Cherry Fade is a hybrid from Connected Cannabis Co., the Sacramento cultivator founded by Caleb Counts in 2009. Connected sells it under its own label as a cross of Red Pop and Apples & Bananas #20.
Its reach is the notable part. Cherry Fade has moved beyond California flower jars into a live resin all-in-one vape, and it is part of the lineup Connected ships to Florida through its Trulieve partnership.
Red Pop crossed with Apples & Bananas #20
Connected lists the cross as Red Pop × Apples & Bananas #20 on its flower page, its live resin page and its product listing on Leafly.
Leafly describes Apples & Bananas as an indica-leaning hybrid of Now N Later and Jet Fuel Gelato. It tests at 20% THC or higher and holds a 4.6 rating from 388 reviews. Caryophyllene, limonene and linalool lead its terpene profile, and reviewers highlight fast, intense euphoria.
Red Pop is the other half of the cross, and Connected describes the finished flower as cherry-forward, with raw earth underneath.
A heavy hybrid with a bright back half
Connected pitches Cherry Fade to smokers who want a heavy, fruit-forward hybrid. The brand's description pairs waves of relaxation with bursts of bright energy in the back half of the session.
The terpene lineup behind it is led by β-myrcene, α-pinene and β-caryophyllene. Connected lists the same three terpenes on both the flower and the live resin versions.
Flower, live resin and a Florida run
Cherry Fade flower sits on Connected's own menu at $60. Leafly's listing shows an eighth at Greenwolf in Bellflower, California, for $65. The strain also comes as a 1,000 mg live resin all-in-one disposable carrying the same Red Pop × Apples & Bananas #20 lineage.
Trulieve sells Connected in Florida as jarred eighths and pre-rolls statewide. It lists Cherry Fade next to Biscotti (South Florida OG × Gelato 25), Bad Apple (Atomic Apple × Xeno #10), Guava 2.0 (Guava × Gelato 41) and Tropical Z (Xeno × GDPTHH #9).
Cherry Fade on shelves across the West
In California, Ohana Cannabis in Oakland stocks a 14g bag of Cherry Fade flower for $109.95. The Cake House in Hemet has listed a Cherry Fade pre-roll testing at 29.1% THC and 0.05% CBD.
Outside California, TruMed Premier in the Phoenix area lists a 3.5g Big Buds jar of indoor Cherry Fade at $50. Exhale in Nevada has stocked the 1g all-in-one disposable at 84.22% THC. Each listing carries the same Red Pop × Apples & Bananas #20 cross.
Connected's Sacramento roots
Caleb Counts started Connected in Sacramento in 2009. Early on, the company partnered with Cookies to package strains such as Gelato and Sunset Sherbet, then launched the Connected brand in 2018 at the Fruitridge Health & Wellness dispensary. The company is now vertically integrated. It runs its own shops in Sacramento, Stockton and San Francisco, with delivery and in-store pickup.
Its product line runs from flower and pre-rolls to vapes, extracts and edibles. Beyond California, Connected now reaches Arizona, Florida, Pennsylvania and New York. Connected says it develops strains through in-depth consumer input and rigorous testing before release.
The company's house brands include Connected, Smoken Promises for pre-rolls and a long partnership with Alien Labs, the limited-drop cultivator and lifestyle brand. Cherry Fade sits on the Connected side of that portfolio.