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

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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