Are Romeo cherries good?

The Romeo variety produces dark red, juicy cherries that are more tart than sweet but have a delicious flavor. The juiciness makes them great for pressing into juice, but you can also eat these cherries fresh and bake with them.

Which cherry is sweeter Juliet or Romeo?

Juliet: It produces a dark-red fruit that continues to get sweeter, like the others in the series, the longer it is left on the branch. Romeo: This one grows to about 2 metres (6′) and produces dark-red fruit that is good for fresh eating.

What can I do with Romeo cherries?

Romeo Cherry is a small tree that is typically grown for its edible qualities. It produces crimson round fruit (technically ‘drupes’) with red flesh which are usually ready for picking in mid summer….The fruit are most often used in the following ways:

1. Fresh Eating.
2. Baking.
3. Preserves.
4. Wine-Making.
5. Canning.

What is the best tasting cherry tree?

Montmorency cherries
Montmorency cherries are bright red with flesh that is firm and yellow. They produce a clear juice. They are regarded as the best tasting cherries for baking or making preserves.

What kind of tree is a Romeo Cherry?

Romeo Cherry is a hardy deciduous hybrid shrub variety of Sour Cherry released in the Romance Series of dwarf sour cherries from the University of Saskatchewan in 2004. It features dark red/black, flavourful fruit most suitable for fresh eating, processing, and juice production. Romeo Cherry is also suitable as an accent or landscape tree.

When to pick Romeo Cherry from Spring Hill?

This handsome, self-pollinating tree produces up to 30 pounds of deep crimson cherries. The sweet fruit has a high flesh-to-pit ratio and doesn’t split. Excellent for making juice, canning, baking, and, of course, eating fresh. Prunus ‘Romeo’ Flowering Date: Mid spring, with harvest early to midsummer. Slightly later in northern areas.

Can a Romeo Cherry be pollinated by another cherry?

Your Romeo cherry is self-pollinating, which means it will set fruit without having another cherry variety nearby to pollinate it. However, having that additional variety will improve pollination and result in more fruit.

How much sunlight does Romeo dwarf cherry tree need?

Thriving in 6-8 hours of direct sunlight a day, anything less and you will have a weaker, spindly plant and fewer tasty fruit. Exceptionally cold-hardy, thriving in USDA growing zones 3-7, much further north than other cherries of its type.