Sweet cherryvariety
Rainier
A blush-skinned sweet cherry.
Origin · Prosser, Washington, United States
Released 1960
Taste & texture
- Firmness
- very firm
How to spot it
- Flesh
- yellow
- Shape
- heart
Harvest & storage
- Harvest
- early to mid
region: US-WA
treefruit.wsu.edu ↗Context & source
Original record: early
- /observation/region
- US-WA
- /observation/method
- extension_description
Origin & family
Where Rainier began
Recorded origin
Prosser, Washington
United States
- Institution
- USDA breeding work at Washington State University
- Crossed
- 1952
- Released
- 1960
Family tree
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Field notes
Original source notes
- weight
- 12.3 g · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- flesh colour
- yellow · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- firmness
- medium to firm · United Kingdomnationalfruitcollection.org.uk ↗
- size
- large to very large · Washingtontreefruit.wsu.edu ↗
- shape
- heart · Washingtontreefruit.wsu.edu ↗
- firmness
- very firm · Washingtontreefruit.wsu.edu ↗
- season timing
- early to mid · Washingtontreefruit.wsu.edu ↗
descriptor observations
- trait
- skin color
- value
- yellow with red blush
- context
- BC Cherry Association cultivar comparison
- source url
- www.bccherry.com ↗
- trait
- shape
- value
- round heart
- context
- BC Cherry Association cultivar comparison
- source url
- www.bccherry.com ↗
- trait
- appearance
- value
- large to very large, round heart shape, pink-red blush over yellow background, flesh-clear colored, very firm, fine texture
- context
- WSU cultivar descriptors; appearance is not unique enough for visual cultivar identification.
- source url
- treefruit.wsu.edu ↗
- trait
- pollination class
- value
- IX (S1S4)
- context
- WSU cultivar descriptor; S-allele notation retained without reconciling conflicts among sources.
- source url
- treefruit.wsu.edu ↗