Bethel Grove Gardens · Variety reference
Cherry Cordial
Biological type: Common (persistent)
Pollination: Unknown
Cutting reference$20.00
One-gallon reference$61.00
Reference estimates, not sale offers or mature-tree appraisals. Price evidence date not recorded.
No verified photograph yet
Fruit & growing traits
- Biological type
- Common (persistent)
- Crop habit
- Unifera / light breba
- Main crop ripening
- Early
- Flavor profile
- Berry
- Fruit size
- Small–medium
- Skin color
- Red to black
- Pulp color
- Dark red
- Hardiness / climate notes
- Zones 8–11; reports of ripening outside wasp country so likely persistent
Reported growth habit: Unknown
Origins & names
- Geographic origin
- Santa Barbara, California — seedling at the base of a large palm
- Possible origin
- USA
- Synonyms / alternate names
- Santa Barbara Cherry Cordial
- Same or nearly the same
- Possible Ficus carica × Ficus palmata seedling — not a Mission clone
- Popular close brother
- Unknown / not recorded
- Known parentage
- Suspected carica × palmata (spade/heart leaves, reddish stems)
- Reference year
- 2018
- First year (estimate)
- Found ~2018; FigBid from ~2019
- What the year means
- First named or first widely circulated
Evidence & reference values
- Confidence
- Medium — nursery / forum / regional commercial sources
- Key sources
- FigBid #44694077 1-gal sold $61; #71593280 rooted $40; #16613833 early air-layer $227; Orchevo
- Condit page
- Unknown / not recorded
- Notes
- Tart cherry + citrus + chocolate-skin bite. Jammy. Intensifies if dried on the tree. Early hype $227; current rooted $40–61.
- Commonality
- Rare
- Market availability
- FigBid scarce
Preserved earlier research
These earlier notes have not been reconciled with every catalog field. Edit the full description to replace this section with a current account.
Fig Database reproduces a grower account of a tree found in Santa Barbara by Fig Gazer. The account leaves open whether it was a seedling or a planted tree, so this is a reported discovery location rather than proven birthplace.
Preserved earlier research. The updated workbook fields above may differ; consult the cited sources when reports conflict.
This is a collection record based on the existing nursery catalog. Independent research and a complete historical review are still pending.