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Cherries
have a flowering period of eighteen to twenty
days, twice that of plums, and except for the
very earliest and latest, they overlap. Yet this
plays little or no part in their pollination and
only certain groups will prove fertile with each
other.
Below the most popular cherries and their pollinators
are listed.
Variety - Pollinators
Amber Heart - Napoleon, Roundel Heart, Governor
Wood
Napoleon - Bradbourne Black, Roundel Heart
Bradbourne Black - Napoleon, Roundel Heart
Roundel Heart - Amber Heart, Napoleon, Bradbourne
Black, Governor Wood
Governor Wood - Amber Heart, Roundel Heart, Early
Rivers
Early Rivers - Governor Wood
At the John Innes Institute at Merton, South
London, it was found that pollen of Napoleon treated
with X-rays and used on Emperor Francis, produced
self-fertile mutations. The variety Stella is
the result of this and may be the first of self-fertile
cherries which come into fruit more quickly.
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