What are the major varieties of tart cherry?
Montmorency is the primary variety of tart cherry grown commercially in the United States. It has been cultivated in the U.S. for more than a century. America’s newest tart cherry variety is a dark tart cherry similar to the dark-skinned European Morello. The new variety is called Balaton® (named for a lake in its native Hungary). This variety was developed over the last 15 years at Michigan State University.
