PETER'S   U-Pick

ORCHARD

6244 Rimer rd. Vernon BC.

Ph: 250 306-9600

Cherries we grow on our farm

'Santina' fruit is moderately large and firm with a highly attractive, lustrous skin, a flattened heart shape and medium-long stems.

Santina

'Chelan' cherry is tasty when picked at its best tart flavor. Ripening 11 to 14 days ahead of Bing, Chelan is firm and attractive with mahogany red skin and medium to dark red flesh. The bloom is prolific and generally overlaps Bing. This variety has shown some tolerance to cracking.

Chelan

Bing is a cultivar of the wild or sweet cherry (Prunus avium) that originated in the Pacific Northwest, in Milwaukie, Oregon, United States. The cultivar was created as a crossbred graft from the Black Republican cherry in 1875 by Oregon horticulturist Seth Lewelling and his Manchurian Chinese foreman Ah Bing, for whom the cultivar is named

'Bing' cherries are high in anti-oxidants.[5] A study by the United States Department of Agriculture suggests that fresh Bing cherries may help sufferers of arthritis and gout.

Bing

'Rainier' title has become well established as a promise of unmatched flavor. Rainier is a large, yellow cherry with a red blush and light yellow flesh. Exquisitely flavored with high sugar levels, this is a premium niche variety that ripens just after Bing. The tree is vigorous, early bearing and very productive with excellent keeping qualities.

Rainier

'Lapins' is dark red sweet cherry from Canada. Large, firm, good flavor. Similar to Van in color, Bing in shape. Sometimes sold as 'Self-fertile Bing.' Ripens 4 days after Bing.

Lapins

'Skeena' was developed in British Columbia, it is a sweet, kidney-shaped cherry with a dark red-to-black skin and dark red flesh. The fruit is very firm and appears to have good tolerance to rain-induced cracking. The upright-top-­spreading, self-fertile tree is precocious and consistently productive.

Skeena

'Staccato' is large heart-shaped black skin cherry that ripens approximately 1st week of August. Outstanding very late variety with excellent quality and flavor. Very firm and very tolerant to rain splitting.

Staccato

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Peter's u-pick Orchard

6244 Rimer Rd.

Vernon, BC

V1H 1A2