Early Rivers

Early Rivers

Price range: 26,50 € through 64,50 €

One of the earliest-ripening cherries, ready to pick in early June in north-western Europe.

Choose your tree form

1 year old grafted tree – approx. 1–2 m

Half-standard – 1 to 1.5 m stem

Low-stem tree – approx. 60 cm stem

Standard tree – 1.8 m stem and over

Cherry rootstock options

Colt – approx. 4.5 m mature height

GiselA 5 – approx. 2.5 m mature height

GiselA 6 – approx. 3.5 m mature height

Mazzard – approx. 8 m mature height

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SKU: 4209 Category: Cherry trees

Early Rivers is a traditional English dark red cherry variety, raised by the famous Rivers Nursery in Hertfordshire in the 1860s.

The flavour is very good, and this is one of the earliest cherries available – ripening in early June in the south of England.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

English variety bred by Thomas Rivers at Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, from a seedling of Early Purple Gean, first fruiting around 1869 then introduced in 1872.

Origin

Period of origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Harvest period

Eating / keeping period

Use

Sweetness / acidity

Disease resistance

Self-fertility

Pollinator value

Ploidy

Origin and identity

Parentage

Seedling of Early Purple Gean

Synonyms

Guigne Early Rivers, Précoce de Rivers, Bigarreau précoce de Rivers

Growth and adaptation

Vigour and habit

Strong vigour, habit sometimes described as semi-weeping or spreading, productive tree with a very early harvest

Pollination and fertility

Alleles

S1S2

Variety characteristics

Origin and identity

Growth and adaptation

Pollination and fertility

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