O.K. here are the types of Cherries I need help to pick from to grow. Will take all opinions.

Bing - not self pollinating

Black Tartarian - not self pollinating

Early Richmond -self pollinating

Montmorency - self fertile


Thank you.

those are all good cherries for California. I don't think they would be any good in your area.

those are in the low to moderate chill type o cherries. If I were you, i would go for your adapted types with moderate to high chills and should survive your winters.

perhaps other members here can chime in.

And Welcome back DisneyGirl!

Montmorency is commonly grown in the Northeast, so might be a good choice, IF what you want is sour pie cherries.

Thanks, Joe. Thanks, Malcolm.

OH, no, no, no. I definately want SWEET, SWEET, SWEET..... NO SOUR STUFF

Any suggestions for what kinds and where to look for those types of cherries?

According to the Arbor Day Foundation, which is where I plan to get the trees from, unless someone has a better place they know of, the following is what they have for zoneage.

Bing 5-8, Black Tartarian 5-7, Early Richmond 4-8 and Montmorency 4-7.

Except for the Bing, I have no idea what the others taste like.

Thanks.

Get a good rootstock and I will send you plenty of cherry cultivar budwoods to try out. Stark Crimson should be a good self-fertile sweet one, i think patent of that has expired, it is only trademarked now. Will try to ask what doesn't split in your area.

That would be wonderful. Thank you. What rootstock do I need?

You can order ultradwarf rootstocks if you want. I would recommend Krymsk-5 for ultradwarfing. Trees would be up to 20 ft if left alone but can be maintained to 6 ft if so desired. one thing nice is that cherries grafted to it will bear fruits much earlier than other rootstocks. You can order Krymsk-5 from raintree nursery next year. just be patient, you will have some nice good sweet cherries.

Yeah, I have patience . After all I do have a houseload of kids, puppies,,,, oh yeah and don't forget my husband.

OOOO anyone have a multi- cherry tree??? Can you guess what I'm thinking??

Okay that's great. I have 24-n-1 cherry tree, but I lost track on some of the tags, so I am sure only about 18 of them.