Cracking has been very severe on this, otherwise nice quality cherry. Not recommended for Michigan due to cracking. This was the first named self-fruitful variety. It cracks readily and sets fruit and ripens over a period of time, therefore, this variety is not recommended for commercial planting in Michigan but other self-fruitful varieties are following that show promise. No source of virus free budwood is available, so trees are hard to get and do not get off to the good start that we expect from virus-free trees.
Trees are in the process of being cleaned up for virus.
Deserves continued planting for fresh and process once virus free trees are available. I am not optimistic about this variety due mainly to winter injury problems. If planted, may want to try on rootstocks other than Mazzard to help offset the delayed bearing trait. Cracking is too serious to recommend planting this otherwise nice variety. This old variety no longer has a market niche in processing or fresh, therefore not suggested for planting.