This one was a very generous gift from @39thparallel. These are all fantastic pie cherries. I’m often asked how i can tell the difference. The difference is signifigant. I’m leaving out lots of pie cherries i grow but i just thought why not grab a few photos for the forum
This one was a gift from my ex girlfriend
This is carmine jewell
what are the 1st 2?
Montmorency and i believe early Richmond
Technically it may be a seedling montmorency i took it from the roots when she gifted it to me
my monty is still struggling from damage 3 winters ago. i keep hoping it sends up new suckers as the original trunk was damaged 3 winters ago from -40 temps. i think il graft a few scions of it onto my Saskatchewan cherries to save it in case my original dies off.
Sounds like a great idea! These are all fantastic cherries. We are lucky to live in such a paradise. Many people dont consider it paradise because they dont tend their gardens.
Clark, in your experience, which of your pie cherries is the most disease-resistant? How much tending/spraying do they take?
So far and my trees are young but north star is the clear winner when it come to setting fruit. I dont think its more that 5 foot tall and 4 foot wide. Its my understanding that north start is a naturally occuring dwarf and will only grow 6 to 10 feet tall at maturity. I have it on mazzard root stock and its grew like a crazy bush. I grafted some more on to mazzard a few weeks ago to set out in the cherry rows and my wife wants two in front of the house. I think north star would make a nice hedge row.
How old is your carmine jewell? It’s covered up in fruitlets.
In my experience all of them are low spray. Carmine jewell is a great cherry for me though that is not true for everyone. In my area north star does not do well. The foliage and tree were fine but the fruit tended to need more spray. Evans is said to be a seedling of montmorency which is the standard by which tart cherries are judged.
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They are old cherries. I began growing them as soon as they were imported into this country. This tells the story Carmine Jewell Cherry Yields increasing with age
Counting down until i can make some cherry cobbler… im not a big fan of ‘pie’ myself…so mine will be ‘jam and cobbler’ cherries. 
two many photos! You need an editor. One of each stage would be good.
i just finished a blackberry/ black currant cobbler made from last seasons frozen berries. was very good.
When I lived in northern Illinois I had a North Star cherry tree. It grew to about 10’ and was a prolific producer. The cherries were very good for baking. They were also very good for wine, which had a pronounced cinnamon note to it. I’m in the PNW now and have a two-year-old North Star tree that set a decent crop. I’ll probably thin it to promote growth but I think I’ll get at least one pie. It’s very hardy too. It survived -30F in northern Illinois with no damage in 2009 or 10. I like Montmorency but if I plant another I might try Morello. But I’m curious about the Saskatchewan cherries. Isn’t that where Carmine Jewel came from? How big does it get? Does it tend toward shrub growth or does it easily form a trunk?
I love pie. Never cared much at all for cake. I love cobbler, too!
When it was my birthday as a kid I would always ask for birthday pie instead of cake.
I had wedding pie, not cake!
if you like cherry wine google Martha Washinton’s cherry bounce recipe. delicious! i dont even pit the cherries. a great way to use up excess cherries once you get them. my C,J’s about 10ft. at 6yrs old. it starts branching off the trunk at about 2ft. so technically a tree. all the romance cherries sucker at 1 point so it’s great if you want to put more trees in. i also have lutowka rose polish sour cherry as well as a romeo and juliet . i get lots of cherries now.
