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[Del Stubbs <northernlights2n@yahoo.com>]

 In May I w&t grafted a different tart cherry onto an Evans, it is doing well 
so far, I
plan to be using this particular tree as a mother tree for various tart trees 
I am
trialling. 
 I just removed (August 8) a nylon stocking I had placed over and entire 
branch of Evans
cherries to keep the birds off - so I could actually try them fully ripe. It 
worked
perfectly. Wonderful! I don't have a brix tester, but they sure gained 
sweetness.  Very
soft and juicy. Many fell as I was picking, that's ripe. I picked many with 
stems on with
scissors and will be trying them in brandy. Any good recipes?
 I remember once seeing a homemade cherry harvester - it was a large cone 
with a slit in
front, attached to the loader of a small tractor. It would be driven up to a 
tree, the
tree gently shaken, and cherries would then fall down the cone. I don't know 
if this was
done multiple times in a season as cherries ripened but I would guess so.
Del


--- rmelrose@danvilleVT.net wrote:

> What about the other way around? Has anyone successfully grafted another
> cherry onto Bali/Evans? Since it root-sprouts so readily it is an obvious
> candidate and would presumably lead to dwarfing if it is graft compatible
> at all. I suspect the answer is that it isn't but would be interested in
> actual evidence to save me the effort of finding out the hard way.
> 
> Richard
> 
> > 
> > At 10:17 AM 8/7/2007, you wrote:
> >>Did somebody already go over the genetics of Bali? Is it avium, 
> >>cerasus, or a combination of the two?
> > I've seen it listed as P.cerasifera...so, none of the above; but, I 
> > can't recall where I saw that apellation, nor the justification for 
> > its application.
> > 
> >>Would it be compatible with sweet cherry, avium, as a rootstock?
> > Everything I've seen written about it indicates that it does not 
> > survive/perform as a grafted specimen, regardless of the 
> > rootstock(though I suppose on its own seedlings, it might.
> > 
> > Lucky 
> > 
> 
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Del Stubbs  www.pinewoodforge.com   zone 3a   N. MN


       
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