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[mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>]

The Joel cherries were planted in the same area as a bunch of Bali & a
couple Nanking bush cherries.  Both the Nankings & Balis have been
fruiting for 4 years & the Bali are nearly full sized already.  The
Joel is about 3 feet high & had maybe 20 fruit this year.  I thought
the cherries were quite good & Im more than happy to have some
cherries ripen that time of the year.

I did have to grow it in a tree tube because of rabbit pressure, it's
possible the tree tube is having some kind of stunting effect on it,
but I use tubes on Nankings all the time for the first 2-3 years &
never had a problem with them.

~mIEKAL


On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:05 PM, Scott Weber and Muffy Barrett
<bluestem_farm@juno.com> wrote:
> mIEKAL,Do you think that the Joels took that long to fruit because they are 
> just slow, or perhaps because of growing conditions that weren't just 
> right?  I'm curious because I just ordered a few Joels for myself....Muffy 
> Barrett
> Southern Wisconsin, where the snow is disappearing rapidly (but it's not 
> all gone yet)