Sweet cherry tree named `Redlac`

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of sweet cherry tree, named `Redlac` is disclosed, which is distinct from other commercial sweet cherry varieties as follows: Large fruit borne in dense clusters having higher fruit count per cluster. Fruit of larger scale than that of `Erickson Lambert` and `Rainier`. Pollen which is self-fertile and cross-fertile with other commercial sweet cherry varieties. Exceptionally frost and cold tolerance. Produces fruit with deeper skin color than that of `Erickson Lambert`. Distinctive reddish bark on young limbs. Larger leaves than comparison varieties. Red coloration on leaf petioles. The tree formed is of standard size and can be pruned to a tree having five scaffold branches to form a spreading, open centered tree.

I claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of cherry tree, substantially as herein shown and described.