A very beautiful heirloom apple that stores well.
Regina™ York 57/201cv. Cherry on Mahaleb (Spring 2026)
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A highly flavored, crack-resistant sweet cherry. Also known as York 57/201.
A vigorous and upright tree with good canker resistance, Regina™ is also cold hardy and crack resistant. Regina™ is a late-blooming sweet cherry that is not self-fertile. It belongs to Compatibility Group II, and it can be paired with any mid-late blooming cherry that is not also in Group II. Benton®, Sweetheart, Sylvia, Stella, Sam, Stark's Gold, and Attika are among the recommended pollination partners.
Ripening late-season, the fruit is large, firm, sweet, and highly flavored. It has found success with commercial growers, often replacing Bing on account of its firmness and superior flavor.
Regina™ was bred at the Jork Fruit Experiment Station in Hannover, Germany. It is a cross of Schneiders Spate Knorpelkirsche and Rube.
The Fruit
Fruit Type
Category: Cherry
Subcategory:
Crack-Resistant, Sweet, Cold-Hardy
Fruit Uses & Storage
Uses: fresh eating, canning
Storage duration: less than one month (approximate, depending on storage conditions)
Fruit Appearance
Skin color: red
Flesh color: red
Fruit Origins
Parentage: Schneiders Spate Knorpelkirsche x Rube
Origin: Hannover, Germany
Introduced in: 1998
Introduced by: Karl-Heinz Tiemann; Jork Fruit Experiment Station
The Environment
Calendar & Geography
USDA zones: 5 - 8
Chill hours: 1000
Ripening date: Jun 30 (approximate, in New York State) + 10 days after Bing
Tree Height & Spacing
glossary
Rootstock: Mahaleb Rootstock
Rootstock size class: Half-Standard (60% of Standard)
Tree spacing: See details
Good for wildlife planting? N
Diseases & Pests
glossary
Bacterial Canker of Stone Fruit: Very Resistant
Powdery Mildew: Resistant
Pollination
Pollination Factors
glossary
Bloom group: 4
Is it self-fertile? N
Is it fertile? Y
Ploidy: Diploid
Rootstock size class:
Half-Standard (60% of Standard)
Pollination Partners
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