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Schmidt's Bigarreau Sweet Cherry

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Description

Extra large cherries with deep, rich mahogany color. Attractive cherries make excellent additions to desserts and fresh-eating snacks. Fruit is dark, fine-grained, and tender with a sweet pleasing flavor. Tree is vigorous and productive, bearing fruit in clusters. Introduced in the late 1800s. Ripens in July. Best pollinators: any other sweet cherry variety.

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Characteristics

Bloom Color White
Fruit Color Red
Fruit Size Large - Extra Large
Ripens/Harvest July
Shade/Sun Full Sun
Soil Composition Loamy
Soil Moisture Well Drained
Soil pH Level 6.0 - 7.0
Taste Juicy, Sweet
Texture Fine, Firm
Years to Bear 4 - 7
Zone Range 5 - 8

Zone Compatibility

This Variety's Zone Range 5 - 8
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The USDA hardiness zones offer a guide to varieties that will grow well in certain climates. Each zone corresponds to the minimum winter temperatures experienced in a given area. Make sure that your hardiness zone lies within the zone compatability range of this variety before ordering.

Pollination

This variety requires another one for adequate pollination.

Cross-pollination by a different variety is key to its growing and bearing success. Plant one of these varieties within 50' for best pollination.

Tools & Supplies

Having the proper tools and supplies when growing your own can make the difference between a good harvest and a great harvest! Here's a list that our experts recommend for this variety.

Planting & Care

Learn all about how to grow cherry trees in The Growing Guide. An entire section of our website dedicated to your growing success.

Read about how to grow cherry trees »

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large cherry and proven to flourish
daniel c on Jun 7, 2016
large cherry and proven to flourish
daniel c on Jun 7, 2016
Like the taste. A friend has this variety.
Mary S on Mar 1, 2016
Like the taste. A friend has this variety.
Mary S on Mar 1, 2016

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Flourishing
This cherry was planted in the high cold desert a year ago. It was a whip. the following month rain fell almost every day. The summer gave good rain and otherwise the whip was watered at least five times a week. During the dry winter months, the tree received snowfall at least once a month.
This spring it popped with lush leaves and had grown a full 6 inches.
It has a wire basket around it for protection from deer and rabbits and there is an additional two inches of bark mulch under the tree.
With good fortune, we'll have cheeries in three or four more years.
thank you.
May 20, 2016
Purchased
 over 6 years ago
Quality Trees
I received two bare root trees. Planted them in the front yard to which the deer thought they were also tasty. The same year moved them to the back yard and they still are doing great. Great quality trees.
May 10, 2017
Purchased
 over 4 years ago
Growing poorly
Not so much luck with this one. No fruit yet. Very slow growing. But I do have Japanese Beetles - that probably one of the reason. This year I will have to spray (organically) So I hope it will pick up. Zone 6 b, PA
January 5, 2019
Purchased
 over 5 years ago

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