- 1Alma
a small dark cherry which is reasonably sweet and well flavoured. Texture is between crisp and buttery.
- 2Belgian Rivers
A very early old sweet black cherry. Soft and buttery and sweet.
- 3Black Elton
A very good black heart-shaped cherry. Very sweet and meaty/firm textured.
- 4Bronnerkirsche
A buttery textured well flavoured dark cherry, one of my favourite mid/late cherries
- 5Colney
An attractive large black cherry once grown commercially.
- 6Coroon
A small black cherry with a juicy rich deep flavour, slightly acidic until fully ripe.
- 7Early Rivers
A large dry sweet cherry with mild acidity. Once widely grown in Kent.
- 8Emperor Francis
Exceptional cherry. A dark red sweet cherry with a pleasingly soft buttery texture which tastes like fine tawny port.
- 9Hertford
A large black heart shaped cherry with pink meaty/dry flesh.
- 10Jaboulay
A handsome large cherry. Very buttery texture and well flavoured, possessing both a meaty bite and tangy juice.
- 11Longley's Black Eagle
a very dark cherry with soft sweet flesh. a highly enjoyable eating experience.
- 12Mercer
An excellent dark big cherry with very dark juice, buttery texture and a strong rich flavour, one of my favourites.
- 13Merchant
An excellent giant cherry with a perfectly balanced rich flavour which melts in your mouth
- 14Mermat
An Excellent large black cherry, sweet buttery/soft texture balanced perfectly with a subtle acidic aftertaste.
- 15Merpet
a big dark sweet cherry which is not overly juicy but well flavoured
- 16Merton Bigarreau
A delicious sweet dark red sweet cherry with white flesh. Very unusual.
- 17Merton Premier
A dark cherry, buttery yellow flesh, slightly acidic flavour
- 18Pat
An excellent sweet black cherry, very juicy and buttery/soft texture, thick skin.
- 19Penny
A modern cherry raised at East Malling in Kent. Big, meaty and dry. Can develop a rich/acidic flavour when fully ripe.
- 20Roundel
A dark red heart shaped cherry once grown in Kent. Very buttery 'melts in mouth'. Flavour becomes very rich and sweet when fully ripe.
- 21Sofijskaja Ranaja
A large dark juicy cherry with a good rich flavour
- 22Stella
The most popular sweet cherry in the UK. Self-fertile and reliable cropper.
- 23Summit
A large dark red cherry once grown commercially in Kent. The flesh is meaty and richly flavoured with a good balance of intense sweetness and some aciditity.
- 24Sweetheart
One of the most popular modern commercial self-fertile eating cherries. meaty/dry texture and sweet when fully ripe.
- 25Waterloo
An Old black cherry, slightly juicy, meaty and sweet. Not as rich as the best.