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Early Rivers Cherry Trees

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  • Eating.
  • Dark red.
  • Self Sterile.
  • Pollination Group A.
  • Crops in Early - Mid June.
  • Bareroot Delivery: Nov-March
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What to expect
Choose a size
  • Maiden: Unbranched tree, the most basic starting size, which you can train into the other forms (apart from mini patio trees; we only sell Little Miss Figgy), including wire-trained cordons, fans, and espaliers.
    • Some maidens are pre-cut to 80cm, ready to become a Bush, or 130cm, ready to become a Half-Standard.
  • Bush: Branched tree with a short trunk about 60cm tall.
    Will grow to about 3m. Ideal for any size garden.
  • Half-Standard: Branched tree with a trunk about 120cm tall.
    Will grow into a full sized, "normal" tree, about 4m. Ideal for orchards & large gardens, easy to mow underneath.
80cm Maiden
Bareroot
£24.99each
Qty
1-2
3 +
£
£ 24.99
£ 19.99
130cm Maiden
Bareroot
£24.99each
Qty
1-2
3 +
£
£ 24.99
£ 19.99
Bush
Bareroot
£34.99each
Qty
1-2
3 - 11
12 +
£
£ 34.99
£ 32.99
£ 29.99
Half-Standard
Bareroot
£44.99each
Qty
1-2
3 - 9
10 +
£
£ 44.99
£ 39.99
£ 36.99

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Description

Prunus Early Rivers - Early Season

Description of Early Rivers Trees & Cherries:
Early Rivers are lovely big, sweet, dark cherries. These trees are reliable early croppers, even with a cold and cloudy late spring. They are fast growing and when they are mature, they become very heavy croppers.

Browse our range of cherry trees or see the full variety of fruit trees.

Characteristics of Early Rivers Trees:

  • Self sterile.
  • Pollination Group A.
  • Some susceptibility to Canker.
  • Crop from Early June

Pollination Partners for Early Rivers Cherries:
Your trees must be pollinated to make fruit.
Merton Glory is the best pollination partner we grow for Early Rivers.

Rootstocks:
Our Early Rivers cherry trees are all grown on "Colt" rootstocks.
Maximum height 4 metres.

Growing Early Rivers Cherry Trees:

Rich soil is important - dig in plenty of good manure and compost before planting.
Soil drainage must be good.
The more sun your trees get the better your crops will be.
Cherry trees are targets for birds, so netting them is a good idea.
Only prune cherry trees in Summer.

Details about delivery sizes: Guide to Fruit Tree Sizing.

History & Parentage of Early Rivers:
A Kentish breed from the end of the 19th century.

What to expect

It's Spring Planting Season 2025

Pot grown plants on the nursery

Pot Grown & Plug Plants Delivered

From seedlings in jumbo plugs; Dahlia tubers; small P9 & 1 Litre plants; up to trees in big 15L pots
Expertly packed plants ready for delivery

Direct from the Nursery Value

We work with large batches of orders to save you money. Lead times for plants in stock are around 2 weeks
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No more broken plants in the post!

When your order is ready, it's expertly packed by Rodney and delivered by next day courier; if anything goes wrong, call Dan on 01963 359 444
Planting out potted plants in Spring

Spring is perfect planting time

Roots love the warm soil; the plant has time to settle in before mid-Summer heat
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