[NAFEX] Duke Cherries

joanrrosenberg at aol.com joanrrosenberg at aol.com
Thu Jun 30 18:24:34 EDT 2005


I have them.  The Balaton and the Danube are hungarian sour cherries, not dukes.  Surefire is a sour, not a Duke.  Raintree did carry one for a while but nothing has been offered recently.  I don't know that any of my crosses are dukes, I think the sours cross with each other and the sweet cross with each other.  I don't know how to tell Dukes  as seedlings.   You have to be really specific with the pollen and shield the flowers from outside influence. 
 
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From: mauch1 at aol.com
To: nafex at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:19:03 -0400
Subject: [NAFEX] Duke Cherries


Raintree Nursery used to sell Dukes.
 
http://www.raintreenursery.com/catalog/producttype.cfm?producttype=CHER
 
They do have a cherry that "may be a Duke by another name"
One is "Danube", which specifically states in their description is as hybrid of Sweet and Tart cherry.
 
Also there are two other 'tart' cherries that have supposedly high sugar contents for eating out of hand:
Balaton
Surefire
 
Raintree sells both Danube and Surefire
Cummins Nursery sells Danube, Surefire and Balaton
 
http://www.cumminsnursery.com/tartcherry.htm
 
Couldn't find any nurseries selling Duke cherries.
 
Chris Mauchline
SE PA, zone 6
40° 5' N 75° 51'W
~650 ft elevation
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