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Surefire Pie Cherry

Size: Dwarf (4'-5')
Original price $59.99 - Original price $59.99
Original price
$59.99
$59.99 - $59.99
Current price $59.99
SKU C880G

Prunus cerasus ‘Surefire’

A surefire, easy-picking choice for the backyard grower and U-Pick marketers. Because it is very late flowering, it evades and tolerates frosts and annually produces large, crack-resistant crops. Skin, juice, and flesh are fire engine red. Its high sugar content make it excellent for eating fresh, and the vivid red makes the dried fruit look extra tasty! It ripens a week after Montmorency. So highly regarded, it is the first sour cherry introduced by the N.Y. Geneva Experiment station in 107 years. On Dwarf Gisela 5 rootstock.

Gisela 5 is a dwarfing rootstock, 50% of standard size, that induces heavy early fruit production. Trees can be maintained at 10 to 12 feet tall. Gisela 5 is more forgiving of shallow soils and a better choice than the even more dwarfing Gisela 3 for people with enough room for this somewhat larger tree.

USDA Zone: 4-9

Grow Height: 12' (Dwarf)

Sun: Full Sun

Ripening Time: August

Pollination: Self-Fertile

Rootstock: Gisela 5

Read our Cherry Growing Guide

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

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  • Will the Surefire cherry pollinate other cherry trees? Thank you

    It will pollinate other sour cherry trees, yes.

  • How many chill hours does the surefire pie cherry tree require?

    Currently undetermined. As a NY state cultivar it is likely to need 800-1200 chilling hours.

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Theo
I am so happy to have found Raintree Nurser!

I am so happy to have found Raintree Nursery. Their assistance has been prompt, courteous, and informed. If you would like to work with an ethical and kind nursery then I can’t think of a better outfit. Their prices are competitive and customer service is outstanding!

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James C.-.L.W.
Surefire Pie Cherry

Well, we shall see. It was rec'd & went in about two weeks ago. The leaves are coming out & there is one blossom (Yay!).

This is actually the 2nd time I have ordered fruit trees on-line, both this spring. What a difference between the other & RainTree. RainTree's packing was leagues above the other, & also leagues above a neighbor who ordered w/ a big box store. The order was not quite right, but their customer service responded quickly. And the YouTube videos of what a non-gardener like me needs to know... priceless. I will come back to them next year.

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nancy
Very healthy plants

They are in the ground and all doing fine. I wasn’t sure about blueberries in Arizona but the are doing great as well. Thanks Raintree.

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Holly

Very big, healthy tree. Looking forward to seeing how it grows!

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Mahendra B.
I was sold a diseased cherry tree

I have had this tree for two summers now and it looked the same since I received it---the leaves looked all curled up and withered. I took good care of it, watering appropriately, spraying and so forth. Nevertheless, it still looks the same.

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Daniel G.
Sent a whip

From the other reviews, I was hoping for a well-branched nice tree. I was sent a whip. No branches. It is budding.

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R.J.K.

Very pleased

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Raymond J.
So far, so good

I received my Surefire Cherry via UPS last week but needed to wait a couple of days to plant since it was very hot and sunny. I followed the detailed guidelines from the Raintree website about preparing the planting site and watering and planted the tree about 1 week ago. It is very healthy, has already started sending out leaves, and I was surprised to see several clusters of cherry blossoms. I'm very eager to see how it does in the coming year.

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C.
Ordered 2 apple trees last year received them this spring.

The trees I received are the nicest looking trees I have ever gotten in the mail. They are alive and doing ok .
I my experience spring planted trees never don’t really do much the first year . The trees I planted last fall from another company that looked like just a stick when I planted them have all grown and passed the trees I bought from you . I know it’s the spring planting that stunted them . It’s unfortunate that you don’t do fall shipping your trees are amazing. You lack of fall shipping sucks . I have planted a good amount of tree this happens every time I plant in the spring it’s a loss of a year of growth.

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M.G.
First 3+ Months

3 months in and it is leafed out, looks healthy and happy, and has great promise. Excellent roots upon arrival. I will update after winter and into the first true spring. *6b, very hot dry summer, very windy in all seasons

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Amy F.
Surefire is accurate!

Starting its second year, this little tree has produced a crop of cherries without fail. Arctic freeze in November kills 85% of the orchard? Cherries in the spring from the Surefire tree! It s 10F with over a foot of snow in late April while the tree is in full bloom? No worries, mate! Cherries galore come June. The cherries themselves are bright red and firm, with good sour cherry flavor.

We are in Colorado where our soil is terrible, our weather (see above) is terrible, but this little tree just keeps going! It s been in the ground six years now and is about 6 tall.