Attika ®
Attractive, very large red cherry, known for its size and crack resistance. Ripens just before Lapins. Blooms 4 to 5 days after Bing. Requires pollinizer. Such as Regina or Benton.
Crack Resistant
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Benton
(PC 7146-8) (USPP Pending)
Excellent quality, large fruit with a dark red skin. Harvest the same as Bing or slightly later. Moderate resistance to rain cracking. Rated higher than Bing in taste and firmness. Self-fertile.
New highly rated selection from WSU. Formerly known as Columbia.
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Bing
A large, firm, juicy fruit with red skin. The best pollen source is Van.
Industry’s standard cherry |
Brooks (USPP #6676)
Fruit is large and firm with high sugar content and skin has a pleasing color. Early harvest and susceptible to rain cracking. This is a good producer with low doubling in hot areas.
Introduced by UC |
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Chelan (USPP #8545)
Large to medium-size fruit with dark red skin and medium red flesh (similar to Bing). Very precocious tree growth with an early harvest. Moderate resistance to rain cracking. The best pollenizer is Index. Chelan is known to have better winter hardiness than Bing. Gisela rootstocks not recommended; may be incompatible with Mahaleb rootstock.
WSU release |
Sumnue-
Cristalina
(2C-61-22) (USPP Pending)
Fruit is heart-shaped and large to medium-size with an attractive dark red skin.Tolerant to rain cracking. Tree is very wide-spreading and harvests 5 days before Van. Best pollenizers are Sweetheart, Bing, Van, and Sandra Rose.
PICO release, excellent for
stemless market |
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Index (USPP #10459)
Large to medium-size fruit with dark red skin. Spreading and vigorous tree growth. Susceptible to rain cracking. Self-fertile, blooms early, and crops well. Chilling requirements are similar to Bing.
High quality WSU release |
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Lapins
Large and firm fruit with an exceptional, mouth-watering flavor and a dark red skin. Resistant to rain cracking and
self-fertile.
Popular in the Pacific Northwest |
Rainier
With its large firm fruit, Rainier is considered a top quality “white cherry.” Skin is a golden-yellow with a red blush. Large, very productive tree and a good pollenizer. Susceptible to rain cracking.
A much sought-after sweet delight
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Regina™ (USPP #11530)
Selection from Germany shown to be rain cracking resistant. Cherry is dark red, heart shaped and large. Blooms late and ripens between Skeena and Sweetheart. Van will not pollenize Regina.
Good crack resistance, late season cherry |
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Sandra Rose
(13S-10-40) (USPP Pending)
Round, large, slightly compressed and moderately firm fruit with excellent flavor. The skin is dark red and tree growth is spreading. Productive with good tolerance
to rain cracking. Self-fertile.
A new variety from PICO
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Santina (13S-5-22) (USPP Pending)
Oval-shaped fruit, slightly larger than Bing with similar firmness and good flavor for an early cherry. Mahogany skin has a bright lustre. Early harvest and moderately tolerant to rain cracking. Self-fertile.
Another new variety from PICO
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Selah™ (PC 7064-3) (USPP Pending)
Nice dark red cherry which is very large and ripening in Lapins time. It blooms with Bing and is self-fertile, making it a good pollenizer. A WSU release formerly known as Liberty Bell.
Outstanding size and self-fertile
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Skeena (13S-43-48) (USPP #11392)
Fruit is round and larger than Sweetheart with firmness as good as or better than Lapins. Thick stemmed variety with dark red to black skin. Spreading tree growth and some resistance to rain cracking. Self-fertile, precocious, and very productive.
New release from PICO
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Sumleta-
Sonata (13N-6-59) (USPP #11378)
Large, firm, flavorful, and sweet fruit with striking black color. May be susceptible to rain cracking. Self-fertile.
Another new release from PICO |
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Sweetheart
Average-size, very firm, round fruit with attractive red skin. Tree is spreading and upright. Tolerant to rain cracking, a heavy producer. Self-fertile and an excellent choice as a pollenizer.
Blooms early for an extended period of time. |
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Tieton (USPP #11385)
Very large fruit (10 to 14 grams) with mild flavor and export quality firmness. Dark red skin. Very early harvest. Gisela rootstocks are suggested to increase cropping potential.
Export quality release from WSU
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Van
Excellent quality fruit is slightly smaller with dark red skin. Resistant to rain cracking. An excellent pollenizer for most varieties; in particular, Bing.
Highly productive variety |
Cherry Rootstocks
EMLA Colt, Gisela™ 5*,
Gisela™ 6*, Gisela™ 12*,
Mahaleb, Mazzard , Performer |