cherries, these are a collection of the hybrid sour cherries that we can grow on the Canadian prairies. They grow as a large bush or a multi stemmed shrub, fruit in July (ripe today July 16), and they're the result of decades of breeding work. nearly as large as a sweet cherry (P. avium), and when fully ripe they can have high brix, but certainly a brighter flavour with a hint of sour that gives them a good balance, they are excellent to eat fresh.

check on your seeds when cold stratifying, if you start them early you get some good germination in the fridge. white nanking and sour cherry seeds at 4 months are ready to grow, and will get potted up under some lights until spring. #seedstarting

picking sour cherries from rows that are a mix of the u of sask varieties, there's some variation in size and ripening, the smaller ones are probably carmine jewel, the largest maybe juliette. the mix is good for hand picking because they'll ripen over a period.