Rainier cherry

Rainier cherry

Rainier is a cultivar of cherry. The Rainier was created in 1952 at Washington State University by Harold Fogle, as a cross between the Bing and Van cultivars.

Rainiers are sweet cherries with creamy-yellow flesh. The cherries are very sensitive to temperature, wind, and rain. About 1/3 of a Rainier cherry orchard's crop is eaten by birds.

Rainiers are considered the "cream of the crop", selling for $5 dollars a pound or more in the USA, about $9 a pound in the UK, and as much as a dollar each in Japan.

References

* [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/food/28676_rainier23.shtml "Rainier cherries are the peak of the crop"] by Hsiao-Ching Chou, "Seattle Post-Intelligencer", June 23, 2001, retrieved June 26, 2006

* [http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0706/p12s01-lifo.html "If it's July, it must be time for those golden Rainier cherries"] by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore, "The Christian Science Monitor", July 6, 2005, retrieved August 6, 2006


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