The Rainier cherry is an attractive, exceptionally large yellow cherry with bright red blush. It has a distinctive appearance among sweet cherry varieties. Delicately flavored with extraordinary sugar levels, the flesh is pure yellow, very firm, and finely textured.
Harvested: June - July
Color/Flavor: Golden skin with pink-red blush, 17-23% fruit sugar
Source: Rainier Fruit
Benton® is a mid-season premier dark red sweet cherry similar to Bing in appearance but ripens roughly two days earlier. Developed at Washington State University, Benton® cherries are large with excellent firmness and superior flavor.
Harvested: June - July
Color: Rich mahogany skin color with garnet flesh
Bings are the leading commercial sweet cherry in North America. They are firm, juicy and a deep garnet red color when ripe. Bings are famed for their exceptional size and intensely sweet, vibrant flavor. The Bing cherry has become the standard by which other varieties are compared.
Harvested: June - July
Color/Flavor: Deep garnet red skin with matching flesh, 17-19% fruit sugar
Source: Rainier Fruit
The Regina™ cherry is a bold, vigorous variety introduced in Germany in 1998. Sweet-tart when picked red and deeply sweet when picked at full ripeness, it maintains a good balance of natural sugars and acidity.
Harvested: July
Color: Mahogany
Large, sweet, and very firm, Skeena cherries continue to grow in popularity with consumers and growers. Maturing about 16 days after Bing, Skeenas have a very dense texture. This is a great late-season variety.
Harvested: July – August
Color/Flavor: Dark red to black skin with dark red flesh, 19-20% fruit sugar
Source: Rainier Fruit
As the name suggests, Sweetheart cherries are indeed heart-shaped. They are large, bright red cherries that mature three weeks after Bing. Sweetheart cherries have a mild, sweet flavor and outstanding firmness.
Harvested: July – August
Color/Flavor: Bright red skin with matching flesh, 16-19% fruit sugar
Source: Rainier Fruit