There probably are lots of blushed cherries sold as Rainier that aren’t Rainier. It’s a common way to stretch out the selling season for something that garners premium prices.
I have grown Royal Rainier but can’t remember much about the fruit.
None of it really matters much. If you have cherries you like, that’s great.
“There probably are lots of blushed cherries sold as Rainier that aren’t Rainier” → Good to know, thank you.
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Thought I’d give an update on my Utah Giant and Tieton cherries.
This was Tieton’s first flush, I hope I can get it to make another.
The Utah Giant is growing pretty good too. If you were wondering, those curled leaves on the sunny side have been like that since shortly after planting. They are unaffected by watering.
I also let the Utah Giant grow out this low shoot to give me good budwood to continue my grafting experiments with.
Noob cherry question here, but can Utah Giant cross-pollinate with Bing? Information is conflicting and wondered if anyone has a more definitive answer;
Thanks
People like @Jose-Albacete definitely know more than me on the subject, but I believe they do. It’s at least what I’m betting on anyway. Online says it’s among medium flowering group but I can’t find pollen group. As long as it’s not 3S4S like bing, they’ll work just fine.
OK… May 2025 now…and my two “mature” 8 year old sweet cherry trees are in bloom…for the second year in a row, the Regina has very many blossoms while the Hudson has probably no more than 100-200…they overlap very well and are about 35 feet apart…I anticipate no pollination again as I never saw a bee on the Hudson (why would I?)…I can not tell you how disappointed I am…last year, it appeared that cherries were about to form on the Regina but they did not grow and all eventually fell off…both trees are healthy and over 15 feet tall…I have read that Hudson is late to bear, but this is ridiculous…I planted Black Gold two years ago but no bloom yet…also planted Skeena and Benton last year…the Benton inexplicitly died…the Skeena looks good … any ideas appreciated…ready to give up…maybe sweet cherries are just too hard
The best bet is to wait for Black Gold and Skeena to flowers, since they are self pollinate. Otherwise, hand pollinate Regina and Hudson or have your own bee box. It could be worst. My cousin cherry, they waited for a long time. Once it formed fruit, all the birds eat the fruits and mock them for growing their cherry tree too tall.
My first cherry will likely be from Sweetheart that I grafted to a plum branch. There are four fruits forming, but only one like promising. My actual Sweetheart tree have been cut knee high and I don’t expect any fruit from it. My Bing and Brook did flowers, but didn’t pollinate each other because the timing of the flowers was off. Got them last year and they are young trees.
Very nice looking cherries on this thread! However a 30 brix Utah Giant, Bing, Van, or Coral champagne will blow most of these extra large semi red cherries away! Size is nice but flavor and firmness rule!!
OK…checked my Regina cherry and there is some fruit this year (year 8),not much but seems reasonable since the pollinating tree (Hudson) had probably fewer than 200 blossoms…so I’m finally in the ball game…Regina and Hudson do bloom late in the season here (Hudson Valley) / there was a perfect overlap / and as I had read, Hudson is very late to come into bearing…but I expect the problems are now behind me and look forward to large crops next near when my Black Gold may also bloom …now to protect the limited fruit from the birds!
…can anyone relate their experience with the 4 Pearl series sweet cherries in New York?..I’m in Dutchess County (Hudson Valley) zone 6A…I planted Black Pearl this year and would like to know where I could obtain the other three (Radiance / Burgundy / Ebony)…also have Santina / Black Gold / Skeena / Regina / Hudson
