercially grown in Italy and used for making spirits
6May Duke
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A traditional red cooking cherry once widely grown in Kent.
7Montmorency
Pre-order from May
A high quality culinary cherry very popular in America for cherry pies and jams.
8Morello
Pre-order from May
The best known and most widely grown of the acid cherries in the UK.
9Nabella
Graft to order
A high quality acid culinary cherry excellent for jams and pies
10Prunus Mahaleb Magyar
Graft to order
a species of wild acid cherry from Hungary