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["Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>]

Of course it depends on your zone and variety, but I have found them much,
much easier than apples, and easier than peaches.  All three need some
(organic) spraying, but the cherries I've grown needed less.  The biggest
problem is birds.  My best solution was to plant a bright red
very-small-fruited cherry (we call those seed cherries, that may be a
regionalism) for the birds and a red-blushed yellow variety for the humans.
The birds far preferred the red cherries, and the trap tree produced
prolifically (both did).  

Stephen Sadler, Ph.D.
USDA 9, AHS heat zone 8, 
Sacramento CA - Mediterranean climate

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Doreen Howard
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 6:23 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: [NAFEX] Cherries

On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you who grow cherries rate their 
difficulty?  Is it harder to produce a decent crop in comparison to apples 
or pears, for instance?  Or are they up there with peaches in their ease? 
I'd like to use your comments in an article I'm writing on growing cherries 
the backyard.
Doreen Howard