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  • From: david liezen <chandos49@hotmail.com>
  • To: Nat'l Ass'n of Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Looking for a dwarf sour cherry (P. cerasus) recommendation...
  • Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:41:09 +0000


Steve,
I bought an English Morello from Raintree - no specific named strain - and
it does wonderfully here in zone 6, that was designated zone 5 until
recently. It stands on Zaiger roots, if memory serves, and isn't even 7 feet
tall after four growing seasons. Got first crop last year: loads of freestone
fruit, red juice and lotsa flavor. A carefree lovely tree.

Dave Liezen, Spokane WA

> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> From: filtertitle@aol.com
> Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 20:55:41 -0400
> Subject: [NAFEX] Looking for a dwarf sour cherry (P. cerasus)
> recommendation...
>
> Gentlemen:
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> 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?
>
>
> (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?)
>
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>
> New Jersey
> USDA Zone 6b/7a
>
>
>
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