From: "William C. Garthright" <billg@inebraska.com>
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Sweet cherries
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:36:16 -0600
Is anyone out there growing sweet cherries on the Great Plains?
Blackgold, Whitegold, Kristin, etc? Some of these are listed as hardy
to zone 4, but our dry winds are tough on marginal plants.
I did plant one Black Gold and one Lapins sweet cherry (on Gisela 5
dwarfing rootstock) last spring, but obviously, I don't have any useful
information on them yet.
I'm doubtful, too, but I'm at the point where I'll have more fruit than
I can possibly eat, even if only half of my plantings survive. And I
thought it would be fun to try. (Note that my 3-year-old Northstar sour
cherry, not far away from these, died early this summer, for no apparent
reason.)
Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)
--
I am an optimist. It does not seem to be much use being anything else. -
Winston Churchill