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["Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>]

I read a few reviews from Canada and the authors say that Nanking
Cherry tastes better than Carmine Jewel.  This is subjective from a
few people.

---- Original Message ----
From: billg@inebraska.com
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Carmine Jewel
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:01:43 -0600

>
>> How tall are the trees, what size the fruit, & do they have any
>sweetness. How would you compare them to Nanking bush cherries?
>
>
>I can't answer most of this, but I've had a Carmine Jewel for two
>years 
>now, and it's a really tiny tree. From what I read, it was only
>supposed 
>to get 6 ft. tall on its own roots, and I believe it, since it's
>still 
>barely more than 3 ft. tall now. (Everything else in my yard seems to
>
>spring up like magic beans.) Yet it's healthy, and it looks like a 
>little tree, not a bush.
>
>Well, I wanted something this small, because I still had a tiny
>little 
>spot in my yard where there wasn't a fruit tree, bush, vine, or cane 
>growing. Heh, heh. There really wasn't enough room for anything else.
>
>(Ironically, one of my trees died soon afterwards, so I could have 
>planted a regular - dwarf - tree there, after all.)
>
>Seriously, I can't say much about it, since I've only had it for two 
>years. No fruit or even blossoms yet. But the tree itself doesn't
>seem 
>to have any insect or disease problems. I suppose I'll have to spray
>it 
>when it starts fruiting - and I'll have to net it, of course - but so
>
>far, it's been quite wonderfully work-free. I haven't even needed to 
>prune it, since it seems to branch just perfectly on its own. But it
>is 
>VERY small.
>
>Bill
>Lincoln, NE (zone 5)
>
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