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open-pollinated
Sweet Aperitif
Also sold as: Sweet Aperitif Tomato
British open-pollinated cherry bred by Mark Rowland, renowned for very high sugar combined with a refreshing acidic tang and huge yields.
- Shape
- Round
- Fruit type
- Cherry
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 13 g (10–15 g)
- Days to maturity
- 80 days
- Sweetness
- Very high
- Flavour intensity
- Very high
- Productivity
- Very high
- Cracking resistance
- Medium
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Growing advice
- Containers
- Suitable for containers
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Heat tolerance
- Medium
- Cool-climate suitability
- High
- Growing notes
- A high-sugar/high-acid cherry rather than a bland sweet type. Pick fully red for maximum sugar and keep watering even to limit splitting in thin-skinned fruit.
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