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  • From: Matt Demmon <mdemmon@gmail.com>
  • To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Any point to growing 'Danube'/'Jubileum' sweet-sour cherry Hungarian hybrids - if you already have sweet AND sour cherries.
  • Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 06:20:10 -0500

As far as flavor, it probably depends on your taste buds! I think all
sour cherries are great for eating out of hand, so the sweeter ones
are just a bonus to me, a new flavor combo. Your mileage may vary. Try
'em before you buy them if you can.

-matt
z5 se MI

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:51 PM, Steven Covacci <filtertitle@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> Any point to growing 'Danube'/'Jubileum' sweet-sour cherry hybrids - if you
> already have a collection of sweet cherries and a separate collection of
> sour cherries.
> Since the Hungarian hybrid cherries ('Danube', 'Jubilieum') have P. avium
> in them, they are - as recently stated - more susceptible to brown-root
> then with pure P. cerasus varieties typically are.
> And, as John Henderson mentioned, they are not sweet-enough to compete with
> the better sweet-cherry cultivars; they do not have enough of the true
> sour-cherry flavor character that the better pure P. cerasus sour-cherries
> have.
> John, disappointingly states: "...not quite an eating-of-our-hand
> [varieties]".  So many descriptions, including that of Cummins Nursery, yet
> remark that these are delicious out-of-hand cherries.
> So, then what's the point of growing these hybrid cherries?  Is it because
> this is a smaller alternative to sweet-cherry?  Or is it because some don't
> really like true sour-cherry.
> I'm already growing (or about to):
>
> Sweet cherries - Benton, Black Gold, and White Gold
> Sour cherry (true) - North Star*, Evans (Bali) - as an experiment
>
>
>
> Secondly, since I live in zone 6b NJ, will I end-up with disease issues
> with my 'North Star' sour-cherry?  If so, should I give it away and restart
> with 'Sumadinka', since I'm looking for a red-juiced variety of
> sour-cherry?  I saw some data excluding 'Sumadinka' under the category of
> self-fruitful; that would not be something I like.
> So, I may be looking for a variety (preferably semi-dwarf) that is
> red-fruited, self-fertile, etc. as a replacement for 'North Star'; or
> should 'North Star' do well in the northeast (zone 6).
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>
>
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