Fresh, Grown in WASHINGTON Sweetheart Cherries (sweet, dark cherries)
- Estimated to ship Mid JULY
- Price INCLUDES EXPEDITED shipping to all addresses in the lower 48 states. If shipping to a WA STATE address, cherries will ship via UPS GROUND, and we will adjust the final charge when we process the order. Please see the note below regarding the option to pick up your cherries at our Seattle retail location.
- Pre-order items (like Cherries) and regular (non-pre-order) items CANNOT BE COMBINED into a single shopping cart; each variant of pre-order cherries must be ordered independently.
- You will be CHARGED when the cherries are READY TO SHIP
PLEASE NOTE - THESE DARK-SKINNED, SWEET CHERRIES WILL BE SHIPPED WITHIN 24 to 48 HOURS OF BEING PICKED. THIS IS A SEASONAL ITEM AVAILABLE BY PRE-ORDER ONLY. PLACE YOUR ORDER TO RESERVE YOUR SWEETHEART CHERRIES ONLINE. SUPPLIES LIMITED.
Our cherry season ends in July (early these days) with these delicious Sweetheart Sweet Cherries - the last batch of cherries of the season. Your last chance to get some, before they are all gone for the year! Don't miss them!
about Sweetheart Sweet Cherries:
The Sweetheart cherry traces its roots to Summerland, British Columbia, where breeders David Lane and Richard MacDonald made the original cross back in 1975 at the Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre (the old Summerland Research Station). A deliberate pairing of the Van and Newstar varieties, the seedling was selected in 1982 and worked its way through years of trials before the variety was officially released to growers in 1994.
Sweetheart was bred with the commercial grower in mind, and it earns its keep with a handful of traits that make it a standout in the orchard:
- It ripens very late in the season — well after the mid-season stalwarts like Bing have come and gone — landing on the market when the bowls are empty and demand is high. In the Okanagan and across the river in Washington, that late timing is exactly what opens the door to export sales.
- It is self-fertile, so it sets a full crop without a separate pollinator tree standing nearby. As a bonus, its bloom timing makes it a fine "universal pollinator" for other varieties too.
- The fruit is large, firm, and bright red, with a heart shape true to its name. That firmness, paired with skin that's moderately resistant to rain-induced cracking, lets it travel well and hold up on the long haul to markets in Asia, Europe, and beyond.
The variety's influence runs deep — Sweetheart went on to parent several newer cultivars, including Staccato, Sentennial, and Sovereign. In 2012, this Canadian-bred cherry took home the Outstanding Fruit Cultivar Award from the American Society for Horticultural Science, a fitting nod to its mark on the world's cherry industry.
A note about our cherries:
Our cherries are of premium export-quality, hand-selected, cold transported, sorted a second time, and carefully packaged and shipped overnight to ensure they arrive at their peak of freshness and flavor - a level of care, labor and expense that is reflected in the price.
To local (Seattle) customers:
Local Seattle customers can pick up their cherries directly at our retail shop (1425 Elliott Ave West, Seattle, 98119) and receive up to $40-60/order rebate (in the form of a store credit) at the time of pickup. This credit is for local customer pick-up only. All local cherry orders will be assumed to be pick-up orders, unless otherwise noted. Have questions? Feel free to call us.
