I don't want Montmorency unless it's spectacular, just because I already have a cherry tree that ripens when it does. I'm trying to fill in the season.

Is Meteor good? Danube? I prefer really dark cherries, but I'm looking for the sweetest that's earlier or later than Montmorency by enough to notice. Thanks for any ideas!

My children will not eat North Star fresh nor Surecrop as too tart for them. They love Balaton which we find very
enjoyable right off the tree. It is still a tart cherry but the
sweetest tart cherry I grow. Far sweeter than the others.
Not sure on brix level as I do not have any way of testing.

Balaton has deep purple fruit.

And it would be really cool, because my father took me to Lake Balaton for my birthday one year (we lived in Hungary then)!

More suggestions or warnings are still appreciated, though, y'all. I want at least one tall cherry that will probably do well here. I know cherries aren't the easiest fruit, but they are my favorites and cost a lot at the store for how much I eat.

I already have Crimson Jewel (but is it too hot here, really?) and Kansas Sweet (haven't heard a whole lot about it). They both grow well in my yard, but I won't know about fruiting for a long while.

One thing I have noticed is that it has not fruited well at all.

Mamuang, do you grow any other cherries that could help pollination? I keep reading about some folks having problems with productivity on various cherries I'm interested in. I wonder if they much prefer extra pollen?

I'm also interested in Evans/Bali. I think it's down to those two. If one is more productive than the other, that will probably decide it for me, unless one doesn't do well in the south (Evans?).