Sour Cherry – Brambleberry Farm

Category: Sour Cherry

I find sour cherries simply delightful to eat fresh off the tree, despite any reputation otherwise. If too tart for your taste buds, don’t fret; they can be put to a hundred other delicious uses in cooking, baking, drying, preserving, etc. Sour cherries are large and can be easily pitted with any version of standard cherry pitters. Sour cherries share the spotlight with pears as the easiest to produce of the traditional tree fruits in the Midwest without any sprays (though birds can be a problem, eating the crop as soon as it ripens). Sour cherries will even tolerate little to no pruning if that sounds like a daunting task to you. A sour cherry in bloom is a stunning sight, and has a nice natural growth form. Most Varieties are grafted onto Mazzard seedling rootstock, which does better in heavy wet soils than the commonly used Mahaleb.

8th February 2022

Sumadinka Sour Cherry

Full Sun to Part Shade. Semi-Dwarf on Mazzard, space 8′-12′ apart, self fertile

mid-July. Morello-type. Very early bloomer. Another natural dwarf, staying more compact than Montmorency but slightly larger than Northstar. Supposedly more productive than North Star, with darker colored fruit especially good for eating fresh. Space 8’-12’ apart. Self fertile . . Grafted

Gallon* pots $20, 2-gallon* pots $34, 4-gallon* pots $45

Plants are rarely available in ALL sizes listed, and availability of plants varies from day to day. Please call before you come to check availability.

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Montmorency Sour Cherry

Full Sun to Part Shade. Full Size on Mazzard, space 12′-16′ apart, self fertile

mid-July. Amarelle-type (yellow flesh, clear juice). A well-known and time-tested variety which is still grown commercially. Very similar to ‘Northstar’, but tree grows larger (16’) and is more vigorous. Space 12-16’ apart. Self fertile . . Grafted

Gallon* pots $20, 2-gallon* pots $34, 4-gallon* pots $45

Plants are rarely available in ALL sizes listed, and availability of plants varies from day to day. Please call before you come to check availability.

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Northstar Sour Cherry

Full Sun to Part Shade. Dwarf on Mazzard, space 6′-10′ apart, self fertile

July. Morello-type (red flesh, red juice). A natural dwarf, reaching only 8-10’ at maturity. Cherries are large and bright red. ‘Northstar’ is a perfect edible landscaping plant due to it’s small size, low care and beautiful blooms and fruit. Space 8-10’ apart. Self fertile . . Grafted

Gallon* pots $20, 2-gallon* pots $34, 4-gallon* pots $45

Plants are rarely available in ALL sizes listed, and availability of plants varies from day to day. Please call before you come to check availability.

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Carmine Jewel Sour Cherry

Full Sun to Part Shade. Bush form 6-8′ tall, space 5′-7′ apart, self fertile

August. (dark red flesh and juice) We are VERY excited about this newer offering. It is a natural (non-GMO) hybrid cross between sour cherries and bush cherries, which gives it a very manageable size (6-8′ tall) and great disease and insect resistance. AND it is SWEET – great for fresh eating. Very productive. Fruit keeps well on the bush, provided you protect it from birds and neighborhood kids :). Best flavor is reached a few weeks after the fruits turn red – they’re not really ripe until they are dark red-black. Self fertile . . Grafted

Gallon* pots $20, 2-gallon* pots $34, 4-gallon* pots $45

Plants are rarely available in ALL sizes listed, and availability of plants varies from day to day. Please call before you come to check availability.