Knight's Early Black

• Picking season: Early
• Country of origin: United Kingdom
• Self-fertility: Not self-fertile

Knight's Early Black is a traditional English early-season black cherry. The flavour is well-regarded, and the tree is reasonably problem-free and productive.

Prunus avium

Knight's Early Black cherry trees for sale

• 1-year maiden bare-root tree 24.45€
  F12/1 rootstock
  Full size size (4.5m-6m after 10 years)
  

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Next deliveries

Deliveries resume December 2020

How to grow

Knight's Early Black is self-sterile and needs to be pollinated by another variety which blooms at the same time and is in the same incompatibility group - the simple answer is to plant a modern self-fertile variety nearby, such as Stella, but Van and Amber Heart are also options.

History

It is likely that Knight's Early Black was raised by T.A. Knight at his orchard near Elton, Herefordshire, in the early 19th century. It achieved some commercial success particularly in Kent, and there are probably several different forms of this variety.

Knight's Early Black characteristics

• Picking seasonEarly
• CroppingGood
• Keeping1-3 days
• Useful forEating fresh
• Gardening skillAverage
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Flowering group3
• Pollinating othersAverage
• PloidyDiploid
• VigourAverage vigour
• Bearing regularityRegular
• Fruit splittingSome resistance
• Disease resistanceGood
• CankerSome resistance
• Climate typeTemperate climatesMild damp climates
• Summer average maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
• Country of originUnited Kingdom
• Period of origin1800 - 1849
• Flower colourWhite
• Fruit colourBlack