Northwest Cherries
Cherry Varieties
- CHELAN
The leading early-ripening sweet cherry of the Pacific Northwest. Fruit ripens two weeks ahead of Bing, yet resembles Bing with firm, round, heart-shaped fruit of good size. The best deep, mahogany red cherry before Bing and less susceptible to rain-cracking.
- TIETON
Extraordinarily large in size, with excellent firmness and a mild sweet flavor. Tieton is an early-season mahogany red cherry, ripening one week before Bing. The impressive size, attractively glossy fruit, and thick green stems produce a visually stunning fruit for premium displays.
- BING
The leading commercial sweet cherry in North America. Fruit is firm, juicy and a deep mahogany red when ripe. Exceptionally large fruit of the finest quality with an intensely sweet, vibrant flavor. Bing has become the standard to which other varieties are compared.
- RAINIER
A very attractive, exceptionally large, yellow cherry with a bright red blush. Rainier has a distinctive and superior appearance among sweet cherry varieties. Delicately flavored with extraordinary sugar levels, the flesh is pure yellow, very firm and finely textured. A premium niche variety that ripens after Bing.
- LAPINS
A large, highly crack-resistant, mahogany red cherry that is rapidly replacing the late-season variety Lambert. Lapins matures ten days to two weeks after Bing, exhibiting excellent firmness and flavor. As with all Northwest Cherries, Lapins creates a beautiful display.
- SKEENA
Large, very firm and sweet, Skeena continues to grow in popularity with consumers and growers. Maturing about 16 days after Bing, this dark red to almost black variety has a very dense texture. A great late-season variety which will keep you in cherries until the end of July.
- SWEETHEART
A large, bright red cherry maturing one week to ten days after Lapins (3 weeks after Bing). Sweetheart has a mild, sweet flavor and outstanding firmness. This heart-shaped cherry ships extremely well and will keep your late July and August cherry displays full.