sour cherries

[sf]

The talk about Morello cherries in a jar got me wondering once again
where sour cherries are sold frozen around here. Google lead me to
Dole, which has a product on their web site called Fresh Frozen Red
Tart Cherries - so I went to their product finder page and it's not
listed there. <sigh>

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room

[Dave Smith]

On 2015-01-15 19:39, sf wrote:
>
> The talk about Morello cherries in a jar got me wondering once again
> where sour cherries are sold frozen around here. Google lead me to
> Dole, which has a product on their web site called Fresh Frozen Red
> Tart Cherries - so I went to their product finder page and it's not
> listed there. <sigh>
>

Montmorency cherries at the type commonly grown around here. I am lucky
to have a number of cherry orchards in the area, one of them less than a
mile from my house. Problem is.... we had three bad years in a row for
cherries and a lot of the cherry orchards were cut down and replaced
with more resilient tree fruits.

While some of the local cherry orchards have/had their own processing
plants to make juice and for freezing, I have seen some commercial
brands in the local grocery stores.

I did a little search and came across a Chowhound page where someone had
an excellent suggestion. Look for eastern European or Russian stores.
Cherries seem to be a lot more popular in their culture.

[Oregonian Haruspex]

sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
> The talk about Morello cherries in a jar got me wondering once again
> where sour cherries are sold frozen around here. Google lead me to
> Dole, which has a product on their web site called Fresh Frozen Red
> Tart Cherries - so I went to their product finder page and it's not
> listed there. <sigh>

The Oregon brand canned sour cherries are pretty good and should be in your
baking aisle. Canned in water so there's no extra sugar.

[Janet B]

On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 16:39:13 -0800, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:

>
>The talk about Morello cherries in a jar got me wondering once again
>where sour cherries are sold frozen around here. Google lead me to
>Dole, which has a product on their web site called Fresh Frozen Red
>Tart Cherries - so I went to their product finder page and it's not
>listed there. <sigh>

Gee, I just saw some in a freezer case this week. I just don't
remember what store because it wasn't something I was looking for.
I'll keep an eye out and report back if I see them again. It may have
been Winco. I know you don't have a Winco.
Janet US

[spamtr...@gmail.com]

There's one in Vacaville. Maybe SF could make a road trip to the outlet
stores there. SF Bay Area WinCos are also in Pittsburg (no H), Brentwood,
and Tracy.

[Judy]

Never seen frozen sour cherries in the stores here.
Have just seen the frozen sweet cherries. I've always
used the canned sour cherries, packed in water from Oregon,
and we really like them. I use whatever brand is cheapest
and are just as good as the more expensive ones. They make
awesome pie!

Judy

[sf]

On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 21:09:23 -0500, Dave Smith
<adavid...@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> I did a little search and came across a Chowhound page where someone had
> an excellent suggestion. Look for eastern European or Russian stores.
> Cherries seem to be a lot more popular in their culture.

That's a good idea, we have a little Russia area - mainly Russian Jews
from Ukraine... not sure if the store I'm thinking of has a frozen
section though. Thanks.

[sf]

Thanks, I think I've looked for that product in the past and only
found cherry pie filling which has very few actual cherries in it.

[sf]

On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 22:08:22 -0700, Janet B <nos...@cableone.net>
wrote:

Thanks Janet - you always seem to point me in the right direction!

[sf]

On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 21:29:14 -0800 (PST), spamtr...@gmail.com
wrote:

We head up to Vacaville occasionally for other reasons, not outlet
shopping. It's an hour and a half away - so it's not a casual drive
up for sour cherries and back home again trip. Are you sure WinCo is
in Vacaville? I google imaged 855 Davis St, Vacaville and Google
showed me a house. Does the store itself use the name WinCo or is it
called something else?

By far, the nicest grocery store I've seen in Vacaville is Nugget. I
wish that chain would pop up closer to me (on this side of the
bridge)!

[sf]

On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 21:56:07 -0800 (PST), Judy <cook...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 3:39:19 PM UTC-9, sf wrote:
> > The talk about Morello cherries in a jar got me wondering once again
> > where sour cherries are sold frozen around here. Google lead me to
> > Dole, which has a product on their web site called Fresh Frozen Red
> > Tart Cherries - so I went to their product finder page and it's not
> > listed there. <sigh>
> >
> > --
> > A kitchen without a cook is just a room
>
> Never seen frozen sour cherries in the stores here.
> Have just seen the frozen sweet cherries.

Same here.

> I've always
> used the canned sour cherries, packed in water from Oregon,
> and we really like them. I use whatever brand is cheapest
> and are just as good as the more expensive ones. They make
> awesome pie!
>

Thanks! Unfortunately, when I've looked specifically for canned
cherries, the store only has cherry pie filling on the shelf. I
wonder how sweet cherries would work?

[Dave Smith]

Hope it works for you. The eastern European delis I have been to around
her always had lots of canned and bottled cherries, sweet and sour.
Grocery stores may have only one type of canned, but those ethnic places
always had variety. They also tend to carry a selection of cherry jams.
They must all like cherries as much as I do.

It always surprises me that so many people don't like cherries. It is
probably because they are accustomed to canned cherry pie filling. My
wife and a friend of ours were totally uninterested in cherry pie and it
turned out that they had been raised with store bought pies with
commercial filling. When they had fresh sour cherry pie they were
impressed.


If I time things right, I can go over to a local cherry orchard and get
freshly pick and pitted cherries, and they are cheaper than buying a
basket that will have to be pitted by hand. There is a small window of
opportunity during the harvest, which lasts only a few days.

[Janet B]

The only reason I remember seeing them is that I was surprised to see
them. I didn't know they were available. The only two stores I was
at early enough to really rummage around are Winco and Costco. I
couldn't really see the freezer cases at TJ's because the noon-time
crowd was there. Anyway, I will be at both Winco and Costco within
the next 7 days and I will be sure to look.
Janet US

[sf]

On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 10:53:35 -0500, Dave Smith
<adavid...@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>
> It always surprises me that so many people don't like cherries. It is
> probably because they are accustomed to canned cherry pie filling. My
> wife and a friend of ours were totally uninterested in cherry pie and it
> turned out that they had been raised with store bought pies with
> commercial filling. When they had fresh sour cherry pie they were
> impressed.

That's the way my husband is about cherries. He won't eat them fresh,
in a pie or in a turnover. If I didn't stop myself, I could polish
off an entire pound of fresh cherries in one sitting. I probably like
cherry pie because I was raised in Michigan (which was famous for
cherries back then) and my family bought pies made by a company called
Chef Pierre (which was reputed to be as close to home made as
possible). I see it's a Sara Lee subsidiary now.

I'd like to make some turnovers someday - cherry for me and apple for
him.

[Judy]

On Friday, January 16, 2015 at 6:41:51 AM UTC-9, sf wrote:

> Thanks! Unfortunately, when I've looked specifically for canned
> cherries, the store only has cherry pie filling on the shelf. I
> wonder how sweet cherries would work?
>
> --
> A kitchen without a cook is just a room

I use the cherry pie filling for some
desserts and dessert-type salads (I always
add 1/4 tsp. almond extract to a can) and
they work good for that, but don't care for
them in pies.

I usually make two pies at a time, as our
family really does like them. For two 9"
pies, I use 5 cans drained sour cherries,
2 cups sugar, 4 tbsp. tapioca, 1/4 tsp. salt,
1/2 tsp. almond extract and a few drops red
food color, as the canned sour cherries are
pale in color.

Judy

[Judy]

On Friday, January 16, 2015 at 6:41:51 AM UTC-9, sf wrote:

> Thanks! Unfortunately, when I've looked specifically for canned
> cherries, the store only has cherry pie filling on the shelf. I
> wonder how sweet cherries would work?
>
> --
> A kitchen without a cook is just a room

I meant to also say in the other post, I also don't
think sweet cherries would work very good for pie either.

Judy

[spamtr...@gmail.com]

On Friday, January 16, 2015 at 7:39:29 AM UTC-8, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 21:29:14 -0800 (PST), spamtr...@gmail.com
> wrote:
>
> > On Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 9:08:27 PM UTC-8, Janet B wrote:
> > > On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 16:39:13 -0800, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >The talk about Morello cherries in a jar got me wondering once again
> > > >where sour cherries are sold frozen around here. Google lead me to
> > > >Dole, which has a product on their web site called Fresh Frozen Red
> > > >Tart Cherries - so I went to their product finder page and it's not
> > > >listed there. <sigh>
> > >
> > > Gee, I just saw some in a freezer case this week. I just don't
> > > remember what store because it wasn't something I was looking for.
> > > I'll keep an eye out and report back if I see them again. It may have
> > > been Winco. I know you don't have a Winco.
> >
> > There's one in Vacaville. Maybe SF could make a road trip to the outlet
> > stores there. SF Bay Area WinCos are also in Pittsburg (no H), Brentwood,
> > and Tracy.
>
> We head up to Vacaville occasionally for other reasons, not outlet
> shopping. It's an hour and a half away - so it's not a casual drive
> up for sour cherries and back home again trip. Are you sure WinCo is
> in Vacaville? I google imaged 855 Davis St, Vacaville and Google
> showed me a house. Does the store itself use the name WinCo or is it
> called something else?

The 75 Yelp reviews nailed it down for me. But the problem you cite
is caused by Google, which actually serves up a picture of 796 Kingman
Drive. If you take the little man for a walk down Davis Stret, you will
see it. Google has no idea of the street addresses in that strip of Davis.

Or maybe Google hates WinCo.

>
> By far, the nicest grocery store I've seen in Vacaville is Nugget. I
> wish that chain would pop up closer to me (on this side of the
> bridge)!

I will have to check out Nugget some time.

[spamtr...@gmail.com]

On Friday, January 16, 2015 at 9:09:22 AM UTC-8, Judy wrote:
> On Friday, January 16, 2015 at 6:41:51 AM UTC-9, sf wrote:
>
>
> > Thanks! Unfortunately, when I've looked specifically for canned
> > cherries, the store only has cherry pie filling on the shelf. I
> > wonder how sweet cherries would work?
> >

> I meant to also say in the other post, I also don't
> think sweet cherries would work very good for pie either.
>

I once tried to make cherry preserves out of Bings, and the result tasted
like wet straw. You need the tartness to match the sugar.

[Brooklyn1]

On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 22:08:22 -0700, Janet B <nos...@cableone.net>
wrote:

On long Island I planted a dwarf sour cherry tree, that small tree
even up against a stockade fence produced enough for a dozen pies:
http://i57.tinypic.com/2jcfojr.jpg

[Dave Smith]

On 2015-01-16 11:51 AM, sf wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 10:53:35 -0500, Dave Smith
> <adavid...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>>
>> It always surprises me that so many people don't like cherries. It is
>> probably because they are accustomed to canned cherry pie filling. My
>> wife and a friend of ours were totally uninterested in cherry pie and it
>> turned out that they had been raised with store bought pies with
>> commercial filling. When they had fresh sour cherry pie they were
>> impressed.
>
> That's the way my husband is about cherries. He won't eat them fresh,
> in a pie or in a turnover. If I didn't stop myself, I could polish
> off an entire pound of fresh cherries in one sitting. I probably like
> cherry pie because I was raised in Michigan (which was famous for
> cherries back then) and my family bought pies made by a company called
> Chef Pierre (which was reputed to be as close to home made as
> possible). I see it's a Sara Lee subsidiary now.

I understand it is a major crop in part of Michigan. A local cherry
farmer told me there is a cherry farm in Michigan that produces more
sour cherries than all of the Niagara area combined.

Sour cherries are usually available only in the area where they are
grown. They are extremely perishable and they flavour degrades within
the day they are picked.

> I'd like to make some turnovers someday - cherry for me and apple for
> him.

Cherry for me please.

[Dave Smith]

On 2015-01-16 12:09 PM, Judy wrote:

> I meant to also say in the other post, I also don't
> think sweet cherries would work very good for pie either.

Somewhere along the line I acquired an English cook cook with a recipe
for a pie made with Bing cherries. I don't see that happening. I can't
imagine them comparing with sour cherries.

[Dave Smith]

On 2015-01-16 12:19 PM, spamtr...@gmail.com wrote:

>
> I once tried to make cherry preserves out of Bings, and the result tasted
> like wet straw. You need the tartness to match the sugar.
>

I once made cherry ham with some very dark cherries from the farm behind
us. I have not seen any other sweet cherries that dark around here, and
the trees are long gone, replaced by raspberries. My father said it
was one of the best jams he had every tasted.

[Oregonian Haruspex]

Amazon sells them by the case but they are kind of expensive unless you
have Prime.

Fred Meyer (or Kroger? in your area) also has their house brand of tart
cherries in water which are pretty good too.

[sf]

On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 17:38:41 -0800, Oregonian Haruspex
<bob_davi...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On 2015-01-16 15:08:53 +0000, sf said:
>
> > On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 02:39:50 +0000 (UTC), Oregonian Haruspex
> > <bob_davi...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
> >>> The talk about Morello cherries in a jar got me wondering once again
> >>> where sour cherries are sold frozen around here. Google lead me to
> >>> Dole, which has a product on their web site called Fresh Frozen Red
> >>> Tart Cherries - so I went to their product finder page and it's not
> >>> listed there. <sigh>
> >>
> >>
> >> The Oregon brand canned sour cherries are pretty good and should be in your
> >> baking aisle. Canned in water so there's no extra sugar.
> >
> > Thanks, I think I've looked for that product in the past and only
> > found cherry pie filling which has very few actual cherries in it.
>
> Amazon sells them by the case but they are kind of expensive unless you
> have Prime.
>

I know I can resort to the internet, but I prefer to shop brick and
mortar stores when I can.

> Fred Meyer (or Kroger? in your area) also has their house brand of tart
> cherries in water which are pretty good too.

Thanks. There are none that go by the name Kroger or Fred Meyer that
I know of. I know I can google and it will say "Kroger" is here, but
they are not real Kroger stores.

[sf]

On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 09:17:05 -0800 (PST), spamtr...@gmail.com

wrote:

> On Friday, January 16, 2015 at 7:39:29 AM UTC-8, sf wrote:
> > On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 21:29:14 -0800 (PST), spamtr...@gmail.com
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > There's one in Vacaville. Maybe SF could make a road trip to the outlet
> > > stores there. SF Bay Area WinCos are also in Pittsburg (no H), Brentwood,
> > > and Tracy.
> >
> > We head up to Vacaville occasionally for other reasons, not outlet
> > shopping. It's an hour and a half away - so it's not a casual drive
> > up for sour cherries and back home again trip. Are you sure WinCo is
> > in Vacaville? I google imaged 855 Davis St, Vacaville and Google
> > showed me a house. Does the store itself use the name WinCo or is it
> > called something else?
>
> The 75 Yelp reviews nailed it down for me. But the problem you cite
> is caused by Google, which actually serves up a picture of 796 Kingman
> Drive. If you take the little man for a walk down Davis Stret, you will
> see it. Google has no idea of the street addresses in that strip of Davis.
>
> Or maybe Google hates WinCo.

Heh. A similar thing happened when I tried to find Mi Pueblo in San
Jose. I know someone who lives in the Vacaville area. I'll text and
ask her to scout it out for me. Thanks.

>
> >
> > By far, the nicest grocery store I've seen in Vacaville is Nugget. I
> > wish that chain would pop up closer to me (on this side of the
> > bridge)!
>
> I will have to check out Nugget some time.

I think you'll like the vegetable section in particular. :)

[sf]

On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 09:09:18 -0800 (PST), Judy <cook...@gmail.com>
wrote:

I was thinking about making turnovers. I have a can of cherry pie
filling, but I've read that pie filling doesn't have many cherries, so
I want to augment it with more cherries. Thanks.

[Miss Kitty]

On Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 6:39:19 PM UTC-6, sf wrote:
> The talk about Morello cherries in a jar got me wondering once again
> where sour cherries are sold frozen around here. Google lead me to
> Dole, which has a product on their web site called Fresh Frozen Red
> Tart Cherries - so I went to their product finder page and it's not
> listed there. <sigh>
>

We were grocery shopping tonight and I made a point of looking. I saw both sour and sweet cherries, frozen. This was in a Fareway store in Iowa. I'm sorry but the brand names escape me.

[sf]

Thanks for looking! I've already checked my grocery store's freezer
aisle and they only stock frozen sweet cherries. :(

[Miss Kitty]

Actually, until this thread I had no idea that anyone would think of making a pie of sweet cherries (that's what I consider canned)...and cherry pie was never my choice. I do share your love for fresh sweet cherries. They are vastly underrated, IMO.

[S Viemeister]

On 1/16/2015 9:43 PM, sf wrote:

> I was thinking about making turnovers. I have a can of cherry pie
> filling, but I've read that pie filling doesn't have many cherries, so
> I want to augment it with more cherries. Thanks.
>

Costco has dried (soft and moist, though) tart cherries in bags, next to
the figs, apricots and dates.

[sf]

I know and I have some. Not looking for that type, thanks.

[sf]

On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 02:18:26 -0800 (PST), Miss Kitty

Do you have any idea how people use frozen sweet cherries?

[Dave Smith]

On 2015-01-17 5:18 AM, Miss Kitty wrote:

>> Thanks for looking! I've already checked my grocery store's
>> freezer aisle and they only stock frozen sweet cherries. :(
>
> Actually, until this thread I had no idea that anyone would think of
> making a pie of sweet cherries (that's what I consider canned)...and
> cherry pie was never my choice. I do share your love for fresh sweet
> cherries. They are vastly underrated, IMO.
>

As I said in another post, I am surprised at the number of people who do
not like cherries. I boggles me that someone would have reason not to
like them. They are delicious. Fresh cherries sure aren't underrated
in area like this where you can get them freshly picked.

[Ed Pawlowski]

On 1/17/2015 10:55 AM, lucreti...@fl.it wrote:

>
> I love fresh cherries but they are treat, here they are always pricey.
> I do have some frozen ones, to use in recipes.
>

Cherries are my favorite fruit.

They start out at about $6/pound and the price drops to about $3 I start
buying them every week once the price is reasonable and they finally
bottom out at about $2. Then they are gone until next year.

Right now I'm eating a Honeybell orange a day until they too are gone. I
just got my order from the Orange Shop.

[Dave Smith]

Sweet cherry pie,cobbler, crisp, jam....

[sf]

On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 14:04:40 -0600, heyjoe <sam...@example.invalid>
wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 16:39:13 -0800, sf wrote:
>
> > The talk about Morello cherries in a jar got me wondering once again
> > where sour cherries are sold frozen around here.
>

> Have you got a Gordon Food Service (GFS) in the area? They sell frozen
> sour cherries here (which is NOT there).

Thanks, it doesn't seem to be on (or even near) the West Coast.
http://www.gfs.com/en/gfsstore/locator

--
A kitchen without a cook is just a room.

[Moe DeLoughan]

On 1/16/2015 10:51 AM, sf wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 10:53:35 -0500, Dave Smith
> <adavid...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>>
>> It always surprises me that so many people don't like cherries. It is
>> probably because they are accustomed to canned cherry pie filling. My
>> wife and a friend of ours were totally uninterested in cherry pie and it
>> turned out that they had been raised with store bought pies with
>> commercial filling. When they had fresh sour cherry pie they were
>> impressed.
>
> That's the way my husband is about cherries. He won't eat them fresh,
> in a pie or in a turnover. If I didn't stop myself, I could polish
> off an entire pound of fresh cherries in one sitting. I probably like
> cherry pie because I was raised in Michigan (which was famous for
> cherries back then) and my family bought pies made by a company called
> Chef Pierre (which was reputed to be as close to home made as
> possible). I see it's a Sara Lee subsidiary now.
>

> I'd like to make some turnovers someday - cherry for me and apple for
> him.
>

I like to mix the two. Tender cherries, firmer apples, and the cherry
juice tints the whole filling to a pretty reddish pink. What's not to
like?

When I do make a straight cherry filling, I prefer a couple grinds of
fresh nutmeg over a spoonful of almond extract. I dunno why more
people don't use nutmeg with cherry, it's really good.

[Moe DeLoughan]

On 1/15/2015 6:39 PM, sf wrote:
>
> The talk about Morello cherries in a jar got me wondering once again

> where sour cherries are sold frozen around here. Google lead me to
> Dole, which has a product on their web site called Fresh Frozen Red
> Tart Cherries - so I went to their product finder page and it's not
> listed there. <sigh>
>

Have you got any food co-ops/organic grocery stores in your area?
That's where I can reliably find them here. I can also find them at
commercial food places like Apperts and Restaurant Depot.

[Moe DeLoughan]

On 1/16/2015 11:34 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:

> On long Island I planted a dwarf sour cherry tree, that small tree
> even up against a stockade fence produced enough for a dozen pies:
> http://i57.tinypic.com/2jcfojr.jpg
>

That brings back memories. The first tree I ever bought and planted
was a dwarf North Star sour cherry. The cherries were only so-so
quality, but I was so proud of my bumper harvests. And you're right -
one small tree will provide way more cherries than the average
household can use in a year. I quickly learned that everyone wanted
sour cherries, but nobody wanted to do the picking and pitting.

[Dave Smith]

On 2015-01-21 10:08 AM, Moe DeLoughan wrote:

>
> That brings back memories. The first tree I ever bought and planted was
> a dwarf North Star sour cherry. The cherries were only so-so quality,
> but I was so proud of my bumper harvests. And you're right - one small
> tree will provide way more cherries than the average household can use
> in a year. I quickly learned that everyone wanted sour cherries, but
> nobody wanted to do the picking and pitting.

For the first 10-15 years that we lived here there was a about an acre
of sour cherry trees across the road and they were more or less
abandoned. The owner pruned and sprayed them but never bothered to
harvest them. We had a tradition of the stolen cherry pie. I would come
home from work, make some pie dough and then scoot across the road and
pick enough cherries for a pie. They would be picked, pitted and into
the oven within about 15 minutes.

Somewhere along the line I bought two sour cherry trees. They are self
sterile so you have to have at least two and they have to be different
breeds. I had a young pup at the time and he kept digging up the trees
and pulling them out. After he did it a couple times. I put some logs
around to deter the digging. A couple years later the trees weren't
doing well. The leaves were curling and turning yellow. I sought advice
from a friend who has a cherry farm. She asked me if the had ever been
small punctures around the bottom of the trunk. It is common for the
leaves to do that if mice chew through the bark. In my case it was puppy
teeth not mice.

[sf]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2015 07:20:29 -0600, Moe DeLoughan <m...@notmine.null>
wrote:

> On 1/15/2015 6:39 PM, sf wrote:
> >
> > The talk about Morello cherries in a jar got me wondering once again
> > where sour cherries are sold frozen around here. Google lead me to
> > Dole, which has a product on their web site called Fresh Frozen Red
> > Tart Cherries - so I went to their product finder page and it's not
> > listed there. <sigh>
> >
>
> Have you got any food co-ops/organic grocery stores in your area?

Yes, I'll look but I just don't think people around here use sour
cherries enough for them to be stocked on a regular basis. Thanks.

> That's where I can reliably find them here. I can also find them at
> commercial food places like Apperts and Restaurant Depot.

I don't have a resale license, so that's a no go.

[spamtr...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 7:57:12 AM UTC-8, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2015-01-21 10:08 AM, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
>
> >
> > That brings back memories. The first tree I ever bought and planted was
> > a dwarf North Star sour cherry. The cherries were only so-so quality,
> > but I was so proud of my bumper harvests. And you're right - one small
> > tree will provide way more cherries than the average household can use
> > in a year. I quickly learned that everyone wanted sour cherries, but
> > nobody wanted to do the picking and pitting.
>
>
>

> Somewhere along the line I bought two sour cherry trees. They are self
> sterile so you have to have at least two and they have to be different
> breeds. I had a young pup at the time and he kept digging up the trees
> and pulling them out. After he did it a couple times. I put some logs
> around to deter the digging. A couple years later the trees weren't
> doing well. The leaves were curling and turning yellow. I sought advice
> from a friend who has a cherry farm. She asked me if the had ever been
> small punctures around the bottom of the trunk. It is common for the
> leaves to do that if mice chew through the bark. In my case it was puppy
> teeth not mice.

Actually sour cherries are self fertile, although bee pollination will
increase yields. Putting a collar around the trunk is always a good idea