Merchant

An excellent big cherry with a perfectly balanced flavour which melts in your mouth

Origin: Cambridgeshire UK,

Pollination: Merchant 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 ...

Merchant cherry trees produced to order

Closing date for custom graft orders: 14 Jul 2025

We do not stock this variety, but we can produce custom-graft trees for you. Trees can be grafted on any of the following rootstocks:

Form	Rootstock	Price	Quantity
Maiden	ColtSemi-vigorous	£39.00

Custom graft trees would be supplied in December 2026. More details of our custom grafting service here.

History and description of Merchant

A perfect cherry for those who prefer softer traditional cherries to modern meaty/dry cherries.

Characteristics of Merchant cherry trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Dark Red
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Large
Picking time	June
Season of use	Early Mid
Tree vigour
Tree habit
Fruit-bearing
Cropping
Disease resistance	Bacterial Canker - Resistant
Suitable for	Northern Britain
Pollination date	0
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Incompatibility group	0
Pollinators	Pollination partners