Red, black or white Nanking cherry?

Black fruit on a shrub that grows much like a larger Nanking Cherry. We know it as a Nanking Cherry and Western Sandcherry hybrid; that parentage is not independently confirmed.

Solid white Nanking cherries held in a hand, from Doug’s selected original Field Note

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White Nanking Cherry

Large plug

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Solid ivory white fruit from an unnamed cultivar grown at Oak Summit Nursery. Its cultivar name and pollination compatibility remain unverified.

A dash means our sources did not give that detail.

Plant	Grown for	Identity and propagation	Fruit	Pollination
Nanking Cherry	Red fruit and spring flowers	Species offer; propagation is not specified for every plant sold.	Sweet tart red cherries, about half an inch across.	Mostly self sterile; two or more bushes usually improve fruit set. Black Nanking can serve as a pollinator.
Black Nanking Cherry	Black fruit	Parentage is our account, not independently confirmed.	Black fruit, like its Western Sandcherry parent.	Needs a pollinator; plant a red Nanking nearby.
White Nanking Cherry	White fruit from an unnamed selection	Unnamed white cultivar; no seedling propagation is assumed.	Solid white fruit shown in the nursery Field Note.	Requirements and compatibility have not been verified.

What we know and do not know

Two or more red Nanking bushes set fruit better, and Black Nanking works as a partner. Black Nanking’s reported hybrid parentage rests on our account. White Nanking is an unnamed white cultivar; its pollination needs and compatibility have not been verified. It is not assigned a red or black partner here.