Editing Cherry (section)

=== Australia ===
In Australia, cherries are grown in all the states except for the Northern Territory.  The major producing regions are located in the temperate areas within New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.  Western Australia has limited production in the elevated parts in the southwest of the state.  Key production areas include [[Young, New South Wales|Young]], [[Orange, New South Wales|Orange]] and [[Bathurst, New South Wales|Bathurst]] in [[New South Wales]], [[Wandin]], the Goulburn and Murray valley areas in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], the [[Adelaide Hills]] region in [[South Australia]], and the Huon and Derwent Valleys in [[Tasmania]].

Key commercial varieties in order of seasonality include 'Empress', 'Merchant', 'Supreme', 'Ron's seedling', 'Chelan', 'Ulster', 'Van', 'Bing', 'Stella', 'Nordwunder', 'Lapins', 'Simone', 'Regina', 'Kordia' and 'Sweetheart'.  New varieties are being introduced, including the late season 'Staccato' and early season 'Sequoia'.  The Australian Cherry Breeding program is developing a series of new varieties which are under testing evaluation.<ref>{{cite web|title=ANNUAL INDUSTRY REPORT 08 • 09|publisher=Horticulture Australia Limited (HAL)|url=http://www.horticulture.com.au/admin/assets/library/annual_reports/pdfs/PDF_File_78.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425021827/http://www.horticulture.com.au/admin/assets/library/annual_reports/pdfs/PDF_File_78.pdf|archive-date=2012-04-25}}</ref>

The New South Wales town of [[Young, New South Wales|Young]] is called the "Cherry Capital of Australia" and hosts the National Cherry Festival.