Maybe he took the tissue from an Evans cherry tree which came from
Canada. There seems to be some confusion over this cherry.
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From: sdw12986@aol.com
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] evans-bali cherry
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:50:32 -0400
Actually, it's the other way around. The name Bali came from Bill
Mackentley at St Lawrence Nurseries. He sold them only as tissue
cultured trees. I talked him into selling me one the year before they
were big enough to list in his catalog. I watched Bill dig it up
myself
and we walked back to the building with him cupping the roots in his
hands until he could wrap it properly.
My tree grew well. When it got big enough to flower I found that most
of
the flower buds were dead every spring. I never got more than a hand
full of cherries a year. Also it would put out a foot (more or less)
of
new growth full of new buds. In the spring all the buds would be dead
except the terminal buds and a few scattered flower buds. Lots of
long
skinny branches with new growth on the tips only. One August, the
leaved
turned yellow and fell a good month early. It was dead. This is
EXACTLY
how a previous North Star cherry behaved, dying a couple of years
before
I planted the Bali. Both died after the trunk was about 4 inches in
diameter.
I sometimes wonder if the North Star left some disease in the soil
and
maybe I should try a Bali again in a different location.
Mine never produced a single sucker. I would have assumed that the
ones
that suckered were NOT own rooted. Maybe not.
Steve..... cold zone 4 in the central Adirondacks
On 7/24/2011 12:51 PM, Ernest Plutko wrote:
Are the suckers from the grafted root? I understand Bali isgrafted
and Evans are the original non-grafted trees. I never had asucker.
Maybe I can buy a few sucker from you? The cherries are very good
eating.
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