cherry 'Colney'

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A late-season, sweet cherry producing white spring blossom, then a good crop of large fruit with shiny, black skins and very sweet and juicy, very dark red flesh and good resistance to splitting. It is self-sterile and requires a compatible pollination partner

Scientific classification

Species: cherry 'Colney' (Prunus avium 'Colney')
Genus: Prunus
Family: Rosaceae

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Toxicity: Fruit Edible · Trees
Plant type: 4-8 metres
Height: 2.5-4 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Bushy
Habit: Autumn · Spring · Summer
Season of interest: Full sun
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Distribution of cherry 'Colney'

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Culture

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Toxicity

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Quick identification of cherry 'Colney'

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cherry 'Colney' care guide

Deep watering during dry spells, allowing slight surface drying between soakings
Watering: Full sun
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Ideal temperature

Watering

Deep watering during dry spells, allowing slight surface drying between soakings

Fertilizing

Balanced shrub or tree feed once each early spring

Pruning

Train fan-trained trees in spring. Prune established fans, and carry out routine pruning on established cherry trees, when harvesting the fruits in summer

Propagation

Propagate by chip budding or grafting on clonal rootstock for fruit. Named cultivars will not come true from seed

Growing

The ideal position for sweet cherries is deep, fertile, well-drained, slightly acid soil in full sun. Cherries are best suited to fan-training so they can be netted against bird damage and the early blossom protected from frosts, though they can also be grown as small, open trees. See sweet cherry cultivation

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Common pests and diseases

Diseases

May be susceptible to peach leaf curl, silver leaf, bacterial canker, blossom wilt and honey fungus

Pests

May be susceptible to bird damage, cherry blackfly and other aphids, leaf-mining moths, pear and cherry slugworm, winter moth and other caterpillars. Spotted-wing drosophila, a fruit fly, is likely to become an increasing problem

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