This is a sweet cherry, Black Star, from Schlabach. It was planted in the soring of 2014. It is on Krymsk 5. It grew very well. Last year, it had a few blooms but no fruit set.
Last year, I grafted a few varieties on it and those grafts grew like weeds. This year, I grafted a few more and they all took. I hoped to turn it into a multi- grafted tree. The tree had several more blooms.
Then, a couple of weeks ago, I noticed that the leaves started to wilt. The tree has stopped growing. It has been like that for the past two weeks. By contrast, the Black Gold is flourishing.
I do not know what has caused its demise. My guess is that it could be that the area has been wet once in a while when it rains hard. There is no standing water. Also, only 5 feet away is the Black Gold.
An Amish farmer in PA told me last year that cherries on Krymsk.5 have proven susceptible to bacterial canker. It is advised to prune/graft them minimally.
My sole tree on K.5, Whitegold, is one of the best looking trees in my orchard.
Sorry to hear that Mamuang, my Kristen sweet cherry up and died suddenly same time last year. Never did find any evidence as to why, it looked great up until it died.
@Klondike_Mike, Sorry about your loss, too.
I said it many times that in my yard, cherry is the only fruit that produces fruit that is inferior to store-bought.
Well. Glad that I have not grafted too many on Black Gold. But that one is on Gisela 5. Not sure if I want to try another Krymsk on anything.
Thank you, Quill. I am more miffed than sad for losing 3 full years with nothing in return.
I had two cherry trees on Gisela 5. One I removed because of the variety, not because of rootstock. I like Gisela 5 very much, very cold hardy and so far, hardly has any canker ( knock on wood).
The Gisela stocks are thought to be the best for cherries in the Eastern U.S.
The problem is they are German bred and there are only a limited number of authorized propagators in the U.S.
Compounding that-- the commercial orchardists get first pick and often buy out the stock in bulk before the backyard orchardists have a chance to get 'em.
On occassion, Cummins, Adams County, and Boyer’s stocks them. You have to pester Boyer periodically. They rarely bother even to announce they have them. Their clients gobble them up. Lately, Raintree has also found a way to get them.
I grafted it on a Rainer tree with Sandra Rose(tag intact), Vandalay( lost tag), Black star (lost tag), White gold (tag intact) , Black gold(lost tag), and Van (tag intact) .
Black Gold and Vandalay look alike to me. Don’t know what Black Star looks like. It would have set fruit this year.
I had Bing, Stella, Sweet Heart, Black Tartarian, Black Pearl and White Gold on that dying tree. I tried to rescue the Black Pearl and White Gold by removing the grafts to another cherry tree. Those grafts have already leafed out. We’ll see if they can be saved.
Sorry your tree didn’t make it. But it will live on as part of my Black Gold. The scions you sent me last year grew very well. No fruit this year but maybe next.
Not sure. I think a lot have to do with types of fruit trees, rootstocks, timing and weather. have seen multi grafted apple trees last a long time.
My PF1 peach was severely pruned the summer before going into a severe cold winter. That was the most probable cause. Severe pruning in late summer could have weakened the tree making it more vulnerable to extreme weather.