Early Richmond Pie Cherry is a heavy-producing, widely adapted tree that is vigorous and healthy in many climates and soils. Grows to 15-18′ tall. Early-ripening, flavorful, juicy, bright red fruit used primarily for cooking and canning and sometimes eaten fresh when fully ripe. The origin of this varietal is unknown but was planted in England in the early 1500s.

Latin Name: Prunus cerasus
Site and Soil: Early Richmond Pie Cherry Tree like full to 1/2 day sun and well-drained soil.
Rootstock Description: Colt is considered a semi-dwarf rootstock which produces trees about 80% of standard size. Colt is adapted to most soils and is hardy, vigorous, productive, and forms a well-branched tree. Sweet Cherries on Colt rootstock can grow to 12-15 ft. in height. Compact Stella, Hungarian and Pie Cherries will be smaller.
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile
Hardiness: Hardy to minus 40°F.
Bearing Age: 2 – 3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 15-18 ft. in height.
Taste: Tart, juicy, flavorful
Fruit Skin: Bright red
Bloom Time: Early April
Ripening Time: July-August
Yield: 50+ lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Bacterial Canker can damage Cherry trees. Symptoms of bacterial canker are dead branches and bronze colored exudation on branches or trunk. Apply a fall and winter copper spray to help prevent damage from this disease. To repel birds, you can cover your trees with netting or use flash tape to scare them away.
USDA Zone: 3-9

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The Sam Cherry Tree is very similar to the Bing cherry with dark, shiny, medium sized fruit but it is a little more tart than its sweet cousin. The tree bears heavy and is resistant to cracking.

Latin Name: Prunus avium
Site and Soil: Cherries like 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Rootstock Description: Colt is considered a semi-dwarf rootstock which produces trees about 80% of standard size. Colt is adapted to most soils and is hardy, vigorous, productive, and forms a well-branched tree. Sweet Cherries on Colt rootstock can grow to 12-15 ft. in height.
Pollination Requirements: Needs a pollinator and we suggest Bing, Royal Ann, and Lambert
Hardiness: Hardy to about minus 20 ° F.
Bearing Age: 2 – 3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 12-15 ft. in height.
Taste: Sweet-tart
Fruit Skin: Dark red
Bloom Time: Early April
Ripening Time: August
Yield: 50+ lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Bacterial Canker can damage Cherry trees. Symptoms of bacterial canker are dead branches and bronze colored exudation on branches or trunk. Apply a fall and winter copper spray to help prevent damage from this disease. To repel birds, you can cover your trees with netting or use flash tape to scare them away.
USDA Zone: 5-9

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Meteor Cherry Tree is genetically dwarf and only grows to about 10 feet in height. Meteor fruit is large, bright red with a clear yellowish flesh. It is a tart cherry and mainly used as a pie cherry.

Great fruit trees for the home garden, Pie Cherries are smaller trees than sweet cherries. They are covered with abundant flowers in late spring and produce heavy crops of tart and flavorful fruit, great for baking and making juice.

Latin Name: Prunus cerasus
Site and Soil: Cherries like 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Rootstock Description: 
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile.
Hardiness: Hardy to about minus 40°F or below.
Bearing Age: 2 – 3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: This tree is genetically dwarf and only grows to about 10ft. tall.
Taste: Tart
Fruit Skin: Bright red
Fruit Flesh: Clear, yellowish
Bloom Time: Early April
Ripening Time: Mid to late harvest
Yield: 50+ lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Bacterial Canker can damage Cherry trees. Symptoms of bacterial canker are dead branches and bronze colored exudation on branches or trunk. Apply a fall and winter copper spray to help prevent damage from this disease. To repel birds, you can cover your trees with netting or use flash tape to scare them away.
USDA Zone: 3

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The Bianco Rosato di Piemonte Cherry is the cherry traditionally used to make maraschino cherries. It was recently brought to the US directly from Italy.

One of our favorite fruits, everyone loves ripe Cherries. Especially sweet and delicious ones from your own tree. Enjoy Cherries fresh, dried, or frozen plus make delicious baked goods and juice. We offer the best varieties for the Northwest as well as for other regions of the U.S.

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Latin Name: Prunus carasus
Site and Soil: 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Rootstock Description: Colt is considered a semi-dwarf rootstock which produces trees about 80% of standard size. Colt is adapted to most soils and is hardy, vigorous, productive, and forms a well-branched tree.
Pollination Requirements: Requires another cherry variety for cross-pollination.
Hardiness: Hardy to about minus 20° F or below.
Bearing Age: 2-3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 12-15 ft. in height.
Taste: Sweet
Fruit Skin: Red
Bloom Time: Early April
Ripening Time: August
Yield: 50+ lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Bacterial Canker can damage Cherry trees. Symptoms of bacterial canker are dead branches and bronze colored exudation on branches or trunk. Apply a fall and winter copper spray to help prevent damage from this disease. To repel birds, you can cover your trees with netting or use flash tape to scare them away.
USDA Zone: 5

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One of our most reliable and productive varieties, Gold Cherry produces abundant crops of sweet and flavorful, bright yellow fruit. An easy to grow variety and especially nice for Northwest gardeners, it is disease-resistant and resists cracking after rain.

Latin Name: Prunus avium
Site and Soil: Cherries like 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
RootstockDescription: Gisela 6 is considered a semi-dwarf rootstock which produces trees about 80% of standard size. It is particularly well suited to heavy soils and grows to around 15-20 feet tall.
Pollination Requirements: Gold Cherry Cherry requires another Sweet Cherry variety nearby for pollination.
Hardiness: Hardy to minus 20°F. or below.
Bearing Age: 2 – 3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 15-20 ft. in height.
Bloom Time: Early April
Ripening Time: July
Yield: 50+ lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Bacterial Canker can damage Cherry trees. Symptoms of bacterial canker are dead branches and bronze colored exudation on branches or trunk. Apply a fall and winter copper spray to help prevent damage from this disease. To repel birds, you can cover your trees with netting or use flash tape to scare them away.
USDA Zone: 5
Sunset Western Zone: 2, 6-9,14, 15
Sunset Northeast Zone: Varies

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Try this unique and tasty pie cherry from Minnesota! Northstar Pie Cherry is self-fertile, naturally dwarf tree bears heavy crops of large, tasty, bright red fruit with red flesh and red juice. Northstar Pie Cherry grows to 6-8 ft. in height and is hardy to minus 40°F.

Latin Name: Prunus cerasus
Site and Soil: Pie Cherries like full to 1/2 day sun and well-drained soil.
Rootstock Description: Colt is considered a semi-dwarf rootstock which produces trees about 80% of standard size. Colt is adapted to most soils and is hardy, vigorous, productive, and forms a well-branched tree. Sweet Cherries on Colt rootstock can grow to 12-15 ft. in height. Compact Stella, Hungarian and Pie Cherries will be smaller.
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile.
Hardiness: Hardy to minus 40°F
Bearing Age: 2 – 3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 6-8 ft. in height
Taste: Tart
Fruit Skin: Bright red
Bloom Time: Early April
Ripening Time: July-August
Yield: 50+ lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Bacterial Canker can damage Cherry trees. Symptoms of bacterial canker are dead branches and bronze colored exudation on branches or trunk. Apply a fall and winter copper spray to help prevent damage from this disease. To repel birds, you can cover your trees with netting or use flash tape to scare them away.
USDA Zone: 3-8

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Hardier than most Sweet Cherries, the Kristin Cherry Tree has withstood temperatures to minus 25 degrees F., and below. Kristin Cherry produces abundant, large, dark burgundy fruit with flavorful, firm and juicy flesh.

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Latin Name: Prunus avium
Site and Soil: Cherries like 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Rootstock Description: Colt is considered a semi-dwarf rootstock which produces trees about 80% of standard size. Colt is adapted to most soils and is hardy, vigorous, productive, and forms a well-branched tree.
Pollination Requirements: Requires another Sweet Cherry variety nearby for cross-pollination.
Hardiness: Hardy to minus 25°F.
Bearing Age: 2 – 3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 12-15 ft. in height.
Taste: Sweet, juicy
Fruit Skin: Dark burgundy
Bloom Time: Early April
Ripening Time: July
Yield: 50+ lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Bacterial Canker can damage Cherry trees. Symptoms of bacterial canker are dead branches and bronze colored exudation on branches or trunk. Apply a fall and winter copper spray to help prevent damage from this disease. To repel birds, you can cover your trees with netting or use flash tape to scare them away.
USDA Zone: 4-8

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A favorite sweet cherry for home gardeners and commercial growers, Stella is prized for its large, sweet and juicy cherries. It makes a great pollenizer for other cherry trees and is also completely self-fertile, so if you only have room for one cherry tree, this is a great option.

One of our favorite fruits! Everyone loves ripe Cherries, especially sweet and delicious ones picked from your own tree. Enjoy Cherries fresh, dried, or frozen plus make delicious baked goods and juice. We offer the best varieties for the Northwest as well as for other regions of the U.S.

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Latin Name: Prunus avium
Site and Soil: 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Rootstock Description: Mazzard is a standard rootstock for sweet cherries. Vigorous, more tolerant of wet soils than Mahaleb (but good drainage still required). Resistant to root-knot nematodes and oak-root fungus.
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile
Hardiness: Hardy to minus 20° F. or below.
Bearing Age: 2 – 3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 20-35 ft. in height.
Taste: Sweet
Fruit Skin: Dark red, almost black
Bloom Time: Early April
Ripening Time: July
Yield: 50+ lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Bacterial Canker can damage Cherry trees. Symptoms of bacterial canker are dead branches and bronze colored exudation on branches or trunk. Apply a fall and winter copper spray to help prevent damage from this disease. To repel birds, you can cover your trees with netting or use flash tape to scare them away.
USDA Zone: 5-8

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A new completely self-fertile sweet cherry, Garnet Girl produces large sweet cherries with a dark nearly black skin. Trees are relatively disease resistant, and the fruits resist brown rot.

Latin Name: Prunus avium
Site and Soil: Cherries like 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Rootstock Description: Gisela 12 is considered a semi-dwarfing rootstock which produces trees about 60% of one grown on a Mazzard. Gisela 12 is adaptable to most soils and is hardy, precocious, productive, and forms an open, spreading, stocky tree. Sweet Cherries on Gisela 12 are very resistant to viruses and suckering.
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile
Hardiness: Hardy to about minus 20°F or below.
Bearing Age: 2 – 3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 15-20 ft. in height.
Taste: Sweet
Fruit Skin: Very dark, nearly black
Bloom Time: Early April
Ripening Time: Mid Season
Yield: 50+ lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Bacterial Canker can damage Cherry trees. Symptoms of bacterial canker are dead branches and bronze colored exudation on branches or trunk. Apply a fall and winter copper spray to help prevent damage from this disease. To repel birds, you can cover your trees with netting or use flash tape to scare them away.
USDA Zone: 5-8

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A taste test winner and one of the finest flavored sweet cherries around! A naturally semi-dwarfing tree, Craig’s Crimson Cherry Tree is self-fertile and a great choice for backyard growers as well as commercial orchardists! Cherries are dark red to nearly black with a sweet, spicy and delectable flavor.

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Latin Name: Prunus avium
Site and Soil: Cherries like 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Rootstock Description: Mazzard is a standard rootstock for sweet cherries. Vigorous, more tolerant of wet soils than Mahaleb (but good drainage still required). Resistant to root-knot nematodes and oak-root fungus.
Pollination Requirements: Self-fertile, will benefit from cross-pollination with another Sweet Cherry variety.
Hardiness: Hardy to minus 25° F. or below.
Bearing Age: 2 – 3 years after planting.
Size at Maturity: 10-12 ft. in height.
Taste: Sweet, spicy
Fruit Skin: Dark red to nearly black
Bloom Time: Early April
Ripening Time: July-August
Yield: 50+ lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Bacterial Canker can damage Cherry trees. Symptoms of bacterial canker are dead branches and bronze colored exudation on branches or trunk. Apply a fall and winter copper spray to help prevent damage from this disease. To repel birds, you can cover your trees with netting or use flash tape to scare them away.
USDA Zone: 5-8

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