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[Steve <sdw12986@aol.com>]

Thanks Doug, that certainly gives me something to think about. The part 
of my yard where I tried both the North Star and Bali/Evans cherry trees 
is indeed very rich. I judge that by the fact that I have planted plum 
trees in that part of the yard and had them send up 6 feet of growth the 
first year. A few years ago I grafted a plum onto a short existing 
sprout and got 3 shoots 4 feet tall to choose from for the trunk. I have 
plums that do well there but maybe it was too much for the Bali.
I have another corner of the yard which is more sandy and doesn't grow 
grass nearly as well as the other part of the lawn. Maybe I should try a 
new Bali over there.

Steve



On 7/24/2011 5:08 PM, Douglas Woodard wrote:
> To Steve:
>
> Articles which can be found on the internet state that Evans/Bali does
> best on the Canadian Prairies on soil which is "not too fertile" and
> there are suggestions that on rich moist soil it may not be as
> cold-hardy. If you are interested, search on "Evans cherry."
>
> There are also statements that many attempts have been made to grow
> seedlings of Evans and that they are generally inferior in both quality
> and cold-hardiness. The reason that Evans was only grown from suckers
> until tissue culture was commercialized is apparently that there was no
> conveniently available rootstock that was hardy enough and reliably
> compatible.