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  Re: Another newbie with questions         


Author: kdsexton
Date: Mar 21, 2007 16:47

On 21 Mar 2007 09:42:06 GMT, Kay Lancaster hub.fern.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>3. Cherries are difficult in this part of the country. They are also
>>>very slow growing. It will be quite a few years before you find out
>>>what your seedlings will do.
>>
>> I had someone tell...
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  Re: Another newbie with questions         


Author: kdsexton
Date: Mar 21, 2007 16:46

On 21 Mar 2007 09:42:06 GMT, Kay Lancaster hub.fern.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>3. Cherries are difficult in this part of the country. They are also
>>>very slow growing. It will be quite a few years before you find out
>>>what your seedlings will do.
>>
>> I had someone tell...
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  Re: Another newbie with questions         


Author: Kay Lancaster
Date: Mar 21, 2007 02:42

>>
>>3. Cherries are difficult in this part of the country. They are also
>>very slow growing. It will be quite a few years before you find out
>>what your seedlings will do.
>
> I had someone tell me that Ranier cherries are so hybrid, that my pits
> probably won't take. Are there any reputable places online to buy
> fruit trees?

Plenty of reputable places... but it would really be useful to you, I
suspect, to get lists of species and cultivars suitable for your area.
I just took a quick look at the gardening section of the Clemson
extension website... lots of fruit tree suggestions for SC, but no
cherries... which strongly suggests to me that your success with
Raniers would be, um, limited. You'll also need a second cherry cultivar
to cross-pollinate Raniers... off hand, Bing and Lapin are what I
recall.

A couple of sites for you:
http://hgic.clemson.edu/
http://davesgarden.com/gwd/
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