Major cultivar used in the East. Can be eaten fresh or used for brining. July 15 ripening. Trees are hardy and productive. Flower buds more hardy than most other cultivars.
Fruit is small.
As part of a unique pollination group, Gold can serve as a pollenizer for many other brining cultivars. Early bearing and very productive. Reported not to crack in the Geneva area, but severe cracking occurs on the West Coast. July 25 ripening, making it the latest- ripening cherry commercially available. Very firm fruit of very good quality, low susceptibility of fruit to cracking in the field.