The Orange Pippin website has descriptions of cherries. Below I have descriptions of cherries that I have had experience with and that I usually have scion wood for.
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C H E R R I E S
Attika (Kordia): Late-blooming, dark sweet cherry from Czechoslovakia, ripens 2 weeks after Bing. As observed here, growth habit on semi-vigorous Gisela 6 rootstock is very spreading. Resists doubling of fruits.
Benton: Blooms later than Bing, ripens with Bing, large black fruits with exceptional flavor that is both sweet and acidic. Tree is self-fruitful and somewhat upright, but productive here in SW Idaho.
Black Gold: Late blooming, somewhat frost resistant, ripening a week after Bing. Tree is self-fruitful and very productive under east-central MN conditions. Growth habit is upright to spreading. Black Gold has survived -33F in SW Minnesota and has performed better in W central NJ than any other sweet cherry.
Danube: (Tart) From Hungary, tree has a spreading growth habit, moderate vigor, very productive, much better quality in pies than Montmorency.
Erde Jubileum: (Tart) From Hungary, upright growth habit, moderate vigor and productivity, ripens very early (early June in SW Idaho), fruits are small, dark with deep-red flesh and juice.
Gold: Tree is considered the hardiest (to -38F in River Falls, WI) of all sweet cherry cultivars, will pollenize most other sweet cherries, and is said to be very productive. Fruit is firm, golden-yellow in color, ripening about 3-1/2 weeks after Bing.
Kristin: Emperor Francis x Gil Peck cross, introduced in 1982, grown commercially in Norway. Tree is large, vigorous, cold-hardy. Fruit ripens with Van, about a week after Bing, and is medium to large, flesh quality high, unique pleasing flavor as grown here, aromatic, firm, dark-red and glossy. The most productive semi-dwarf cherry in my orchard in 2014 for its size!
Mesabi: Bing x chance seedling, discovered in Duluth, MN, introd. 1964. Fruit is red, pit smaller than that of Meteor. Tree yields heavily, is very cold hardy and precocious, grows slowly, spreading growth habit. Fruit sugar content midway between sweet and tart cherries.
Redlac: Sport of Rainier found near LaGrande, OR by Don Calder. Tree is upright to spreading, vigorous, self fruitful, winter hardy, tolerant to spring frosts. Cherries are large, purplish-red with small pits, borne in clusters.
Salmo: Lambert x Van cross from Summerland, B.C., introd. 1970. Tree is medium sized, spreading, moderately vigorous, precocious, productive, cold-hardy. Fruits resemble Van, being black with short stems, flesh moderately firm. I was quite impressed with the quality of Salmo cherries grown at the NRSP-5 repository in Prosser, WA and in my own orchard in 2013 and 2014.
Tieton: Tree produces large fruits, ripening about a week before Bing. Fruit is firm and flavorful with a sturdy stem, but susceptible to doubling if tree is subjected to extreme heat (>95F) in the previous summer.
Utah Giant: Tree is hardy, blooms with Bing, sets fruit heavily, not subject to fruit doubling in extreme heat. Fruit is sweet, larger and firmer than Bing or Lambert, shape and stem length resemble Van, skin mahogany colored, flesh flavor outstanding.
White Gold: Self-fruitful cross of Emperor Francis x Stella. Tree slightly more hardy than Black Gold under MN conditions and has good size, great flavor, and moderate cropping. After tasting it here in 2011, I called it “the Rainier of the North.”
Attika (Kordia): Late-blooming, dark sweet cherry from Czechoslovakia, ripens 2 weeks after Bing. As observed here, growth habit on semi-vigorous Gisela 6 rootstock is very spreading. Resists doubling of fruits.
Benton: Blooms later than Bing, ripens with Bing, large black fruits with exceptional flavor that is both sweet and acidic. Tree is self-fruitful and somewhat upright, but productive here in SW Idaho.
Black Gold: Late blooming, somewhat frost resistant, ripening a week after Bing. Tree is self-fruitful and very productive under east-central MN conditions. Growth habit is upright to spreading. Black Gold has survived -33F in SW Minnesota and has performed better in W central NJ than any other sweet cherry.
Danube: (Tart) From Hungary, tree has a spreading growth habit, moderate vigor, very productive, much better quality in pies than Montmorency.
Erde Jubileum: (Tart) From Hungary, upright growth habit, moderate vigor and productivity, ripens very early (early June in SW Idaho), fruits are small, dark with deep-red flesh and juice.
Gold: Tree is considered the hardiest (to -38F in River Falls, WI) of all sweet cherry cultivars, will pollenize most other sweet cherries, and is said to be very productive. Fruit is firm, golden-yellow in color, ripening about 3-1/2 weeks after Bing.
Kristin: Emperor Francis x Gil Peck cross, introduced in 1982, grown commercially in Norway. Tree is large, vigorous, cold-hardy. Fruit ripens with Van, about a week after Bing, and is medium to large, flesh quality high, unique pleasing flavor as grown here, aromatic, firm, dark-red and glossy. The most productive semi-dwarf cherry in my orchard in 2014 for its size!
Mesabi: Bing x chance seedling, discovered in Duluth, MN, introd. 1964. Fruit is red, pit smaller than that of Meteor. Tree yields heavily, is very cold hardy and precocious, grows slowly, spreading growth habit. Fruit sugar content midway between sweet and tart cherries.
Redlac: Sport of Rainier found near LaGrande, OR by Don Calder. Tree is upright to spreading, vigorous, self fruitful, winter hardy, tolerant to spring frosts. Cherries are large, purplish-red with small pits, borne in clusters.
Salmo: Lambert x Van cross from Summerland, B.C., introd. 1970. Tree is medium sized, spreading, moderately vigorous, precocious, productive, cold-hardy. Fruits resemble Van, being black with short stems, flesh moderately firm. I was quite impressed with the quality of Salmo cherries grown at the NRSP-5 repository in Prosser, WA and in my own orchard in 2013 and 2014.
Tieton: Tree produces large fruits, ripening about a week before Bing. Fruit is firm and flavorful with a sturdy stem, but susceptible to doubling if tree is subjected to extreme heat (>95F) in the previous summer.
Utah Giant: Tree is hardy, blooms with Bing, sets fruit heavily, not subject to fruit doubling in extreme heat. Fruit is sweet, larger and firmer than Bing or Lambert, shape and stem length resemble Van, skin mahogany colored, flesh flavor outstanding.
White Gold: Self-fruitful cross of Emperor Francis x Stella. Tree slightly more hardy than Black Gold under MN conditions and has good size, great flavor, and moderate cropping. After tasting it here in 2011, I called it “the Rainier of the North.”