Black Oliver

Black Oliver cherry trees for sale

• 1-year maiden bare-root tree 33.45€
  F12/1 rootstock
  Full size size (4.5m-6m after 10 years)
  

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How to grow

Black Oliver is fairly easy to grow, but like most English cherries it is not self-fertile and will need another compatible pollinator. The best partners are the Canadian self-fertile varieties such as Stella, Sunburst, Lapins, and Sweetheart. The traditional Morello culinary cherry is also compatible.

Black Oliver is reasonably disease-resistant and generally doesn't suffer from rain-induced fruit splitting. The tree is a fairly vigorous grower.

Black Oliver characteristics

• Gardening skillAverage
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Flowering group3
• Pollinating othersAverage
• Bearing regularityRegular
• Picking seasonMid
• CroppingGood
• Keeping1-3 days
• Useful forEating fresh
• Disease resistanceAverage
• Fruit splittingVery resistant
• Climate typeTemperate climatesMild damp climates
• Summer average maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
• Country of originUnited Kingdom
• Period of origin1900 - 1949
• Flower colourWhite
• Fruit colourBlack
• Fruit sizeAverage