Lapins Cherry Tree
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Lapins cherry tree. Why lapins cherry trees. The dark red cherries produced by a lapins tree boast a sweetness that surpasses even bing the most popular sweet cherry in the world. When harvest time arrives your lapins will produce 15 to 20 gallons of the succulent fruit. The lapin cherry is a larger cultivar with a deep purple red color and a lighter and very juicy red flesh.
Similar to van in color bing in shape. The lapins fruit is firm and so big that one cherry is a mouthful. The lapin cherry is a prolific producer and unlike the bing the lapin cherry is quit resistant to splitting due to it s flexible skin. About the lapin cherry tree.
Lapins cherry a self fertile variety of sweet cherry with large black fruit of excellent flavor. A lapins cherry tree produces dark sweet fruit that is very similar to the popular bing cherry. For the 2019 20 planting season lapins is offered on the following rootstock s listed in order of quantity in production largest quantity first. And you ll get this sweet tasting harvest in just one year.
While dwarfing rootstocks have important advantages rootstocks should be selected primarily for adaptability to the soil and climate of the planting site. Large firm good flavor. Ripens 4 days after bing. The irresistible sweetness of cherries will become a summer family tradition when you purchase the lapins cherry tree.
One of the great things about lapins cherry trees is they are more resistant to disease and common pests than similar sweet cherries. Lapins cherry is also an easy to grow and very productive variety for the home gardener. If a problem occurs spray the tree with a pesticide such as. Very large dark purple delicious and self fertile the lapins cherry tree is one of the best cherries available.
These cherries are also quite large with some measuring up to an inch in diameter. This tree is a very consistent and heavy bearer. Lapins is a modern cherry variety that was developed to surpass all other dark sweet cherries in both deliciously sweet flavor and overall hardiness. If they vary most are larger 3 4 or 1 and rarely some are smaller 1 2.
Trees begin shipping in late december. Sometimes sold as self fertile bing. Lapins cherries are self fruitful and do not require a pollinator to set fruit in most regions. Expect to get a harvest from your lapins cherry tree mid to late summer usually late june and into august.
Lapins cherry tree dwarf the vast majority of our trees will ship with a 5 8 trunk diameter however size may vary slightly based on availability during the season. Lapins at the summerland research station in british columbia canada lapins is a favorite with commercial growers. The cherries about an inch 2 5 cm in diameter. The flesh of the cherries is firm more so than bing and the fruits resist splitting.
The word lapin is french for rabbit. They are considered the number one pollinator for the bing in most areas and is a great universal pollinator for other cherry trees.