Is Hansen’s bush cherry a selection of Prunus besseyi, or is it simply the species? Does anyone know?
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Definitely selected over several generations for consistent sweetness and size. Dr. Hansen wrote an account of how he produced this variety.
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How does it compair to other tart cherries / or like the romance cherries? It sounds quite hardy, but I havent heard a lot of hype, make me think it more ornamental than eating.
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They are not really very cherry like. Hansen’s fruit resembles a “Bing” cherry in appearance - not in flavor or texture. No aromatics, pulpy, juicy flesh. They need heat and full sun for no astringency and higher sugars. Great culinary fruit and some, like me, like them fresh when fully ripe. Good air movement helps keep monila fungus at bay.
A friend of mine liked them blended into the wet ingredients of fruit pie.
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Well I got to taste around 2 this year. Has the black cherry flavor profile. I expect the fruit to row larger as the bushes get older but right now they are blueberry sized.
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so is it tasty?
oh yea, I am pleased. and looking forward to more.
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