Montmorency remains the benchmark when a true culinary sour cherry is required. Self-fertile and generally productive, it bears bright-red fruit with yellow flesh and pale juice, retaining its acidity particularly well during cooking. We readily recommend it for pies, preserves, compotes and bottling. It is not the cultivar to choose when the main aim is eating sweet cherries directly from the tree.
Montmorency
Price range: 26,50 € through 42,75 €
Montmorency is a self-fertile sour cherry, used for cooking, and ideal for making American-style cherry pie.
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If you want to make American-style cherry pie, Montmorency is the cherry you need. It is easy to grow and makes a good first cherry tree for a cook’s garden or orchard. It originates from France, but was taken to North America by the early settlers, and is now perhaps better known in America than Europe.
Montmorency is a tart cherry (also known as an acid or sour cherry), grown for use in the kitchen rather than eating fresh. It has yellow flesh and the juice is clear, and is known as an “Amarelle” type, in contrast with the “Morello” type which has dark red juice.
Most tart cherries contain melatonin, a natural anti-oxidant substance which is also involved in regulating sleeping and wakefullness – but Montmorency is thought to have particularly high levels.
Variety characteristics
Origin and identity
Growth and adaptation
Pollination
Compatible pollinating varieties
For reliable fruit set, plant at least one variety with a compatible flowering period nearby. Flowering period: 5 - very late.
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