Growers predict:
UK: Longest and largest cherry season ever after warm winter
The boom has been sparked by the fifth warmest winter since records began, meaning blossom has already begun appearing on trees.
It is thought the first harvest of the season will come a month earlier than usual for some and, due to millions of pounds of investment, thousands of new trees will also blossom.
Experts from the British Cherry industry body even believe this year's crop will double last year's volume – with a bumper harvest of up to 4,000 tonnes.
In Somerset, grower William Hebditch is more cautious, warning that: "a frost next week could finish everything," but trees are in bloom a week early at his family-run business, New Cross Fruit Farm, South Petherton.
A spokesperson for British cherry farmers, said: "It's an exciting year for the British cherry industry. "We're starting to reap the benefits of years of investment to reduce the need for imports and give consumers what they want – large, juicy, British cherries that can have more sugars than their foreign counterparts. He added: "We are seeing a sweet comeback for British cherries.
"For the first time ever, British cherries will hit the supermarket shelves in early June right through to September."
Source: westerndailypress.co.uk