The best deep, mahogany red cherry before Bing and less susceptible to rain-cracking. Extraordinarily large in size, with excellent firmness and a mild sweet flavor. TietonTM is an early-season mahogany red cherry, ripening one week before Bing. The impressive size, attractively glossy fruit, and thick green stems produce a visually stunning fruit for premium displays. The leading commercial sweet cherry in North America.
Fruit is firm, juicy and a deep, mahogany red when ripe.
Exceptionally large fruit of finest quality, with an intensely sweet, vibrant flavor. Bing has become the standard to which other varieties are compared. Rainier has a distinctive and superior appearance among sweet cherry varieties. Delicately flavored with extraordinary sugar levels, the flesh is pure yellow, very firm and finely textured. A premium niche variety that ripens after Bing.