Cherry Sunburst

With Cherry Stella as one of its parents, Canadian-bred Cherry Sunburst is the first self-fertile black cherry, cropping a little earlier than Cherry Stella. The fruit is large, glossy and almost black, with a very good, sweet flavour and texture. Very easy to pick.Self-fertile, but may crop better with a different variety of cherry nearby. Vigorous, spreading tree, heavy, regular cropper – thin fruits if crop is too heavy. Best trained against a warm wall, so the fruit can be protected from birds. Prune only in summer.

Site: Warm, sheltered, sunny site
Soil: Any reasonably well drained
Position: Full sun
Pick: Late July
Keep: A week
Hardiness: Hardy
Pollination: Self-fertile. Pollination Group 4
Uses: Eating and preserving

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