Heirloom Cherry Trees

Heirloom cherry trees are timeless classics whose familiar names may take you back to the fruit gardens of your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and beyond! Cherry connoisseurs across the continents have been enjoying antique varieties of cherry, both sweet and sour, for decades — and, in some cases, for centuries. Many antique cherry trees were also used as breeding “parents” to pass along their favorable traits to today’s more modern cherry varieties, such as hardiness and disease-resistance. Choose from the varieties of heirloom cherry trees below and grow a piece of horticultural history right at home.