Hedelfingen cherry trees

Prunus avium 'Hedelfingen'

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• Picking season: Late
• Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
• Fruit color: Red / Black

Hedelfingen is an old-fashioned dark red / black sweet cherry, which ripens late-season.

Hedelfingen sweet cherry trees for sale

• Full-size 1-year bare-root tree $38.95
  Mature height: 16ft-24ft after 10 years
  Vigorous rootstock
  

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How to grow

Despite its age Hedelfingen has many of the features modern growers expect. It crops regularly and reliably from a young age, is cold hardy, reasonably resistant to fruit splitting, and produces a tidy tree which is easy for hand-picking.

It needs pollinating by another compatible sweet cherry.

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History

Hedelfingen is thought to originate from central Europe in the 18th or 19th century.

Hedelfingen characteristics

• Gardening skillAverage
• Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
• Pollination group3
• Pollinating othersAverage
• Picking seasonLate
• UsesEating freshDual purpose
• Keeping (of fruit)1-3 days
• General resistanceGood
• Cold hardiness (USDA)Zone 5 (-29C)
• Country of originGermany
• Period of origin1800 - 1849
• Fruit colorRed / Black