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  • From: "Greg or Marie Jordan" <mgjordan@concentric.net>
  • To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Evans cherry- any Canadian sources??
  • Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 15:06:46 -0800

I would appreciate it if when you see these new cherry cultivars heve been
released you let the list know. I am very interested.
Thank you.
Greg Jordan

> Dave,
> Its a waste of time to graft Evans cherry on anything in climate
> zones colder than zone 6. It grafts readily, but invariably dies over the
> winter in colder zones. In rare cases it may nurse itself over a very few
> years on pincherry, then die. It MUST be grown on its own roots to be
hardy
> in zones 3 and 4, and probably 5. It is very commonly available through
> Canadian mail order nurseries, ie T and T seeds out of Winnipeg, and
> McFayden's out of Brandon (www.mcfayden.com).
> There are superior and even hardier cherries to Evans that will be
> released in the relatively near future. I have tasted some of these, and
> they are noticibly better in taste, darker red, larger, and hardier
> (probably well into zone 2). I'd say they are "almost" a sweet cherry in
> taste, but far tastier fresh off the tree than any other "tart cherries" I
> have tasted. So for all my friends in zones 2, and 3, hang tight, "you
> ain't seen nothin yet" if you like Evans.
> Bernie Nikolai
> Edmonton Alberta






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