Early Rivers cherry trees

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• Picking season: Very early
• Self-fertility: Not self-fertile

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.

Early Rivers organic cherry trees for sale

Next deliveries: December 2024 - February 2025

• 11 yeartree on Gisela 5 rootstock25.00€
  Medium tree (2m-3.5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  

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• 21 yeartree on Gisela 6 rootstock25.00€
  Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  

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• 31 yeartree on Mazzard Alkavo rootstock23.25€
  Very large tree (5m-6m+ after 10 years) Bare-root
  

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• 4Half-standard (2 years)tree on Gisela 6 rootstock34.00€
  Large tree (3m-5m after 10 years) Bare-root
  

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Click here to view estimated delivery charges. Our 2-year trees and some pot-grown trees are too big or unsuitable for mail-order and are only available for collection direct from the nursery. Please contact us if you wish to order.

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If you do not hear from us by March you can contact us to pre-order for next autumn.

Growing and Training

Early Rivers is a useful variety because it is very early ripening. However it flowers early and needs another compatible early-flowering variety to pollinate it.

Early Rivers characteristics

• Gardening skillExperienced - Fairly straightforward as long as you have another early-flowering pollinator.
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Flowering group1
• Picking seasonVery early
• Season of use1-3 days
• Food usesEating fresh
• Summer average maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
• Country of originUnited Kingdom
• Period of origin1850 - 1899
• Fruit colourRed - dark

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