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[Don Yellman <dyellman@earthlink.net>]

mIEKAL aND wrote:
> Are Hansen's bush cherry the same species as nanking?.  My Hansen's look 
> different than the
> nankings, but perhaps I have them mislabelled?
>
> mIEKAL
>
> Don Yellman wrote:
>
>
> > Miekal:
> >
> > Dr. Hansen (can't remember his first name) worked with bush cherries for
> > many years, I believe at S. Dakota State University.  One of the results
> > was Hansen's bush cherry, which I have grown and it fruited quite
> > prolifically here.  Don't know if any other commercially marketed
> > cultivars came from his work.  I eventually took them out after I
> > planted regular cherry trees, because the fruits are smaller than tree
> > varieties, and the fruit/pit ratio was such that they did not work well
> > in our plunger type pitter.  But they were vigorous growers, and since
> > they were developed for the Northern prairies they might work where you
> > are located.  As I recall, flavor was not bad.
> >
> > Rgds, Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA
>
>
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Miekal:

I am not at all certain that Hansen's Cherry is the same species as 
Nanking.  I don't remember exactly where you are located, but do recall 
it is a short-season area, and I thought you might want to try a 
different cultivar that was developed for the U.S. plains.  But if you 
are focused on Nanking as the only type that will survive in your 
climate, Hansen's may not interest you.

Rgds, Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA