Cherry Tree Pollination
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We grow a good range of self fertile sweet Cherry Trees that do not need to be pollinated. 
However, more than half of our range, including all the earliest cropping cherries, will need a pollination partner to bear fruit.
Pollination Groups:
Cherry trees will cross pollinate with trees in the same pollination group & the Pollination groups next to it.
For Example:
- A tree in group B will cross-pollinate with trees in groups A, B & C
| Name | Harvest | Pollination Group | Fertility |
| Early Rivers | Early | A | Self Sterile |
| Knight's Early Black | Mid | B | Self Sterile |
| Merton Glory | Mid | B | Self Sterile |
| Amber Heart | Early | C | Self Sterile |
| Merton Bigarreau | Mid | C | Self Sterile |
| Petit Noir | Mid | C | Self Fertile |
| Van | Late | C | Self Sterile Excellent Pollinator |
| Colney | Late | D | Self Sterile |
| Lapins Cherokee | Mid | D | Self Fertile |
| Bigarreau Napoleon | Late | D | Self Sterile Poor Pollinator |
| Penny | Late | D | Self Sterile |
| Skeena | Late | D | Self Fertile |
| Stella | Late | D | Self Fertile Excellent Pollinator |
| Summer Sun | Late | D | Self Fertile |
| Sunburst | Late | D | Self Fertile |
| Sweetheart | V Late | D | Self Fertile |
| Vega | Late | D | Self Sterile |
| Kordia | Mid | E | Self Sterile |
| Morello (Sour Cherry) | Late | F | Self Fertile |
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