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Lon:

Is the Hansen bush cherry the same as what is called Korean bush cherry?

My Korean seems to be much better behaved here, full of fruit, I find them a 
bit more tart than
the Nanking, & they dont seem to be suffering from die off the way that 
Nanking does.  One great
asset to bush cherries is that the robins strip every last cherry off my pie 
cherry trees & for
some reason they tend to leave the bush cherries alone, of at least they dont 
grab them til
there very ripe which gives me plenty of time to get them first.  Robins 
around here seem to
like pie cherries when they are yellow.

mIEKAL




"Lon J. Rombough" 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
> Prunus besseyi is the basic species Hansen used.  Only suitable in dry
> climates where the winters are cold and go right from winter to spring.
> Here, they die back every spring, then come out when the weather is warm and
> dry for the summer.