Black Tartarian Black Tartarian Black Tartarian (originally "Ronald's Large Black Heart") is an heirloom cultivar of cherry. It was brought from Circassia to England in the 1700s by a man named Hugh Ronalds, and from England it was brought to the United States in the 1800s. The fruit of the Black Tartarian is about one inch in diameter, with a unique taste and texture, but too soft for commercial shipping. It is primarily grown as a pollinator for other cherry varieties. The Black Tartarian cultivar is best suited for USDA Zones 5-7. It is a very vigorous, heavy-bearing variety, but is primarily
Seedless fruit Seedless fruit A seedless fruit is a fruit developed to possess no mature seeds. As consumption of seedless fruits is generally easier and more convenient, they are considered commercially valuable. Most commercially produced seedless fruits have been developed from plants whose fruits normally contain numerous relatively large hard seeds distributed throughout the flesh of the fruit. Common varieties of seedless fruits include watermelons, tomatoes, grapes (such as Termarina rossa), and bananas. Additionally, there are numerous seedless citrus fruits, such as oranges, lemons and limes. The term "seedless fruit" is biologically somewhat contradictory, since fruits are usually defined botanically as mature