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Just
Two Items for sale this year-2011! See Featured Items to the
right and below
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Featured Item #1- Spring 2011
Carmine
Jewel Pie Cherry:
Carmine Jewel, being
a vigorous bush cherry has two very significant advantages over
the larger tree cherries:
#1: Ease
of harvest using easy-to-build catchment, (simply shake the bushes
into the net thus eliminating the huge labor investment in harvesting.)
#2: Due to 4-5 ft size and flexible branches, its much easier to
protect from birds with plastic netting. (Typically we lose 80%
of our cherries to birds if not netted)
-- Let it ripen fully and
it will develop higher sugars than U.S. sour cherry varieties.
--Mainly a great pie cherry
--Also very high in the pigments touted to help arthritis.
--Resistance to cherry leaf spot unknown.
--Much higher yields than Crimson
Passion and much more vigorous;
also much higher survival rate in transplanting.
Dark red/purple color,
--Commercial potential on small
and large scale and perfect for pick-your-own due to ease
of harvest and bird protection.
--4 to 5 foot tall multi- stem bushes at maturity.
--Plant 4-5 feet apart with space between rows large enough for
machinery.
--Bears a few cherries in 2nd and 3rd years.; large yields in 4th
--Does very well in heavy clay soil, producing 10 to 20 pds/bush;
in ideal soil can bear up to 50 lbs/bush.
--Probably does well in light soil, as most sour cherries.
--Tissue cultured (on own roots, not grafted).
Zone
3
--Plants come small, 10"-18" but with very fibrous roots
for great survival;
2 1/2" root mass.
15.00
ea;
12.00 ea for 20-50 plants;
Call for larger quantities
Add
5 dollars per tree if ordering less than 3 trees. (On entire order)
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Carmine Jewel
(photo courtesy of U of Sk)
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| Edible
Forest usually
offers fruit and nut trees not only for mild areas like Madison, WI
but also for areas like my previous home in
zone 3, northern WI. However, this year only two items are offered:
Carmine Jewel and Crimson Passion Sour Cherry. Any size order is ok,
see details under ea variety. |
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Featured
Item #2
Crimson Passion
Cherry:
Due to 4-5 ft
size its much easier to protect from birds with plastic netting.
(Typically we lose 80% of our cherries to birds if not netted)
----This variety has more sugar than the average sweet cherry
and has a firm texture close to that of a sweet cherry however
it is hardy to zone 3! Signficant drawback is that it is a
very weak grower and survival has often been poor the first
year. You must grow this in a pampered environment, like a
garden or in a tree tube the first year!
--Resistance to cherry leaf spot unknown.
--Probably no commercial potential due to low yield.
--Plant 3-4 feet apart.
--Tissue cultured (on own roots, not grafted).
Zone 3
--Plants come small, 10"-18", in 2 1/2" pots
18.00 ea;
15.00 ea for 20-50 plants;
Add 5 dollars per tree if ordering less than
3 trees. (On entire order)
Guarantee: that
all plants are shipped out live and healthy, sorry, no replacements
for Crimson Passion, you must grow it in a garden setting
the first year to prevent losses due to its inherent weak
growth.
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