North Star Cherry Tree Pictures
The dwarf north star is a medium sized bright red to mahogany skinned cherry with yellow juicy tender flesh.
North star cherry tree pictures. The dwarf north star cherry tree is an attractive small tree naturally only grows 8 to 10 feet. The north star cherry tree grown by this author provided a huge crop of 28 quarts of cherries measured after pitting one season. White blossoms in spring. And the north star is especially versatile because its plump tart cherries are considered ideal for snacking directly from the tree baking and.
This is very good sized small fruit tree that fit into most yards that have a sunny spot for them. That s large enough to give a nice amount of fruit for our family but small enough that we should be able to pick it without too many trips up a ladder. I also have a montmorency cherry tree that will get much larger in the 15 20 tall and wide. This is a very cold hardy variety of sour cherry that only grows to about 12 feet tall and wide.
Cherries ripen in june usda zone 5. The north star is a highly productive sour cherry that is extremely cold hardy and disease resistant. Any surplus cherry jam made from this tree was always fought after as well. Cold hardy growth and cherries in the first year why north star cherry trees.
Introduced by the university of minnesota in 1950 the dwarf north star cherry tree is bred for abundant fast production of delicious cherries and cold hardy adaptability. It is self pollinating so no other tree is needed to pollinate it. This sour cherry is a dwarf vase shaped deciduous fruit tree which typically grows only 7 9 tall and produces one crop per year of large bright red sour cherries with yellow flesh. The north star dwarf cherry tree is expected to reach approximately 10 feet tall and wide.
North star cherry tree with fruit ready to pick.