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[Neil Lewis <lewisn@georgetown.edu>]

I grow a North Star sour cherry here in Maryland, zone 7, and agree with 
everything Pete Tallman says.  It's a good choice for a small sour cherry.


Neil Lewis

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> Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 20:55:41 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Steven Covacci<filtertitle@aol.com>
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> Subject: [NAFEX] Looking for a dwarf sour cherry (P. cerasus)
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> Gentlemen:
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> I'd like to grow a dwarf sour cherry tree (P. cerasus); I'm not really that 
> into the sour cherry (plum) bushes.  I noticed recent discussion on the 
> 'Joel' bush cherry (plum) inter-specific hybrid - to me, that one has a 
> worthless fruit, until it is dried; it makes a good partially dried fruit.
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> So, for a sour cherry tree that remains small, I'm considering the cultivar 
> 'North Star'.  I live in zone 6b/7a, so cold-hardniess is not the biggest 
> concern.  Does anyone recommend a different dwarf sour cherry cultivar?
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> (p.s. let me know of planting a sour cherry over light-gray landscaping 
> pavers is a bad idea, or will the stains wash away when it rains?)
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> Thanks,
> Steve
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> New Jersey
> USDA Zone 6b/7a

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