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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

> I don't like cherries and don't know anything about growing them, but; in 
> cold weather areas like yours, apples should grow well.  I have seen old 
> heirloom type apple trees with apples about the same size as cherries and 
> real thorny  (I mean dangerously thorny) limbs. They trees are not large 
> like a regular apple or peach tree. They were called 'hog apples' , but i 
> don't know their real name; but they were tasty....
I have apple trees (some heirloom), peach and pear trees. I want to add a 
couple cherry trees; I prefer sweet cherries, but I think I'm a little too 
far north. I've hear of some pie cherries coming out of Canada that are as 
sweet as sweet cherries, but I can't track down a source.

The tree you describe sounds like a Hawthorn tree; it's related to apples. I 
have a couple on my property, but they are old and not producing well. The 
fruit are called "haws".

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA