The variety is 'Kansas Sweet' (I got it because it might take the heat here better than most tree cherries, I read). It did great last year. It's still too young to bloom or fruit, so no worries about harvest this year with whatever fungicide I should use.

Thanks! I knew fungicides would likely be necessary with our wet springs then high heat with humidity, lol. But I adore cherries and they cost too much for how many I eat, so I don't mind spraying a bit :D

We have 'wild' seedlings from really old ornamental Japanese cherries around here as our only 'wild' cherries, and they grow great. I've never seen black knot, which I hope is a good sign. Cankers on lots of cultivated things are a big problem, though, yeah. My orchard is nice and windy, so it stays drier than many Southern yards, but you know that humidity is still way up there disturbingly often!

I know the cherries are a bit of an experiment. Unfortunately, my very favorite fruits and nuts are hard to grow here. So I grow both easy and hard fruits and hope that the harder ones do well enough to not rip out :) I have room, so that part is easy enough.