- PRE-ORDER FOR DELIVERY IN JANUARY 2022.
- Grafted onto Mazzard rootstock.
- The large heart-shaped treats have yellow with a red blush skin and distinctive yellow flesh.
- The texture is firm and tender.
- Considered the sweetest of all cherries.
- Favorite in colder regions.
- The cherries are very sensitive to temperature, wind, and rain while ripening.
- Pollinated by Van, Black Tartarian, Bing, or Lapins
- Cherries are a practical fruit for home orchards where climate and soil conditions are suitable.
Instructions:
- Once established, they require little maintenance and are reliable producers.
- They are best adapted to areas where summers are moderately cool and low humidity.
- They are usually the last fruit to bloom and the first to ripen. Most varieties require a pollenizer.
- Sensitive to wet, tight soils.
- Susceptible to birds, brown rot, and bacterial canker.
- The trees are 2 years old and you can expect to harvest 4th or 5th year.
- Relatively tolerant of wet soils (but good drainage still required).
- zones 5-9, 700 chill hours
- This fruit tree is shipped dormant and bare-rooted.
- Click here for information on how to plant bare-root trees
- VIDEO: How we ship bare root fruit trees to your door.
What is a Bare Root Fruit Tree?
A Bare root fruit tree is a 2-3 year old fruit tree which 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 it's environment before the warmth of spring comes.
Optimize Shipping: 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. Optimize your shipping by ordering multiple trees.
Protect your tree from sunburn, insects & rodents with PLANT GUARD tree paint & foliar spray.
Protect your roots from rodents with ROOT GUARD the original gopher wire basket.
Feed your fruit tree with Romeo Plant Food. This water-soluble fertilizer is great for in-ground or in-container growing.
