Bing

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Bing

It produces a very large, delicious cherry that ranges in color from a deep garnet to almost black. Bing cherries are good for cooking as well as out-of-hand eating. The Bing Cherry is one of the finest commercial sweet cherries and it is the most famous sweet cherry variety. 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 skin is smooth and glossy and the flesh firm and sweet. ... get more information

 

Prairifire The new foliage is reddish-maroon, aging to reddish-green. The Prairifire is highly resistant to fireblight, scab, cedar apple rust and powdery mildew. The tree form is upright, spreading, and becoming eventually round at maturity. The purple-red fruits are first to be noticed in late June and hang through early December. The firm fruits age to a cherry red. This red leafed tree has very attractive mahogany colored bark and persistent ornamental fruit. It is probably the most disease resistant of all crabapple selections.

Bing