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[david liezen <chandos49@hotmail.com>]

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 
 
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> 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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