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Sylvia Cherry Scionwood (Spring 2024)


A compact and crack-resistant sweet cherry.

Sylvia is a low-vigor, compact tree that is perfect for growing in containers. The tree is not self-fertile (Pollen Group IX according to Bob Andersen NYFQ 11.2 2003), and it will require another mid-late blooming cherry as a pollenizer. Regina is a good pollination partner for Sylvia.

The fruit is large and dark red. Ripening at the same time as Bing, it is firmer and sweeter than Bing. 

Sylvia is a cross of Van and Sam, made in 1957. It was not released by Summerland until 1988. 

Volume Pricing

Premiums are included in the following prices if applicable. These prices are for regular scion. Add $1 for clean scion.

Quantity Sylvia Cherry Scion
1 $12.00
2-5 $7.00
6-10 $6.00
11-99 $5.00
100+ $4.00

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$13.00 ea.

This is the full retail price for orders of 1 scion. You can get these scion for as low as $4.00 each – see Volume Pricing above. More about Pricing & Grading.

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Clean vs. Regular

Our clean scion is harvested from trees grown on G.16, which is extremely sensitive to viruses. These trees would not have survived if the scion contained viruses. Our clean wood has not been lab tested. Regular = may contain one of the common latent viruses; this is not usually a problem and can be used with most rootstocks.

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Sylvia is a low-vigor, compact tree that is perfect for growing in containers. The tree is not self-fertile (Pollen Group IX according to Bob Andersen NYFQ 11.2 2003), and it will require another mid-late blooming cherry as a pollenizer. Regina is a good pollination partner for Sylvia.

The fruit is large and dark red. Ripening at the same time as Bing, it is firmer and sweeter than Bing. 

Sylvia is a cross of Van and Sam, made in 1957. It was not released by Summerland until 1988. 


The Fruit

Fruit Type

Category: Cherry
Subcategory: Crack-Resistant, Sweet

Fruit Uses & Storage

Uses: fresh eating
Storage duration: less than one month (approximate, depending on storage conditions)

Fruit Appearance

Skin color: red
Flesh color: red

Fruit Origins

Parentage: Van x Sam
Origin: British Columbia, Canada
Introduced in: 1988
Introduced by: Dr. Ken Lapins, Summerland Research Station

The Environment

Calendar & Geography

USDA zones: 5 - 8
Chill hours: 800
Ripening date: Jun 20 (approximate, in New York State) + 0 days after Bing

Diseases & Pests

glossary

Bacterial Canker of Stone Fruit: Resistant

Pollination

Pollination Factors

glossary

Bloom group: 5
Is it self-fertile? Y
Is it fertile? Y
Ploidy: Diploid

Pollination Partners

Sweet cherries are not part of our search tool given various complexities. Please see our Pollenizer Search to run other queries and read how the application uses various factors. Also read more about fruit tree pollination.






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