Morello cherry is often referred to as the cooking cherry because it is the variety most frequently used for making the delicious fragrant pies and jams we all know and love the fruits are packed with juice and the skin colour is dark red it is one of the most reliable croppers of all the sour cherries because it is self fertile late flowering and so less susceptible to frost damage plus it is incredibly disease resistant a real winner for any garden morello cherry is also a great tre