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["Harrick, Barbara" <b.harrick@ilslaunch.com>]

Hi all. I have 2 dwarf pie cherries--Northstar and Montmorency (on
Gisella 5 rootstock from Raintree). They are compact, full of fruit
(first year I planted!) and easy to net--I just threw the netting over
them and it kept birds and squirrels at bay (and I have some feisty,
resourceful squirrels!) I just made a pie from them that was amazing,
although they tend to freeze a brick red/brown color which is so so, but
taste was great.

Does anyone have experience with a pie cherry that freezes red?

Thanks, Barbara

Barbara Harrick
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Should someone want less netting problems with red cherries, you could
try
summer-pruning strategically keep trees smaller and easier to net, or
grafting onto your blush tree so you can wrap the
red-fruit-bearing-branches
with netting rather than net the whole tree.  As far as pie cherries,
some
of the bush species may do well, especially (in my palate's opinion)
when
you combine a few varieties, including bush cherries, sweet cherries,
chokecherries, red currants, etc.  Bush cherries are very easy to net.

 

I agree the gold cherries don't look as good frozen.  I think they look
better canned, but cook better from frozen.  

 

~ Stephen