Early Rivers Cherry Trees Early Rivers are lovely big, sweet, dark cherries. These trees are reliable early croppers, even with a cold and cloudy late spring. They're fast growing and when they're mature, they become very heavy croppers. Browse our range of cherry trees or see the full variety of fruit trees. Features Self sterile. Pollination Group A. Some susceptibility to Canker. Crop from Early June Pollination Partners for Early Rivers Cherries:Your trees must be pollinated to make fruit.Merton Glory is the best pollination partner we grow for Early Rivers. Rootstocks:Our Early Rivers cherry trees are all grown on "Colt" rootstocks.Maximum height 4 metres. Growing Early Rivers Cherry Trees: Rich soil is important - dig in plenty of good manure and compost before planting. Soil drainage must be good. The more sun your trees get the better your crops will be. Cherry trees are targets for birds, so netting them is a good idea.Only prune cherry trees in Summer. Details about delivery sizes: Guide to Fruit Tree Sizing. History & Trivia Bred by Thomas Francis Rivers (1830-1899) in 1869-1872, at his famous Nursery in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, founded in 1725, which was the UK’s oldest nursery when it closed in 1987. Mr Rivers also gave us the Czar plum and Conference Pear. Early Rivers was “adopted” by Kent, where it became one of the most popular cherries to grow from the end of the 19th century.
