A Guide to Sweet Cherry Trees and Sour Cherry Trees

Sweet Cherry

Cherry Trees are a sight to behold in the spring when they are covered with masses of pink or white blossoms.  As with most fruit bearing trees, Cherries may take a few years to produce fruit but once established you will enjoy an abundance of sweet or sour juicy fruits that you can pick from your own backyard.

Sour Cherry

Sour cherries are rounder, softer and much more acidic than their sweet counterparts. And unlike other cherries, that can be eaten out of hand, sour cherries are best when sweetened and cooked.  The sour cherry trees also tend to be very hardy in our climate.

Bing

A classic cherry that features showy white flowers in spring followed by sweet deep red fruit. Tall and upright, it produces dark red heart shaped fruit with a sweet taste and juicy texture.

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Skeena

Our own Canadian cherry produces large, bright crimson to mahogany fruits. Arriving later in the season, these dark red cherries are large, sweet & firm with a dense texture.

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Cavalier

A medium to large sized cherry with modern crack resistance. This hardy cherry tree grows slightly upright & produces delicious, sweet black cherries early to mid-season.

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Stella

Produces abundant crops of large, plump, bold red cherries. This cherry is heart shaped and delicious when eaten fresh but does equally well when canned, dried or frozen.

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Compact Stella

A smaller version of the popular Stella cherry, it bears very darker red, heart shaped fruit that is very good for fresh eating. Equally good for freezing, canning or drying.

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Sweetheart

One of the best of the modern cultivars, this red to dark red cherry has an immense sweet flavour with a slight hint of tartness and an excellent texture. Resists cracking.

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Hedelfingen

This charming cherry tree is elegant and with exquisite glossy dark red fruit with black overtones and dark red flesh. Late season fruit is very juicy, good quality sweet flavour.

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Ulster

Similar to a Bing, but with better crack resistance. They are a dark deep red cherry with that rich, sugary taste you look for in a dark cherry. A very sweet mid-season harvest.

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Lapins

A wonderful cherry that produces some of the largest & juiciest of the sweet cherries. A self-pollinator that tolerates late frost! A brilliant spring show with billows of pink flowers.

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Van

Vans grow some of the largest, sweet cherries - perfect for the home orchard. The fruit is dark purple, very juicy and exceptionally sweet. Smaller stones mean lots of cherry to enjoy.

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Rainier

This premium thin-skinned cherry presents a golden yellow with a red blush. Thick creamy-yellow flesh offers a crisp bite with a delicate, super sweet flavour. Enjoy them best fresh.

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Combination

Enjoy a variety of cherries all on one tree. This cherry tree creation combines four all-time favourite cherries on one fantastic tree. Expect fruit in mid summer. This is genius!

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Meteor

A cold hardy dwarf tree with an abundance of white flowers in spring. A very productive variety producing medium-sized, good-quality, bright red tart and tangy cherry.

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Montmorency

The most popular sour cherry grown, produces medium-large bright red fruit with a firm yellow flesh, clear juice & a tart flavor loved by bakers & jam makers.

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