About Carmine Jewel

Fruits remain on the branches past the ripe stage. Ripens from mid-July to mid-August. Vigorous, with few suckers. The North Star cherry is one of its parents.

In 1985, Dr. Cecil Stushnoff and Rick Sawatsky began making crosses with the high quality, cold tolerant cultivar (Zone 4a) ‘North Star’ from Minnesota. These crosses...resulted in the release of the variety ‘SK Carmine Jewel’ in 1999. P. immense (P. fruticosa x P. cerasus).

About Cherry, Bush

Tart cherries are good fresh or make sensational jams or pie. Cherries get sweeter as they ripen. Easy to net for foiling marauding birds. White flowers in spring. Self-fruitful.

Pot Size & Price
2 gal. pot
$28.00
Height
6'
Width
3'
Catalog
F021
Plant Traits
Bees
Culinary

Other varieties of Cherry, Bush

Cupid bush cherry
Photo from the University of Saskatchewan

Cupid

Catalog
F022
Cherry Bush Juliet, deep red fruits
Photo from University of Saskatchewan

Juliet

Catalog
F023
Prunus Romeo, dark red fruit, smaller than a quarter coin

Romeo

Catalog
F024