CHERRY Montmorency

Prunus cerasus

The most widely grown sour cherry in the USA, these cherries are great for cherry pie and juice. Bright red skin with white flesh. Amorelle-type cherry with clear juice. Ripens between Christmas and New Years. Requires 700 chilling hours for fruit set. Sour/Tart.

Self Fertile Tart

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Pollination

Cherry Montmorency is self fertile. It can also serve as a polliantor for sweet cherries.

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Rootstock

Colt - Vigorous rootstock that grows to 5-6 metres. Good for difficult soil.

Edabriz - A dwarfing rootstock, tree grows to approximately 2-3 metres.

Edabriz interstem – Colt roots grafted with Edabriz on top, then grafted with the chosen variety. This way if you have difficult soil but still want a dwarf tree you can have the best of both worlds. Due to the Colt roots, vigour is a little higher than straight Edabriz. Tree grows to approximately 3-4 metres.

Planting & Tree Care

Cherries
SOIL	Prefers well drained soil, rich in potash and lime.
PLANTING SITE	Warm, sunny, dry and sheltered site is best, protected from Spring frosts. Plant 4-5m apart from other large trees.
CLIMATE	Cherries do best in areas with cold Winters, dry Springs and Summers.
WATERING	Water well during the early stages, during long dry periods and when the fruit is developing.
PESTS & DISEASES	Cherries are particularly prone to bacterial canker, silver leaf disease and aphids.
PLANTING IDEAS	Stonefruit trees can be ‘espalier’ trained against a wall or fence in a fan shape. Cherries on dwarf rootstocks may be planted in containers.
FRUIT	Fruit ripens from early to late Summer, depending on the variety.
POLLINATION	Some varieties are self fertile, while others require another variety for pollination.
TREE SIZE	Cherry trees can grow up to 7m tall.
RECOMMENDED PRUNING SYSTEM	Central leader or Vase shape.

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