Bing Cherry

Pollinator Required:

Yes

Type:

standard

Characteristics :

Sweet

Mature Height :

20 feet

Support Required :

No

Bloom Period :

Late April

Sun Exposure :

Full Sun

Will Produce Fruit In:

2-4 years

Harvest:

Late June

Soil Type :

all types

Zones :

4 – 8

About the Bing :

The Bing Cherry is one of the finest commercial sweet cherries and it is the most famous sweet cherry variety. It produces a very large, delicious cherry that ranges in color from a deep garnet to almost black. The skin is smooth and glossy and the flesh firm and sweet.

Bing cherries are good for cooking as well as out-of-hand eating. The flesh is very solid, reddish-purple in color, and is flavorful and juicy. The Bing Cherry tree requires cross-pollination to produce fruit.

The following three cherry varieties are good pollinators Rainier, Stella and Van for the Bing cherry.