Danube cherry trees

Danube tart cherry trees for sale

• Full-size, 1-year bare-root tree $41.95 Mature height: 16ft-24ft after 10 years
  Vigorous rootstock
  

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All about Danube cherry trees

Danube is a tart cherry, intended for use in the kitchen, and ideal for cherry pies. However unlike most tart cherries it has a good level of sweetness and can be eaten fresh as well.

The cherries are bright red, with a juicy dark red flesh.

How to grow

Danube is easy to grow, and ripens about a week ahead of Montmorency.

It grows with a spreading habit, and on older trees the branches become semi-weeping.

Danube is reasonably self-fertile but cropping will be improved if there is another compatible cherry tree nearby - which may be a sweet or sour cherry.

Advice on fruit tree pollination.

History

Danube was developed in Hungary, and is also known as Erdi Botermo. It is a major commercial sour cherry cultivar in Europe, and accounts for about a third of total production in Hungary.

Danube characteristics

• What level of gardening skill is needed to grow Danube?Beginner
• Is Danube self-fertile?Partially self-fertile
• What flowering group is Danube?3
• Is Danube good for pollinating others?Average
• What season do you pick Danube?Mid
• UsesEating freshCulinary
• How long can you keep Danube in a fridge?1-3 days
• What is the USDA hardiness zone for Danube?Zone 5 (-29C)
• Summer maximum temperaturesWarm (25-30C / 76-85F)
• Where does Danube originate from?Hungary
• When was Danube first introduced?1950 - 1999
• Fruit colorRed