Four Winds Growers has some of the best fruit trees I've ever seen. They're sold every year at Costco for incredible discounts. You can see some varieties of cherries they have, on this page. I once bought a Lapins cherry tree and couldn't believe how prolific it was.... I got sooo many cherries the first year! Had to share this.... you can find links for each variety, under the descriptions below.
Lapins Cherry Tree
- Large, firm, dark red cherries.
- Delicious sweet flavor.
- Low-chill hours- a good choice for milder climates.
- Heavy, late-maturing crops of split resistant fruit
- Attractive upright growth habit.
- Sometimes called the self-fruitful Bing.
- Self-fruitful.
- Approximate harvest period (for Central CA): June.
- Harvest 4-5th year.
- USDA Zone 5-9, Requires 400 chill hours to set fruit.
- Protect when temperatures fall below -20°F.
- Grafted onto Mahaleb rootstock<
- Click here to view "Fruit Tree Rootstock Information"
- Click here to view our "Fruit Tree Variety Chart"
https://www.fourwindsgrowers.com/products/lapins-cherry-tree?variant=40252673720379
Bing Cherry Tree
- Bing cherries produce large crops of deep burgundy-red cherries.
- Everyone's favorite cherry and the most widely planted for fresh eating.
- Large firm, juicy, dark red fruit.
- Wonderful sweet flavor and very juicy.
- Favorite in colder regions.
- Bing produces a large, vigorous tree.
- Harvest 4th or 5th year.
- USDA Zone 5-9, Requires 700 chill hours to set fruit.
- Protect when temperatures fall below -20°F.
- Grafted onto Mahaleb rootstock
- Click here to view "Fruit Tree Rootstock Information"
- Click here to view our "Fruit Tree Variety Chart"
https://www.fourwindsgrowers.com/products/bing-cherry-tree?variant=40252606447675
Stella Cherry Tree
- Large, nearly black, elongated cherry.
- Sweet, richly flavored.
- Sets enormous crops without a pollinator.
- Fruit resists splitting.
- Sweet cherries can reach 25-30' in deep soils.
- This rootstock also performs better in clay soils.
- Self-fruitful.
- USDA Zone 5-9, Requires 400 chill hours to set fruit.
- Protect when temperatures fall below -20°F
- The trees are 2 years old and you can expect to harvest 4th or 5th year.
- Grafted onto Mahaleb rootstock.
- Click here to view "Fruit Tree Rootstock Information"
- Click here to view our "Fruit Tree Variety Chart"
https://www.fourwindsgrowers.com/products/stella-cherry-tree?variant=40252699443259
Rainier Cherry Tree
- 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"
Montmorency Sour Cherry Tree
- Late-ripening tart cherry for baking.
- Sometimes eaten fresh when fully ripe.
- Self-fruiting tree
- Vigerous tree produces medium, dark red to nearly black cherries in late spring.
- Small, round-headed tree with drooping branches (easy to harvest).
- European origins obscure, introduced to America prior to 1862.
- Sensitive to wet, tight soils.
- USDA Zone 4-9, Requires 500 chill hours to set fruit.
- Protect when temperatures fall below -20°F.
- Susceptible to birds, brown rot, and bacterial canker.
- Harvest 4th or 5th year.
- Grafted onto Mahaleb rootstock.
- Click here to view "Fruit Tree Rootstock Information"
- Click here to view our "Fruit Tree Variety Chart"
- This fruit tree is shipped dormant and bare-rooted.
- Please see our "Dormant Tree & Plant Guarantee" below
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