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Early Rivers CherryA local, early cherry. |
| First Reported | c. 1872 |
| Location | Sawbridgeworth |
| Use | Dessert |
| Appearance | Glossy Black |
| Crops | June |
| Use | Immediately |
Early Rivers cherry is one of the earliest croppers. It is a lovely, heart-shaped, tender-fleshed, glossy black fruit, full of juice and sweet in flavour. Trees produce high quality fruit from mid-June onwards. They seem to thrive even in cold late spring weather.
According to Bunyard, this delicious cherry was raised by Thomas Rivers from Early Purple Gean and introduced about 1872. It is not self-fertile and will require other pollinators nearby, such as Bigarreau de Schrecken, Waterloo or Merton Glory.
The illustration below is from a beautiful watercolour by Miss May Rivers, the eldest daughter of Francis Rivers, circa 1892.
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