Commonly Asked Questions
Q: I have eaten several varieties of your cherries and was wondering if I could get the cherry pit to grow a tree.You can indeed grow a cherry tree from a seed but it will not turn out the way you want it to. There are two components to commercially grown cherry trees. One is the rootstock and the other is the specific cherry cultivar (i.e. variety) that is grafted onto the rootstock. Cherry trees do not produce a seed that is true to type. So if you plant a seed it will indeed come up a cherry but the fruit will probably be small and bad tasting. The best thing to do if you want cherries in your back yard is to buy a tree from your local nursery or from a catalog. The most common variety of dark sweet cherry is the Bing. Keep in mind that cherry trees are susceptible to bud damage from spring frost, so they don't do well in some parts of the country, but it's worth a try.
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