USDA Tart Cherry Collection Tour

The 2024 Cherry Tour is canceled!

Many apologies to eager participants. The date for the 2025 tour will be announced later.

The USDA Plant Genetic Resources Unit will be hosting our annual summer cherry tour in July 2025. Join us on a tour of the USDA Tart Cherry Collection, which includes over one hundred different cherry varieties! Taste unique fruit while learning about our organization’s mission and current research projects. Also enjoy some cherry themed activities! There will be an opportunity to learn about the USDA Apple, Grape, and Vegetable collections.

Learn about the value of crop diversity and enjoy a walking tour of the collections from 10:00 to 11:00 AM. Please arrive on time. No reservation needed.

Don’t miss out on our first annual celebration of tart cherries!

Location: McCarthy Farm, 2865 County Road 6 (Preemption Road), Geneva, NY, 14456 (across from St. Mary’s Cemetery). Parking available.

Learn more here:

https://www.ars.usda.gov/northeast-area/geneva-ny/plant-genetic-resources-unit-pgru/docs/tart-cherry-collection/

Contact Ben Gutierrez at ben.gutierrez@usda.gov or 315.787.2439 for more information.

Learn more about our Tart Cherry, Apple, and Grape, Collections.