Buy cherries now Our cherry season has now finished so no further orders can be taken. Thankyou all for your support.

Central Otago's climate of cold winters and hot summers is ideal for cherry production. These conditions give sufficient winter chilling for good bud initiation and the heat of summer gives us the high sugars and quality finish expected of top Export fruit.

Sarita cherries are grown under a sustainable eco friendly integrated pest and disease management system called Summergreen. This allows us to supply outlets throughout New Zealand and export to countries around the world. Our main export destinations are Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, USA, and Australia. The Japanese market is now open to New Zealand cherry exporters.

Our harvest season starts in mid December with the variety Primavera. 

Varieties: 

 Burlat - This is our earliest variety. Available in late November it is a large firm bright red fruit. An early taste of summer. Only available at our road side stall.

Primavera - A sweet summertime cherry available for Christmas. Bright red with pink melting flesh. Medium size.

Dawson - Otago's most famous cherry. Rich burgundy colour, sweet and juicy. Available for Christmas most years. Medium size.

Bing - Red black sweet and crunchy. Possibly the worlds best known variety. Size is medium to large. Available for New Year most seasons.

Stella - Dark red and sweet This attractive heart shaped fruit is available in early January.

Lapins - Large sweet fruit deep red in colour. Our most requested mid season variety.

Sweetheart - Large crunchy red fruit with dark red sweet flesh. This is becoming our districts major export variety.

Rainier - White fleshed large and very sweet. This is a very popular export variety.

Staccato - Large very crunchy red black cherry with sweet burgundy flesh. This is a late season variety.

Samba - This is a very large sweet cherry. Available in limited volumes for Christmas this year.

Selah - Also called Liberty Bell in the USA. A mid season variety which has very large crunchy fruit. limited volumes available this season.

Approximate Harvest Dates:

Our cherry season is complete. No further orders can be taken. Thankyou for your support.

PRICES .

 1Kg $19.00 + courier costs. Including courier cost,  North Island $26.80, South Island $24.20.

 2kg $34.00 + courier costs. Including courier cost, North Island $42.00, South Island $ 39.60.

 5Kg $80.00 + courier costs. Including courier cost, North Island $90.40, South Island $87.00.

Rural delivery and Saturday delivery is extra to the above costs

DISCLAIMER: All products will be dispacthed in the best possible condition. Couriers will deliver to the provided address.

If the recipient is not home or has changed address Sarita Orchard Ltd cannot accept responsibility.