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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

Can't help you on hardiness, but Stella can set so heavily the massive clusters of fruit are very susceptible to brown rot.  If it starts in one fruit, it can race up the limb.  In other cherries, only isolated clusters are hurt because the disease can't jump from one to another so quickly.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
On Oct 2, 2005, at 5:10 PM, Richard MURPHY wrote:

<x-tad-bigger>Hello Again Shipmates;</x-tad-bigger>
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<x-tad-bigger>Does anybody have any experience with Sweet Cherries Stella / Sweetheart ?</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>How about Tarts Balaton / Surefire / Evans?</x-tad-bigger>
<x-tad-bigger>Please launch forth your opinions.</x-tad-bigger>
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