Are Hansen's bush cherry the same species as nanking?. My Hansen's look
different than the
nankings, but perhaps I have them mislabelled?
mIEKAL
Don Yellman wrote:
> Miekal:
>
> Dr. Hansen (can't remember his first name) worked with bush cherries for
> many years, I believe at S. Dakota State University. One of the results
> was Hansen's bush cherry, which I have grown and it fruited quite
> prolifically here. Don't know if any other commercially marketed
> cultivars came from his work. I eventually took them out after I
> planted regular cherry trees, because the fruits are smaller than tree
> varieties, and the fruit/pit ratio was such that they did not work well
> in our plunger type pitter. But they were vigorous growers, and since
> they were developed for the Northern prairies they might work where you
> are located. As I recall, flavor was not bad.
>
> Rgds, Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA