Balaton cherry trees
$41.95- Picking season: Late
- Self-fertility: Self-fertile
- Fruit color: Red - dark
A late-season tart cherry, great for pies and jams, with a sweet tangy flavor and high sugar content - can also be eaten out of hand.
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Balaton tart cherry trees for sale
Pre-order for delivery in spring 2027
Full-size,
1-year bare-root tree
$41.95
Mature height: 16ft-24ft after 10 years
Vigorous rootstock
Out of stock
All about Balaton cherry trees
Balaton is a late-season tart cherry which is sweet enough to be eaten out of hand - however it excels in the kitchen as a pie cherry or for cherry jam, and is an excellent alternative to the traditional Montmorency cherry.
Balaton is a Morello-type tart cherry, with a dark flesh and a dark juice.
The cherries are firm, slightly larger than is usual for tart cherries, and have some resistance to cracking.
How to grow
Balaton flowers quite late in the cherry blossom season, useful if you are in an area prone to late frosts.
Like most tart cherry varieties Balaton is reliably self-fertile. It can cross-pollinate with some sweet cherry varieties too. However commercial growers are likely to use other sweet or tart cherries to improve fruit set.
Advice on fruit tree pollination.
History
Balaton was found growing in a village in eastern Hungary in the 1970s, where it was known locally as Újfehértói Fürtös. It was introduced to the USA via Michigan State University in the 1980s, and was re-named for the American market as Balaton, after a lake in western Hungary.
Balaton characteristics
- What level of gardening skill is needed to grow Balaton?Beginner
- Is Balaton self-fertile?Self-fertile
- What flowering group is Balaton?5
- What season do you pick Balaton?Late
- What is the overall disease resistance of Balaton?Average
- Where does Balaton originate from?Hungary
- When was Balaton first introduced?1950 - 1999
- Fruit colorRed - dark
