Tieton Cherry

Tieton Cherry refers to a sweet variety of cherry. It is extraordinarily large in size, with excellent firmness and a mild sweet flavor. Tieton 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. This new cherry variety from the breeding program at Washington State University in Prosser. Tieton is a very large, good quality cherry that ripens five to seven days ahead of Bing. Fruit is firm with excellent flavor. Tietonâ"¢ is an early-season, premium export-quality dark red sweet cherry. Similar to Bing in appearance, the fruit is very large in size (10 to 14 g, 28 to 32 mm width), with a glossy mahogany red skin and medium red flesh. It ripens 6 to 9 days before Bing, has excellent firmness, and a mild flavor. The susceptibility to both rain-induced cracking and heat-induced double/spur fruit are comparable to Bing.