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Chances are you're looking for Bing cherry (Prunus avium 'Bing'). Delectably delicious, Bing is perhaps the most popular sweet cherry variety, at least in the western U.S., and you can grow it ...
When it comes to growing a cherry tree in your yard, not just any cherry seeds will do. The cherries' freshness, locality, ...
Referring to a wonderful old book, "Cherries of New York," Smith showed me that in 1875, Seth Lewelling of Milwaukie, Ore., grew the first Bing cherry tree from the seed of a Republican cherry; he ...
KENNEWICK, Wash. (AP) — Bing cherries have been beset with growing problems this year that are reducing the size of the crop. The Northwest's most popular cherry variety could be in short supply ...
Feb. 19—Q: My Bing cherry tree is over 30 years old. The cherries had been beautiful and delicious. The last two years, inside the cherries at harvest, there have been white worms.
Love bing cherries? Buy ’em if you can. The Northwest’s most popular cherry variety could be in short supply in 2016 after a tough growing season that left trees laden with questionable fruit.
If it does rain, cherry growers hope it also cools down. "Cooler is better, but the thing that would help the most is if it were a little windy," he said.
DEAR GARDEN COACH: I have a 25-year-old Bing cherry tree that on some years has produced abundant beautiful fruit and other years only a few cherries. Last year there were none.
Q: My Bing cherry tree is over 30 years old. The cherries had been beautiful and delicious. The last two years, inside the cherries at harvest, there have been white ...