- The large heart-shaped treats have yellow with a red blush skin and distinctive yellow flesh.
- The texture is firm and tender.
- Considered the sweetest of all cherries.
- Favorite in colder regions.
- The cherries are very sensitive to temperature, wind, and rain while ripening.
- Pollinated by Van,Bing, Lapins
- Cherries are a practical fruit for home orchards where climate and soil conditions are suitable.
- Not self-fruitful- a pollinator is required.
- Harvest 4-5th year.
- USDA Zone 5-9, Requires 700 chill hours to set fruit.
- Protect when temperatures fall below -20°F.
- Approximate harvest period (for Central CA): Late May / June.
- Grafted onto Mahaleb rootstock
- Click here to view our "Fruit Tree Variety Chart"
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This is a pre-ordered item. It will be ready to ship starting January 2026.
Tips:
- Once established, they require little maintenance and are reliable producers.
- They are best adapted to areas where summers are moderately cool and have low humidity.
- They are usually the last fruit to bloom and the first to ripen.
- Sensitive to wet, tight soils.
- Susceptible to birds, brown rot, and bacterial canker.
- The trees are 2 years old and you can expect to harvest 4th or 5th year.
- Relatively tolerant of wet soils (but good drainage still required).
- This fruit tree is shipped dormant and bare-rooted.
- Please see our "Dormant Tree & Plant Guarantee" below
What is a Bare Root Fruit Tree? A Bare root fruit tree is a 2-3 year old fruit tree which has gone dormant for the winter. It is delivered to you without soil. The best time to plant bare root fruit trees is the end of the winter season. This gives your tree time to acclimate to it's environment before the warmth of spring comes.
Click here for our Bare Root Fruit Tree Growing Guide (pdf)
Guia de cultivo para un arbol de raiz desnuda
Optimize Shipping: Optimize your shipping by ordering multiple bare-root fruit trees. Shipping is calculated by box size. We can fit up to 8 bare-root fruit trees in a box. Multi-budded fruit trees and Jujube trees will count as 2 due to branching.