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[martha_davis@highstream.net]

I have recently moved from clay to sandysoil humid to arid.  My impressions on
what is easier to grow have changed considerably.  Stone fruits, especially
apricots seem a lot easier that they used to be.  Your ease rating may need to
have different values depending on drainage.

marthaQuoting 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-----
> From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [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
>
>
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