Table 2: List of the descriptors used for C&E of the cherry genetic resources by at least two-third of the respondents, as resulting from the survey carried out in the COST action 1104.
| Category of descriptors | Descriptors used both in sweet and sour cherry | Used exclusively in sweet cherry | Used exclusively in sour/duke cherry | |
| Tree | vigor | habit | ||
| Yield | fruit size | fruit weight | ||
| Fruit (outer quality) | shape | color of skin | length of stalk | |
| Fruit (inner quality) | color of flesh | color of juice | ||
| firmness | sweetness/acidity | taste/eating quality | ||
| juiciness | stone: shape in ventral view | |||
| Phenology | time of flowering | time of ripening | ||