Fruit

Sweetheart

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Sweetheart is a very late dark cherry with a distinctive heart shape, bright red-to-mahogany finish, and crisp-sweet flesh that holds in storage longer than many mid-season types. Acid stays lively under the sugar, so the eating quality remains bright rather than flat-candy. Self-fertile trees crop heavily at the tail of the Northern Hemisphere season when earlier Bing fruit is gone. Ideal for extending fresh-cherry programmes into late summer markets and for freezing when prices soften. Firm texture suits shipping and gift boxes. Growers value the late slot even when rain risk near harvest requires covers or careful site choice.