- Open-pollinated
- Cherry
- 75 (estimated) days to maturity (from transplant)
- Indeterminate
- Green
Green Doctors
Open-pollinated cherry from USA. Green cherry that regularly wins sweetness trials outright, whatever the colour. Ready in about 75 days from transplant.
Single source · Updated Sep 13, 2026 · Values marked like this (estimated) are estimates.
At a glance
- Fruit type
- Cherry ~1 oz (15–25 g) · Round (estimated)
- Leaf type
- Regular leaf
- Days to harvest
- 75 days (estimated) from transplant · Midseason
- Plant height
- 6–8 ft (180–240 cm) (estimated) Tall
- Spacing
- 24 × 35 in (60 × 90 cm) (estimated)
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Position
- Handles open positions
- Growing sites
- Greenhouse · Polytunnel · Open ground
- Container growing
- Not suited to pots
- Difficulty
- Moderate (estimated) 3/5
- Skin
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- Green
- Interior
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- Green
Plant size and habit
Tall · Indeterminate
6–8 ft (180–240 cm) (estimated) · Regular leaf
Green Doctors is an indeterminate plant that keeps growing and setting fruit until frost; it needs a stake, cage, or trellis for the whole season. Expect a plant of 6–8 ft (180–240 cm).
Flavor
“Green cherry that regularly wins sweetness trials outright, whatever the colour.”
Growing calendar
75 (estimated) days from transplant Midseason
Timing shown for temperate climates; sow indoors 6–8 (estimated) weeks before your last frost date. Look up your last frost date by ZIP code →
Disease resistance
No documented disease resistances — protect this variety with good airflow and crop rotation.
Uses & tags
- Fresh & salads
- Snacking
- High flavor
- Novelty color
- Rare collector
Origin
Green Doctors is a green cherry selected from the Doctor's family of varieties. Growers on Tatiana's TOMATOBase call it sweeter than Green Grape, and one notes an astringent aftertaste behind the sweetness.
Sources
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Questions
How do you grow a Green Doctors plant?
A Green Doctors plant grows 6–8 ft (180–240 cm) tall (estimated). Space plants 24 in (60 cm) apart in rows 35 in (90 cm) apart (estimated). Start seed indoors 6–8 weeks before your last frost (estimated); it germinates in 7–14 days (estimated). It needs full sun.
How long does Green Doctors take to mature?
Green Doctors is ready in about 75 days from transplant.
Does Green Doctors need staking?
Green Doctors is an indeterminate plant that keeps growing and setting fruit until frost; it needs a stake, cage, or trellis for the whole season. Expect a plant of 6–8 ft (180–240 cm).
Can Green Doctors be grown in a container?
Green Doctors is better suited to open ground or a greenhouse bed than a container.
Is Green Doctors resistant to disease?
No disease resistance is documented for Green Doctors.
