Utah Giant Cherry Tree

Utah Giant Cherry TreeUtah Giant cherry trees are renowned for their extra large fruit and bold, sweet flavor, making them a favorite among cherry enthusiasts. The cherries have dark red skin, firm texture, and juicy flesh, ideal for fresh eating, baking, and preserves. This mid season variety ripens slightly later than Bing, extending your cherry harvest. Utah Giant requires a pollinator, such as Bin or Rainier, to produce its best yields. Thriving in sunny, well draining

Utah Giant cherry trees are renowned for their extra-large fruit and bold, sweet flavor, making them a favorite among cherry enthusiasts. The cherries have dark red skin, firm texture, and juicy flesh, ideal for fresh eating, baking, and preserves. This mid-season variety ripens slightly later than Bing, extending your cherry harvest. Utah Giant requires a pollinator, such as Bin or Rainier, to produce its best yields. Thriving in sunny, well-draining locations, this tree requires moderate chill hours and performs well in regions with colder winters. With its vigorous growth, showy spring blossoms, and outstanding fruit quality, Utah Giant is an excellent choice for home orchards or small farms. Its combination of size, flavor, and versatility makes it a standout variety for anyone who loves cherries.

Standard on Maxma rootstock.

• Zones: 4-9
• Chill hours: 400-600
• Bloom Time: Mid-season (Based on typical Central Valley California weather)
• Harvest: May 20 - June 5
• Looks: Large, firm fleshed cherries with dark red skin.
• Personality: More flavorful than Bing or Lambert.
• Facts of note: One of the largest and most flavorful of all modern cherry varieties . A favorite of the Utah commercial growers. Much more complete flavor than a Bing and typically ripens later. One could plant both and enjoy the best sweet cherries for over a month. Plant with a Bing and Rainier to extend the harvest even more. Sets a heavy crop of large extremely flavorful fruit. Because of its firmness it is considered a #1 selection for those who love to can or cook with cherries.
• Pollination: Pollinated by Bing, Lambert, Rainier, Van.

Growing and Caring for Your Utah Giant Cherry Tree

• Ideal Planting Location:
  • Plant your Utah Giant cherry tree in a location that receives full sun for optimal growth and fruit production.
  • This tree thrives in well-draining soil, ideally in USDA zones 4-9, and can tolerate cold hardy winters.
  • Choose a spot with good air circulation to prevent disease and ensure healthy tree development.
• Watering and Fertilization:
  • Utah Giant cherry trees require regular watering, especially during dry periods, but ensure soil drainage to avoid waterlogging that can affect the tree's vigor.
  • Fertilize with a balanced, slow-release fertilizer in early spring to promote growth and fruiting, providing the nutrients needed for the tree to produce large, firm fruit with a distinctive sweet flavor.
  • Avoid over-fertilizing, as this may lead to excessive growth at the expense of fruit production.
• Pruning and Maintenance:
  • Prune your Utah Giant cherry tree during the dormant season (late winter or early spring) to maintain an upright growing tree shape and improve air circulation.
  • Remove any dead or diseased branches, and thin the canopy to allow sunlight to reach all parts of the tree, ensuring even ripening of large, crack-resistant cherries.
  • Regular pruning will also help the tree bear heavy crops of exceptionally large fruit year after year.
• Pest and Disease Control:
  • Utah Giant cherry trees are generally disease-resistant trees, but you should monitor for common pests like aphids, cherry fruit flies, and spider mites.
  • Apply organic pest control measures as needed to protect the tree from damage while preserving its natural vigor and ensuring sweet cherries with red blush skin.
  • Keep an eye out for fungal diseases such as powdery mildew, and treat with appropriate organic fungicides to maintain the health of the tree and its firm, dark red cherries.

Pollination and Fruit Production

The Utah Giant cherry tree requires cross-pollination with other sweet cherries, such as Bing, Stella, or Rainier cherries, to achieve the best yields. This vigorous tree bears early, producing exceptionally large fruit with a distinctive sweet flavor and dark red flesh. The large, crack-resistant cherries have a delicious purplish flesh and are known for their sweet tart flavor and considerable red blush. As a prolific bearer, the Utah Giant thrives in full sun and USDA zones 4-9, offering a cold hardy option for home gardens and commercial orchards alike. With proper pollination, it consistently produces large firm round fruit of excellent quality, making it a standout choice for both fresh eating and preserving.

Harvesting Utah Giant Cherries

Harvesting Utah Giant cherries occurs from late May to early June, just as the fruit reaches its peak ripeness, showing a dark red color with a considerable red blush. These cherries develop a distinctive sweet flavor and a firm fruit texture, making them perfect for eating fresh or using in preserves. The Utah Giant cherry tree, known for its large crack-resistant cherries, produces exceptionally large fruit with dark burgundy skin and delicious purplish flesh, ensuring a bountiful harvest of sweet cherries. Since this variety is a vigorous tree and a prolific bearer, it yields large, firm round fruit with sweet flesh and semi-sweet flesh, offering a delightful combination of flavors, ideal for both fresh consumption and culinary uses.

Taste and Versatility of Utah Giant Cherries

The Utah Giant cherry tree produces exceptionally large fruit with a distinctive sweet flavor that combines a perfect balance of sweet tart flavor and sweet flesh. These cherries have a rich dark red flesh, dark burgundy skin, and a delicious purplish flesh, making them perfect for eating fresh or using in a variety of recipes. Known for their large crack-resistant cherries and vigorous trees, the Utah Giant is a leading commercial sweet cherry variety that thrives in full sun, yielding a prolific harvest of large firm round fruit with a considerable red blush, ideal for baking, preserves, and fresh consumption.

Why Buy Utah Giant Cherry Tree From Us?

When you purchase a Utah Giant cherry tree from us, you’re choosing a leading commercial sweet cherry variety that offers exceptionally large fruit with a distinctive sweet flavor. Our vigorous trees are disease resistant, cold hardy, and produce large crack-resistant cherries with dark red flesh and sweet flesh, perfect for eating fresh or preserving. Grown by Dave Wilson Nursery, our trees are a productive variety that bears heavy crops of heart-shaped cherries with a considerable red blush—ensuring an abundant harvest year after year.

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