Fruit Tree Database

Fruit Type

Cherry

Variety/Cultivar

Morello

Fruit Description

Sour cherries. The fruit is small to medium, red to dark red, and quite tart.

Common Uses

Juice, preserving, cherry pies, glace cherries. Juice from most cherries is surprisingly bland, but Morello cherry juice is delicious, despite the fruit being very sour to eat. If the juice is too sour for your taste, mix with juice from a sweet cherry.

Origin

Pollination

Self-fertile

Chill Hours

Blossom Time

Harvest Time

+5 days Bing

Production Notes

Not to be confused with rootstock cherries, which are tiny and dark black. Rootstock cherries are super-sour and not good for eating or preserving. Very heavy cropper.

Disease Susceptibility

Quite resistant to rain-cracking

Images

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