I was just wondering if anyone has grown one of these Cherry trees? I saw that it was just introduced into the USA, according to Gurney's magazine. I believe it was introduced in Canada and has hardiness to zone 2b. It is a semi dwarf tree with a height of around 6 1/2 feet. According to their magazine it has better taste than sweet cherry's. It can produce 15lbs of fruit by the fourth year.

This sounds like a great tree if it is as good as they say. To find that cold hardy of a tree is rare.

I am just checking to see if anyone has grown one? or has knowledge of the tree? Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks

Here is a link to the web page

http://gurneys.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_72500

Shelley

Do you have Cherry's this year?

How tall was it when you planted it?

Do they get bushy?

That’s only true if you like sour cherries more then sweet.

I had two plants but gave up growing them, the cherries are smaller then Evans, they are not growing as well and had allot of freeze back, they actually died out!
But…you should test them in your location anyway.
Konrad

Shelley

If you were to purchase one or two cherry trees what kind would you purchase, that is also cold hardy?

Thanks again for the help

Cold hardy for what? You don’t show what zone you’re in.
I grow some, like Lapins, Stella just for fun but not considered cold hardy for zone 3.
Konrad

THanks for any help

I have an Evans (in trade from Laurie) this spring but do not know how sweet it will be.

I like the nanking cherries. They are sweet but small and can be used for jams or jellies or eating fresh.

Brenda (zone 2b-3)

Clayton

The bushes also have a good ornamental value if they are kept pruned. I didn't have trouble with fruit set due to frost, except last year when a warm spring brought them into bloom early. They will suffer but not fail completely if cool weather during bloom keeps the pollinating insects away.

Clayton, do you know anything about Nankings suddenly dying? In my old yard I had six bushes, and two of them just turned up dead suddenly in the spring. It was two different years. I didn't know if it was a blight or what.

Fern

I had never heard of Romeo and Juliet! According the to report they might be a better choice for me?? Where can you buy a Romeo or Juliet Cherry Tree? I am actually not a big cherry fan, I am really planting them for family members. I have never even really eaten a cherry before, so I dont know the difference between sweet and sour cherry, but sour cherry obviously sounds very bad, but they must be eaten?? When they say sour cherry are they good to eat than? I would love to do what your friend did and start a orchard of some sort, but finding what to plant is the problem.

I am still looking for opinions on the best tasting sweet cherry for Zone 3. Thanks for all the help

Sour cherries are becoming big business in Saskatchewan and Alberta. There is now a Cherry Marketing Group and I think the Blue Honeysuckle folks are not far behind.

Clayton

May I also add some FYI advice?

If you would go to the "member pages" at the bottom of this page, click on "personal preferences", you could permanently add your zone to all your postings. Including your "4" now and then on your posts certainly confuses us, when we need to search through all your postings, rather than any of them to find your zone. Our lack of knowledge about you here isn't completely our fault. You could even prefix your zone number with a "z" and suffix it with your province, if you like. If you meant you're on the cold end of zone 4, you could put "z4a", as I did. (Zone 4b is the warmer half of the zone.)

I have heard of those cherries before. I didnt realize they were sweet cherries though. I have tried to order those varieties, but they are only available in Canada and they dont ship to the U.S. Do those varieties self fruitful? I tried a Black Gold and Kristen cherry tree which the company said they were hardy to -30, but I think I put them in to wet of ground and they died, So I wont know if they could survive a winter here. I think a sweet cherry would be better for me than a sour one.

Thanks for the info

These are all sour cherries.
There is really not a sweet cherry out there what is good for zone 3 and 4.

Konrad

I bought my Blackgold and Kristen sweet cherry trees from Miller Nursery in New York their website claims the tree is hardy to -30 which would be ok here. Have you heard this?

Konrad

So, I will throw this out to the general public. Does anyone know where to get the other varieties of the U. of S. cherries in the United States?

Some of the "tart" cherries are actually sweeter than the sweet cherries. I've listed some brix value below, along with the web reference.

Brix values of nine sweet cherries ranged from 15.5 ("Bing") to 21.9.
http://www.actahort.org/members/showpdf?booknrarnr=795_136

Brix value of 6 sour cherries:
http://www.letempsdescerises.ca/varietes.html

Evans (P.Cesarus): 12 to 14 Brix
Carmen Jewel (P.X Kerrasis) : 20 Brix
Crimson Passion (Big Momma) : 23 Brix
Juliette: 20 to 23 Brix
Cupid (Big late): 17 Brix

Sources in Canada: (don't know if they mail to the US)
Dominion seed house: Romeo and Juliette
dominion-seed-house.com

McFayden's: Cupid
http://www.mcfayden.com

Alberta nurseries: Carmine Jewel
http://www.gardenersweb.ca