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  • From: "Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Carmine Jewel
  • Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 14:47:17 -0600

If you like cherries, get an Evans cherry tree. It is a Bali cherry
that is not grafted. Evans is the real name of the cherry. Much
more hardy not grafted on weak roots. I have lost several Bali
because of the cold.

---- Original Message ----
From: unschooler@lrec.org
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Carmine Jewel
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 12:28:37 -0600

>I would have said 6b or 7a until last month when we had temperatures
>that dipped down to 23 below zero F. Luckily, we had some snow
>cover. I'm waiting patiently to see what, if anything, I lost.
>Luckily, I brought my pineapple guava in from the hoophouse. Not sure
>what the temps were in there, but I know it got cold in there. I
>left a Northland fig out there and it looks like maybe it didn't make
>it, though figs are late to come out of dormancy. I think it had a
>green tip on it just before the cold snap, though.
>
>--L.
>
>On Mar 7, 2011, at 11:43 AM, Ernest Plutko wrote:
>
>> What zone are you in?
>>
>> Ernest zone 2
>>
>> ---- Original Message ----
>> From: unschooler@lrec.org
>> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Carmine Jewel
>> Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 22:49:00 -0600
>>
>>> Where all did you get them from? I thought only Henry
>>> Fields/Gurney's carried them. I bought 2 last fall from Henry
>Fields
>>> (and paid a fortune for them), but they were nice large, healthy
>>> plants--maybe 3' high--with a couple of woody stems on them.
>Henry
>>> Fields always has some sort of "special promotion" and I think I
>>> bought these when they were half price. I did go ahead and order
>the
>>> Joy, Joel, and Jan bush cherries, too. I also have Nanking and
>>> Hansen. What can I say? I like bush cherries!
>>>
>>> On Mar 6, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Ernest Plutko wrote:
>>>
>>>> I ordered Carmine Jewel plants from three different US nurseries.
>
>>>> When I get them I will surround them with mesh wire fences top
>and
>>>> sides for protection. I think Carmine Jewel are excellent
>cherries
>>>> well suited for the north. More US nurseries will have them in a
>>> few
>>>> years and the price will come down.
>>>>
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