Early Rivers

One of the ealiest cherry varieties to ripen. Once widely grown in Kent.

Origin: Kent UK,

Pollination: Early Rivers is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

British-grown All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification. More ...

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Characteristics of Early Rivers cherry trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Dark Red
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size
Picking time
Season of use	Early
Tree vigour
Tree habit
Fruit-bearing
Cropping
Disease resistance	Bacterial Canker - Susceptible
Pollination date	0
Pollination group	A
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Incompatibility group	1
Pollinators	Pollination partners