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Gang:

Over the years I have ordered a few NorthStar cherry trees...interesting the 
variability in the trees.  There are notable differences in the quality and 
quantity of fruit, in the ripening dates, and in the size of the trees.   
Currently I have 9 trees and two are identical in habit and form, with less 
desirable characteristics than the others.  The best of these is in its third 
year and yielded 25 half pints of cherries, averaging 3/4 inch in diameter, 
and about 3/4 the size of typical Bing, left on the tree, the turn into a 
delicious and ridiculously juicy sweet tart flavor and alll this of a tree 
that if 4 ft tall.  Amazing.  

I cannot sing the praises enough of these tree as landscape specimens and for 
care free maintenance.  I have never fertilized mine and the 15 year old 
specimens just keep on producing.  

Anyways, back to pitting (using a paper clip, I do about 20 half pints an 
hour).

tfb

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