Cherry - Sweet Varieties

Sweet cherries are one of the most popular fruits to eat and can be easy to grow because of their short season--- less trouble with insects and diseases.  However, expect the birds to start eating them even before they are ripe--- pesky critters!  In general, sweet cherry trees are fairly hardy, but can suffer from short life and winter damage unless well cared for.

Due to phytosanitary restrictions and concerns Grandpa will not accept orders or ship Sweet Cherry or other stonefruits to CA or HI and the following counties in Colorado---Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mesa, Rio Grande, Saguache Counties.  We may limit shipping of certain varieties to the following states---  ID, OR, WA--- depending on their source and virus-free certification status. We cannot ship any stock to CANADA or outside the USA.

Note:  Planting a variety outside of its normal Hardiness Zone will void our normal replacement policy.  Please be careful in your selections!

Bing Dark Sweet Cherry Botanical Name: Prunus avium 'Bing' Grandpa's Choice™Bing Dark Sweet Cherry is a deep mahogany colored fruit that is firm and juicy. Known as the standard for flavor, it has meaty, purple flesh. Bing has a moderate cracking tendency, and is recommended for areas with less rainfal [ More Info ]

Gold Sweet Cherry Botanical Name: Prunus avium 'Gold' The Gold Sweet Cherry has small, firm fruit that is very crack resistance and has light golden skin. These trees are heavy producers and excellent pollinators that ripen in early June. Flavor is not as good as others in its season. [ More Info ]

Hedelfingen Dark Sweet Cherry Botanical Name: Prunus avium 'Hedelfingen' The Hedelfingen Dark Sweet Cherry is an old european variety good for gresh eating, freezing and canning. Fruit is large, firm and black. Trees are vigorous, healthy early bearing reliable producers that ripen midseason. It is quite crack resistant. [ More Info ]

Hudson Dark Sweet Cherry Botanical Name: Prunus avium 'Hudson' Hudson is a good, sweet black sweet cherry that is more crack-resistant than most cherries. It ripens later in the season and hangs well on the tree. It is moderately productive and hardy. [ More Info ]

Ranier Blush Sweet Cherry Botanical Name: Prunus avium 'Ranier'    Grandpa's Choice™ Ranier Blush Sweet Cherry's skin color is golden yellow with a considerable amount of red blush. The fruit is very large and firm, and it's clear colored flesh has a distinctly different flavor. The tree is vig [ More Info ]

Regina Dark Sweet Cherry Botanical Name: Prunus avium 'Regina' Regina(TM) is a new dark sweet cherry bred in Europe and recently introduced to the United States. It is dark red with reddish flesh and sweet tart flavor. The large fruit is exceptionally firm and more crack and split resistant than most sweet cherr [ More Info ]

Royal Anne Blush Sweet Cherry Botanical Name: Prunus avium 'Royal Anne' Grandpa's Choice™ Royal Anne Blush Sweet Cherry is a very old French variety. It has large, firm, light yellow fruit with a beautiful rose blush. Is is considered one of the best for canning because of it's firm, juicy and sweet flesh. [ More Info ]

Schneider Dark Sweet Cherry--- SALE PRICED! Botanical Name: Prunus avium 'Schneider' Schneider Dark Sweet Cherry is a late ripening cherry that is very crack resistant. It is large and firm. [ More Info ]

Stella Self-fertile Dark Sweet Cherry Botanical Name: Prunus avium 'Stella' Grandpa's Choice™ Stella Dark Sweet Cherry is a large, good quality fruit from vigorous and productive trees. It is self-fertile so requires no pollinators. It is somewhat susceptible to cracking. [ More Info ]

Summit Dark Sweet Cherry Botanical Name: Prunus avium 'Summit' Summit Dark Sweet Cherry is a large, heart shaped, small pitted sweet cherry with good flavor. It is fairly resistant to cracking and ripens in mid-June around Bing time. [ More Info ]

Sweetheart™Dark Sweet Cherry Botanical Name: Prunus avium 'Sweetheart™' Sweetheart™ is very precocious dark red sweet cherry that is self-fertile.  The fruit ripens very late.  Sweetheart can tend to over-produce, so pruning to reduce the crop may be necessary.  It is self-fertile. [ More Info ]

WhiteGold™ Self-fertile Blush Sweet Cherry Botanical Name: Prunus avium 'WhiteGold™' Grandpa's Choice™ WhiteGold™ Blush Sweet Cherry is a new self-fertile sweet cherry that bears large, yellow fruit with a shiny red blush. Trees are very hardy and frost tolerant. It is a very good choice for a self-fertile, blush [ More Info ]