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Mail-Order 2012

Cherries & Pears 

Orders taken now.
Trees are posted mid-June-August 2012 or until sold out.

All varieties $20.00ea
Cherries
 CHERRIES
Sold as bare-rooted trees on Colt, semi-dwarfing rootstock (to 4m).

LAPIN: Sweet Cherry. Very popular fresh-eating commercial variety. Large, dark red fruit of excellent eating quality, with a sweet, rich flavour. Heavy producer. Resists late frosts and fruit-splitting due to wet weather. Self-fertile.
 
STELLA: Sweet Cherry. Ideal home orchard variety and the first of the self-fertile sweet cherry varieties. Also a great pollinator for other varieties. Large, dark red fruit is sweet and juicy, with a rich flavour. Eaten fresh. Vigorous and productive tree. Moderate crack resistance.
 
Beurre Hardy Pear
 PEARS
Sold as bare-rooted trees on Quince rootstock (to 3m).

BEURRE HARDY: Excellent fresh-eating pear with medium to large fruit with a greenish-yellow, russet skin. Flesh is very sweet and juicy. Hardy, productive variety with good disease resistance.