Jerry,
Looking at the ripening dates from last year on your carmine Jewell I suspect your harvest is very close. It appears your yields last year exceeded those of Montmorency. I’m curious what yield will be like this year. My estimate is your less than a week away from the cherries starting to turn. Never had a chance to top work my northstar to Montmorency but I’m not ruling out getting caught up at some point and t budding northstar. These 90 degree days should be bringing the cherries around very soon. When I compare CJ to Montmorency I mean that as a compliment to Montmorency since it sets the bar as the best sour cherry. Montmorency from my perspective overall is still king for pies because it can easily be pitted. Here was my 2017 harvest Carmine Jewell Cherry Yields increasing with age - #255 by Johnnysapples. Hopefully very soon you will post pictures of a CJ harvest that will make my harvest look mediocre. Good luck on your harvest .
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