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[david liezen <chandos49@hotmail.com>]

Given the combination of scion to rootstock, they may top out within a few 
feet of each other in terms of height and breadth. You will still need to 
open up some space for light and air most summers - that is the case with my 
English Morello sour cherry on Gisela 5, which might get to be 9 feet tall. 
Quite small as cherries go. 
I'd expect your trees to top out 12-14,' but that depends on several factors.
Enjoy,
Dave Liezen
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> Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 02:00:53 -0400
> Subject: [NAFEX] Sweet Cherry Rootstocks: Zaiger & Gisella-6 - questions on 
> dwarfing
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> Group:
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> I have a sweet cherry cv. 'Lapins' on Gisella-6 dwarfing rootstock and a 
> sweet cherry cv. 'Rainer' on Zaiger. Northeast; New Jersey.
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> If left unpruned, what is the potential size (height/width) of these trees. 
> Unfortunately, they are two differing cultivars of two different 
> characteristics of vigor themselves, so that adds to the uncertainty 
> additionally.
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> I feel that, despite what is frequently advertised by some nurseries, they 
> will not just stop at 12' if unpruned; and that they will yet never get to 
> 70' like a P. avium seedling on its own P. avium roots.
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> Thanks,
> Steve
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> Zone 6b/7a; New Jersey
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