Carmine Jewel
Variety of Sour cherry · Prunus cerasus
Compact, very cold-hardy sour cherry with sweet, dark flesh.
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
sourtartjuicysweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Prunus cerasus × Prunus fruticosa
- Breeder
- University of Saskatchewan
- Pollination
- self-fertile
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Dark-red to near-black fruit with dark, juicy flesh that is comparatively sweet for a sour cherry. Self-fertile, bushy dwarf shrub from the Canadian breeding programme (Romance series), extremely cold-hardy.
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