Steve, Thanks so much for your input. I will wait till they are dormant. Sure don’t want to have to spray at this point in the year. Also, it is nice to know you still got a decent crop even after cutting out the center. Sandra
also the cherries were slightly bigger probably due to the smaller crop it had to ripen.
Sounds like a win-win situation to me. Thanks.
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The romance series send their roots deep, I don’t think they care at all about weeds whose roots are usually above the level of their roots. Even if you have deep rooted weeds they also send their roots far. Unlike Haskaps that have shallow roots that are more of a mat around the bush drip line, they don’t like getting crowded.
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I lost my Montmorency. It was a beautiful tree going into its fourth year, it pushed cherries from year one when it was a twig of a tree. Last winter we saw mid -30f, my guess is that it didn’t like that. Pulling it out showed that it had a very well developed root system.
Also last year and this spring I failed to amend boron into my soil. Where I am it is non existent and it affects fruit setting. Apples and cherries don’t seem to have as much fruit as they previously did.
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since my monty got damaged by -40 4 years ago its been struggling. lost 1 of its 2 trunks last winter. the other looks like hell. i think ill cut to the ground next winter and hope it comes back anew next spring. its my best flavored s. cherry.
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Romeo and Juliet according to U of S are pollinating partners. I believe they came out together.
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I ordered a Juliet Cherry. I already have D’Artagnan…which is self pollinating. I got a couple of cherries from it year 1. Looking forward to it suckering for me. It is a true dwarf so i probably will not have to prune it much if at all.
According so some nurseries D’Artagnan should pollinate Juliet which works for me.
From Treetime
The D’Artagnan Cherry is a cold-hardy sour cherry that produces small, sour cherries that are sweeter than other varieties. It typically produces high yields that are ready for harvest in early August. The cherries are good for fresh eating, baking, or preserves. It is comparable to the Romance series cherries, but has a typically shorter form.
The D’Artagnan Cherry is from the new Musketeer Series from the University of Saskatchewan. Cross pollinates well with the Romance series such as the Romeo or Juliet sour cherry.
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Does everyone prune their juliets or just let them be? I have about 10 and if I dont need to prune them that would be OK with me.
I leave them be. I don’t prune anything except a few branches that break from snow load. I haven’t found them to need pruning at all.
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I just happened to see this thread pop up again and wanted to mention that even though I was planning to use them for jam, they didn’t make it. My wife and I finished them pretty quickly. I had to buy some from the farmer’s market ($7 per pint, I think) to make jam.
Everything I’ve seen has said that the Romance series doesn’t need pollination. The Juliet I posted about above has been my most productive bush and it is the only one at that property, so it may not have any pollination at all. At my house, where there are a number of kinds, I get very little production. Though I think that could be due to blossom blight, which I am trying to spray more for this year.
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i pruned mine out of necessity as i got brown rot 2 summers ago due to a wet warm summer. i had to open up the center for air flow. i had been spraying a fungicide but the rain kept washing it off.
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My 4 year old Juliet bushes. They need netting from the birds. Plus the deer love to eat the leaves.
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I know this is a year later, but could you post a picture of your bushes that you trained as trees?
I’ve been trying to read through all the romance threads (hefty!). But, I can’t seem to see if there’s a major difference between Cupid and Juliet in terms of size? Fruit seems similar, but can anyone who grows both speak to any differences in growth habit?
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I’ve read most of the threads and it’s a lot 
Seems like the poplar ones are
Carmine Jewel/Juliet, then Romeo. (Which are also the oldest/older ones)
I think people have a lot of problems with crimson passion (I think it takes forever to fruit, if it does)
D’Artanan I think is another one a few people like but I think it has problems too?
Some of the others I think are also relatively new. This is just all by memory.
This is also excluding Nanking/Monty etc. and also from memory so if I’m totally off the mark someone speak up please.
We have one adult Juliet bush cherry and one adult Carmine Jewel bush cherry. The Juliet was pruned somewhat two years ago because raccoons broke a few limbs. It has since regrown, probably 9 feet tall, but this year the top center fell over because of fruit load and I need to prune it off.
Last year we picked 7 1/2 gallons total from these two bushes. This year, we picked 4 gallons from the Juliet and left a gallon on the bush. We did not pick from the Carmine Jewel this year because it’s fruit are smal
ler and not as sweet as the Juliet. The C.J. also ripens 5-7 days earlier and therefore gets more bird pressure.
In the photo, the larger bush is the Juliet, taken two years ago.
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Thank you, what a great side by side photo.