Here in SE WI my limited experience with sweet cherries was with Black Gold and Lapins. Lapins was very firm crisp fruit with great flavor. Black Gold was soft and not impressive. No worries as -24 took out all my sweet cherries last winter. Fun while they lasted.
Up in Door County, WI they grow a lot of tart and some sweet cherries. While on vacation there last summer I sampled queen Anne, bing and Ranier all grown at a commercial orchard. The Bing were super dark and soft (not impressed, too ripe?). Queen Anne was good but not nearly as sweet at the Ranier. After tasting all of these my wife and I both concluded Ranier was our favorite. I cost the most so I presume it is the worst to grow of these 3 in my area. Wisconsin is definitely not a foolproof region for sweet cherries.
