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Sir Douglas

  • Sir Douglas cherry varietyMatures early to mid-season
  • Shows intermediate cropping efficiency
  • Upright growth habit
  • Medium to strong tree vigour
  • Fruit size medium to large, averaging 9 grams; 77% of fruit sampled had a diameter greater than 25 millimetres
  • Fruit is cordate shaped
  • Fruit skin and flesh colour is mahogany
  • Eating quality of the fruit is fair to good (sugars 19%, acid 3.6)
  • Fruit are firm and slightly susceptible to cracking in an average rainfall year (3.5% cracks)
  • Fruit stalk length is 30–40mm
  • Stone size is intermediate, 10–15 mm long
  • The variety is self-fertile