The crem-de-la-crem of the summer fruits, our premium dark sweet cherries are firm, juicy, and truly world famous. One taste and you are bound to fall in love with these dark sweeties.

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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