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Comparison

Cinderella 99 vs Sour Diesel

Both rate as energizing on Leafly, but Leafly users taste citrus and grapefruit in Cinderella 99 and diesel in Sour Diesel.1,2 The two are the parents of Sour Apple.3 In state lab tests the median THC was 22.31% for Cinderella 99 and 21.68% for Sour Diesel.4

Side by side

Cinderella 99Sour Diesel
TypeSativa-dominant hybrid1Hybrid2
LineagePrincess (a Jack Herer seedling) × a Princess–Shiva Skunk backcross5Chemdawg × Super Skunk2
Median THC (state lab tests)22.31% (598 tests)21.68% (1,071 tests)
Middle half of THC results19.48%–24.15%19.00%–25.30%
Median THC, Maryland tests only22.53% (523 tests)21.42% (598 tests)
Top terpenes (median)Too few tests with individual terpene values (5)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (167 tests)
Most-reported effectsEnergetic, uplifted, focused1Energetic, uplifted, talkative2
FlavorCitrus, grapefruit, flowery1Diesel, chemical, skunk2

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.4

Lab-tested THC: Cinderella 99 vs Sour Diesel

18% 20% 22% 24% 26% Cinderella 99 Cinderella 99: median 22.31%, middle half 19.48%–24.15%, 598 tests 22.3% n=598 Sour Diesel Sour Diesel: median 21.68%, middle half 19.00%–25.30%, 1,071 tests 21.7% n=1,071 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.4

A shared offspring

Sour Apple, also called Sour Apple Diesel, is a cross of Sour Diesel and Cinderella 99. Leafly describes it as mostly calming, while it rates both parents as energizing.1,2,3

Sour Diesel has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at sourdiesel.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 3, 2026, no stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Cinderella 99 flower on Weedmaps, against 156 stores for Sour Diesel; around New York the counts were 21 and 125.6

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Cinderella 99 strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Sour Diesel strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Sour Apple strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  4. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  5. SeedFinder, Cinderella 99 (Brothers Grimm), with the breeder’s account "The Cinderella Story" by MrSoul. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  6. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 3, 2026. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.