Description
Latin Name: Prunus x eminens
DESCRIPTION
Family: Rosaceae
Native Range: Eurasia
Seed Source: 'Carmine Jewel' sour cherry orchard near Lumsden, Saskatchewan
Height and Spread: 2m x 2m
Overview: In the 1970s the University of Saskatchewan imported and began evaluating P. cerasus x P. fruticosa hybrids from the Siberian Botanical Garden. From this population, the Carmine Jewel cultivar was selected. This seed strain is an open-pollinated seed collected from Carmine Jewel plants.
Fruit: A single-seeded small cherry.
Average number of seeds/packet: 100
SEED TREATMENT / SOWING
Stratification: 90 days cold stratification at 5C
Ideal Sowing Time: Non-stratified seed outdoors in July (will germinate the following spring) or stratified seed in late May.
Sowing Instructions: Outdoors - sow 2.0 cm deep, 50 seeds per meter; Greenhouse - sow 3 seeds per cell.
Growing Conditions: Grows best on light to medium soils in full sunlight.
AGROFORESTRY VALUE
Use in Ecobuffers and wildlife habitat plantings. Berries are relished by many songbirds and shrubs provide nesting and roosting cover. The cherries can be preserved as jelly or dried.
