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Post by plantsnobin on Jun 6, 2008 21:36:45 GMT -5
Our daughter bought the neighbors place last year, and he had planted a few trees, the cherries are ripening on one tree. I hadn't even noticed last week when I was mowing. Don't know how I could have missed it, since I had been mowing that yard for about 4 years now. Birds are already starting to move in, doubt if I will get to pick any. Tree is pretty tall too, and I don't really like climbing ladders. There was a self sown tree that had a couple of ripe cherries, tasted one of them and it was really good. I will try to remember to dig it up this fall and move it. I will be growing some from seed from these trees too. Alan, are you ready to try some cherry trees?
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Post by canadamike on Jun 6, 2008 23:03:58 GMT -5
What kind of cherries ? Bing type? Sour cherries ( some are actually pretty sweet, I mean without sourness, in fact, pie cherries contain more sugar than the so called sweets, it is just hiden behind the sourness.
If they are pie cherries, please send a truckload up north, and if they are the bing type, just a bit less ;D
I would really appreciate it.
Michel
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Post by plantsnobin on Jun 7, 2008 7:01:42 GMT -5
I'm sorry, don't know the variety, or how old they are. They are pretty sour, but not so sour that you can't eat one. I have never had cherry trees before, so I have never made anything with fresh cherries. I think they would make a good pie or cobbler. I can send seeds if you really would like some. I think seeds are the only thing the birds are going to leave. The self sown tree that was already bearing was about 10 feet tall, and only had a few cherries. I'm guessing it would take about 5 years from seed to start to get any fruit at all.
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Post by canadamike on Jun 7, 2008 21:51:11 GMT -5
Yep, that is about it, some do it ater 3, but I would feel lucky. I am really interested in havig some of those seeds, it would be nice of you to send me some. Maybe you should cover a large branch with some netting. I had a friend who grew about 1,000 different fruit trees ( varieties and species), when he wanted fruits from a branch he would put lots of vaseline on it, twigs and all, birds hate it because it is slippery, they can't get a good grip...
Fresh cherries are as canned ones in cooking, without the gooey starch stuff. They also make a great juce, you might want to add sugar or honey. To make cherry juice when I had a small orchard, I would put them in a steamer with a little water at the bottom and steam them, soon they are steamed by their own juice...
If there are some wild labrusca grape in your area, the same proces yields a fantastic juice, highly concentrated.
I would add water and sugar to bring it to the concord juice level, it tastes EXACTLY LIKE THE COMMERCIAL ONE, or simply add sugar and make a concentrate I would keep in wine bottles in the fridge, when I wanted grape juice, I would simply add water to it in a glass. I swear to you nobody can see the difference with the very tasty commercial juice.
If you use freezer jam powder with your cherries they will give you an aphrodisiac cherry cheesecake.
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Post by mnjrutherford on Apr 17, 2009 20:22:54 GMT -5
Aphrodisiac cherry cheesecake? And you wanted my bread recipe!?!?! I need the cheesecake recipe!!! YESTERDAY!!! oh, excuse me, yelling ::blushes:: We will be turning our grapes into wine.
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