These are not your average cherries. Sweeter than dark cherries, our Rainier’s have a dessert quality about them that can’t be beat.

The word “cherry” comes from the French word “cerise,” which in turn comes from the Latin words cerasum and Cerasus, the classical name of the modern city Giresun in Turkey.

Stemilt harvests sweet cherries beginning in late April from California. Once California wraps-up in mid-June, Stemilt immediately begins harvesting sweet cherries in eastern Washington. High-elevation orchards on Stemilt Hill stretch the Stemilt sweet cherry season into September. Read on to learn about the different sweet cherry varieties Stemilt grows.

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