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ksia

Joined: 17 May 2006
Posts: 2320
Location: Mayenne, France

Posted: Mon Jul 05, 10 6:01 am Post subject: Cherries all over
We've got two old trees and this is our best year ever for cherries. Like bunches of grapes in places. Wine, jam, brandy ..... we might even eat some. How have other people done on their cherry harvest?

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Mon Jul 05, 10 6:57 am Post subject:
Our baby tree gave us a very acceptable bowlful

sally_in_wales
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Joined: 06 Mar 2005
Posts: 20809
Location: sunny wales

Posted: Mon Jul 05, 10 7:23 am Post subject:
the wild/roadside cherries are a few days off ready here at the moment. Hoping to get out to pick this week for preserves.

T.G

Joined: 13 Sep 2009
Posts: 7280
Location: Somewhere you're not

Posted: Mon Jul 05, 10 10:36 am Post subject:
not at all well this year, has been pretty poor for two seasons now

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Mon Jul 05, 10 10:39 am Post subject:
Wonderfully. Best year yet. This is the first year my Merton Glory tree has produced, and the cherries are fantastic. What is even better is, because they aren't a bright red type of cherry, the birds don't realise they are ripe until it is too late and I have eaten them!

loopy

Joined: 20 Jan 2009
Posts: 109
Location: St Ives, Cambridgeshire

Posted: Mon Jul 05, 10 2:43 pm Post subject:
birds have stripped our tree...v disappointed

Barefoot Andrew
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Location: In the 17th century

Posted: Mon Jul 05, 10 2:45 pm Post subject:

judith wrote:

the birds don't realise they are ripe until it is too late and I have eaten them!

That must be particularly satisfying

Barefoot Andrew
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Posted: Mon Jul 05, 10 2:45 pm Post subject:

loopy wrote:

birds have stripped our tree...v disappointed

Duckhead

Joined: 24 Oct 2009
Posts: 2069
Location: Up the hill, Italy

Posted: Mon Jul 05, 10 3:32 pm Post subject:
we have a thicket of wild cherry trees. They are looking quite good again this year. We had thought about moving them, to make them easier to pick, but have decided to be grateful as to what we get and let nature take it's course. It's easier.

marshdaisy

Joined: 08 Feb 2010
Posts: 109

Posted: Mon Jul 05, 10 5:45 pm Post subject:
This was our first year of having fruit off our young tree - we got a small punnet worth which were delicious and gone in less time than it took to pick them. Just sat and ate them by the tree - didn't even make it into the kitchen!

Duckhead

Joined: 24 Oct 2009
Posts: 2069
Location: Up the hill, Italy

Posted: Mon Jul 05, 10 5:47 pm Post subject:
[quote="marshdaisy"]This was our first year of having fruit off our young tree - we got a small punnet worth which were delicious and gone in less time than it took to pick them. Just sat and ate them by the tree - didn't even make it into the kitchen![/quote How lovely

gil
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Joined: 08 Jun 2005
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Posted: Mon Jul 05, 10 6:09 pm Post subject:
Not usually ready here yet, but I should go and check, given the warm weather.

Ginkotree

Joined: 26 Jun 2008
Posts: 2956
Location: south west wales

Posted: Tue Jul 06, 10 4:29 pm Post subject:
the birds always get to mine before they get a chance to ripen..

pookie

Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Posts: 4984
Location: Mid-Wales

Posted: Tue Jul 06, 10 4:31 pm Post subject:

judith wrote:

Wonderfully. Best year yet.

This is the first year my Merton Glory tree has produced, and the cherries are fantastic. What is even better is, because they aren't a bright red type of cherry, the birds don't realise they are ripe until it is too late and I have eaten them!

may just have to plant one of these now! well not now, when I buy one of course......

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35056
Location: Devon

Posted: Tue Jul 06, 10 4:34 pm Post subject:
I'd love to take the baking apple tree out of our back garden and put in a cherry tree. There's only me likes cooked apples, and it's not even very productive. Trouble is I hate the idea of cutting down a tree (Mind you, there's only me likes cherries too ) Also, isn't all the pollination stuff very complicated?

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