Montmorency Sour Cherry- Variety Information
- Late-ripening tart cherry for baking.
- Sometimes eaten fresh when fully ripe.
- Self-fruiting tree
- Vigerous tree produces medium, dark red to nearly black cherries in late spring.
- Small, round-headed tree with drooping branches (easy to harvest).
- European origins obscure, introduced to America prior to 1862.
- Sensitive to wet, tight soils.
- USDA Zone 4-9, Requires 500 chill hours to set fruit.
- Protect when temperatures fall below -20°F.
- Susceptible to birds, brown rot, and bacterial canker.
- Harvest 4th or 5th year.
- Grafted onto Mahaleb rootstock.
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- This fruit tree is shipped dormant and bare-rooted.
- Please see our "Dormant Tree & Plant Guarantee" below
- This is a pre-ordered item. It will be ready to ship starting January 2026.
What is a Bare Root Fruit Tree?
A Bare root fruit tree is a 2-3 year old fruit tree that has been dormant for the winter. It is delivered to you without soil. The best time to plant bare-root fruit trees is the end of the winter season. This gives your tree time to acclimate to its environment before the warmth of spring comes.
Click here for our Bare Root Fruit Tree Growing Guide (pdf)
Guia de cultivo para un arbol de raiz desnuda
Optimize Shipping: Optimize your shipping by ordering multiple bare-root fruit trees. Shipping is calculated by box size. We can fit up to 8 bare-root fruit trees in a box. Multi-budded fruit trees and Jujube trees will count as 2 due to branching.