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  • From: John Henderson <jhenderson@ithaca.edu>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] sour-cherry varieties
  • Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:16:53 -0500

Montmorency has been the standard for pie-bakers and growers for generations for good reasons both involving tree and fruit. It's major limitations are occasionally soft fruit and susceptibility to cherry leaf spot.

Danube and Jubileum are both much sweeter than Montmorency. Both have the advantages and disadvantages of a cherry that is not quite an eating-out-of-hand variety and not quite a variety with the expected sour cherry taste.

Minnesota-developed Northstar's main advantage over Montmorency is winter hardiness, which should not be a problem in NJ.

A discussion of Bali (Evans) on NAFEX? Must be time to change the oil in my car.

John Henderson
Sage Hen Farm
Lodi, NY
(in a frost pocket within Zone 5)


On Feb 20, 2012, at 12:01 PM, nafex-request@lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

What are the different opinions on the various commonly available sour- cherry varieties:


Danube
Jubilieum (really a sweet-cherry x sour-cherry hybrid)
Montmorency (really a Nankin-cherry x sour-cherry hybrid)
Northstar
Bali (Evans)


I live in NJ (6b).





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