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  • From: rob hamilton <lostman_amiga@yahoo.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Bush Cherries
  • Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 03:55:36 -0700 (PDT)

What happens in summer to your bushes?
Do the Japanise beetles bother them as well?

--- hector black <hblack@twlakes.net> wrote:
> Hi again Mike,
> They are different species. Can't remember the
> species of Hansen's bush
> cherry. They look very different, the Nanking is P.
> tomentosa and the
> leaves are furry. Hansen has smooth leaves, larger
> fruit. And cherries
> have a stem whereas the Nanking grows right on the
> main stem. We tried
> Hansen's here, the fruit was good, but the bushes
> quite small. Too hot in
> summer here, they were a native to the northern
> plains states so should do
> well in a colder climate.
>
> Hector Black, middle TN zone 6
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: mIEKAL aND <dtv@mwt.net>
> To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 12:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Bush Cherries
>
>
> > 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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