Chinook cherry

{{Short description|Cherry cultivar}}

{{Infobox cultivar

| name = Chinook cherry

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| species = Prunus avium

| genus = Prunus

| cultivar = 'Chinook'

| hybrid = 'Bing' and 'Gil Peck'

| breeder = 1960 by Harold Fogle, with Washington State University

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Chinook is a cross between 'Bing' and 'Gil Peck' and was introduced in 1960 by Harold Fogle. 'Chinook' is similar to Bing but is sweeter and ripens 4 to 10 days sooner. 'Chinook' is a cross-pollinizer with 'Bing' and 'Van'.[http://www.hrt.msu.edu/faculty/Langg/Chinook.html Chinook Sweet Cherry] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213010807/http://www.hrt.msu.edu/faculty/Langg/Chinook.html |date=2010-02-13 }}{{cite web |first=Geraldine |last=Warner |date=26 May 2015 |title=New cherry varieties wanted urgently |url=http://www.goodfruit.com/new-cherry-varieties-wanted-urgently/ |publisher=goodfruit.com |accessdate=8 January 2017}}

'Chinook' was introduced as a black-fruited pollinizer for 'Bing' that could be shipped fresh. It has been removed from orchards because of its relatively soft flesh and serious rain cracking.{{Cite web |url=http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/html/fs/fs57/ |title=Sweet Cherry Varieties in Oregon |access-date=2009-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618060646/http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/html/fs/fs57/ |archive-date=2009-06-18 |url-status=dead }}