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My Montmorency Sour Cherry Tree July 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When I first moved to Southern Ontario, I was amazed at all the fresh fruit that was locally grown: apples, pears, peaches, plums, Concord grapes, and my favourite, cherries! The very first cherry pie I ever made was a sour cherry pie, the perfect blend of sweet and sour, and it was love at first bite. \u00a0At the time, we lived in a high-rise apartment building, and I vowed that if I ever had room to grow a fruit tree that it would be a sour cherry tree.<\/p>\n

In 2006, my husband and I moved our family to a beautiful brand-new home with a south facing backyard just north of London Ontario. That fall, anxious to start our landscaping, we planted the first of our trees. And, in order to get some immediate shade we opted to buy large trees which required having a landscape company use a tree spade to transplant the trees to our yard.\u00a0 Voila!\u00a0 Instant shade!\u00a0 I decided to border the backyard with three beautiful blue spruce trees along the back fence, five Alberta spruce trees on the southwest side and a large maple on the southeast side. The plan was that the next year I would expand the garden by adding\u00a0 my favourite flowering trees, shrubs and perennials.<\/p>\n

So, you guessed it, the next spring the first tree I chose at the nursery was my beloved Montmorency sour cherry tree. Now I have to admit, I had not picked out the exact location for this tree when I bought it.\u00a0 I knew I would make it work, or at least that is what I told myself proudly as I put my newly purchased \u201ctree baby\u201d in the truck. That year, the cool spring weather turned hot quickly \u2013 not the best time to be digging holes or planting a tree.<\/p>\n

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