PRUNUS avium 'NAPOLEON'

Wild cherry 'Bigarreau Napoléon' , Prunus avium 'Napoléon' , Prunus avium 'Bigarreau Napoléon' , Cherry 'Bigarreau Napoleon'

PRUNUS avium 'NAPOLEON'

Wild cherry 'Bigarreau Napoléon' , Prunus avium 'Napoléon' , Prunus avium 'Bigarreau Napoléon' , Cherry 'Bigarreau Napoleon'

Grafted fruiting cherry. White flower. Large fruit red/yellow.

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Maintenance advice : After harvesting, and only if necessary, give a formative pruning to even out, harmonize and ventilate branches. At the end of winter, cut off any dead wood. Cherry trees are only moderately pruned.
Botanical/Horticultural origin : Horticultural origin : known in Germany since before 1791
Use group : Fruit Trees
Height at 10 years : 6 m
Width at 10 years : 6 m
Growth : Medium
Fragrance : No
Exposure : Full sun
Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
Shape : tree like
Colour of leaves : Green
Colour of flowers : White
Soil type : Garden soil
Uses : Fruit tree

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Yellow and firm flesh, sweet and perfumed. Synonym : Lauermann (DE). Already cultivated by the Baron Von Truchess in 1791, given by Mr. Baars, an arborist from Herrenhausen, near Hanover. Named 'Napoleon' by Parmentier, a french arborist from Enghein in around 1820, then named 'Wellington' in retaliation, by the English. Ideal formed on stem being of modest size with horizontal branches. Good for jams.