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>I have them.  The Balaton and the Danube are hungarian sour cherries, not dukes.  Surefire is a sour,

>not a Duke.  Raintree did carry one for a while but nothing has been offered recently.  I don't know that

>any of my crosses are dukes, I think the sours cross with each other and the sweet cross with each

>other.  I don't know how to tell Dukes  as seedlings.   You have to be really specific with the pollen and

>shield the flowers from outside influence. 
 

Could you tell us what you think of each of the 3? 

Balaton

Danube

Surefire

 

Thanks,

 

Chris Mauchline
SE PA, zone 6
40° 5' N 75° 51'W
~650 ft elevation