Balaton™ Tart Cherry Tree
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10004438
Beautifully deep red skin and flesh are the hallmarks of Balaton™ Tart Cherry (Prunus cerasus 'Balaton'). For a sour pie cherry, Balaton™ is quite high in natural sugar, and you'll love not needing to add a drop of red food coloring! This Hungarian cultivar more than earns its place in the backyard orchard with its rich, well-balanced flavor and Morello-style fruit!
The high pigmentation throughout the fruit creates gorgeously colored juice, pies, preserves and syrup! Juice it or dry your harvest for healthy antioxidants to help with inflammation! Measuring in at over 16 Brix sugar content, Balaton™ is best described as "sweet-tart" so this versatile choice is exceptional for wine, in baked goods and can be enjoyed fresh from your tree! It's best known as a supreme pie cherry!
Bursting into spring with drifts of pure white, fragrant blossoms, this cold-hardy Cherry tree is a partially self-pollinating cultivar, so you can grow fruit from a single tree! However, if you plant them with another Cherry tree as a pollination partner; you gain more cherries from both trees!
Planting and Application:
Grow several together as a high-density hedgerow that provides both privacy for you and shelter and food for songbirds. Space them from three to five feet apart from center to center and keep them summer pruned for size control for screening. A grouping provides shade and bountiful fruit!
Of course, you'll also love the looks of Balaton™ in your landscape. From their white spring blooms for pollinators to the jewel-toned fruit, Balaton™ is a charming tree for both front and back yard ornamental edible flowering landscaping! Winter brings a new dimension to the tree as the picturesque branching can really show off!
- Sweet-Tart Richly Colored Fruit - Resists Cracking
- Pies, Jam, Juice, Dried & Fresh Eating
- Late Season Harvest
- Fragrant Pure White Blossoms
- Partially Self-Fruitful
#ProPlantTips for Care:
Fruit trees do best with well-drained soil, good air circulation and full sun with at least six hours of sunlight a day. Be sure to include symbiotic Nature Hills Root Booster when planting for the life-long support of the tiny feeder roots.
- Full Sun
- Moderate Regular Moisture & Fertility
- Loves Mulched, Well-Drained Sites
- Prune When Dormant
- 600-800 Chill Hours
You'll love the four-season beauty and landscape versatility of this incredible sweet-tart Balaton™ Tart Cherry Tree! So order yours today and start enjoying healthful, delicious fruit as soon as possible!
Recommended Pollinators: North Star, Black York or Montmorency
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Seasonally, Nature Hills offers hand selected, high quality bare root trees, shrubs and perennials. Bare root plants are sold by height from the top of the root system to the top of the plant. Plants may be taller than the height minimums.
- Popular sizes of select trees are 1 foot, 2 feet, 3 feet, etc.
- Popular sizes of select bare root plants is 1 foot, 18 inches, etc.
Nature Hills Container Size by Volume
Keep in mind, specific varieties and different growing conditions can affect the rate at which plants grow. Variations in size may occur.
| Young Plants to 18 Months | ||
|---|---|---|
| Size | Volume | |
| 2"x2"x3" | Ranges from | .18 to .21 dry quarts / .198 to .23 dry liters in volume |
| 4.5" Container | Equal to | .65 dry quart / .72 dry liter in volume |
| Sprinter Pot | Equal to | .63 dry quart / .69 dry liter in volume |
| 4" Container | Ranges from | .31 to .87 / .35 to .96 dry liter in volume |
| 6" Container | Equal to | 1.4 dry quarts / 1.59 dry liters in volume |
| 1 Quart | Equal to | 1 dry quart / 1.1 dry liter in volume |
| 5.5" Container | Equal to | 1.89 of a dry quart / 2.08 dry liters in volume |
| 4"x4"x5" | Ranges from | .8 to 1.1 dry quarts / .88 to 1.2 dry liters in volume |
| 4"x4"x6" | Ranges from | 1.0 to 1.3 dry quarts / 1.1 to 1.41 dry liters in volume |
| 4"x4"x9" | Ranges from | 1.1 to 2.1 dry quarts / 1.2 to 2.3 dry liters in volume |
| 4"x4"x10" | Ranges from | 1.7 to 2.3 dry quart / 1.87 to 2.53 dry liters in volume |
| Plants 18 Months - 2.5 Years Old | ||
|---|---|---|
| Size | Volume | |
| 2 Quart | Equal to | 2 dry quarts / 2.2 dry liters in volume |
| #1 Container | Ranges from | 2.26 to 3.73 dry quarts / 2.49 to 4.11 dry liters in volume |
| 5"x5"x12" | Equal to | 3.5 to 4.3 dry quarts / 3.85 to 4.74 dry liters in volume |
| Plants 2 - 4 Years Old | ||
|---|---|---|
| Size | Volume | |
| #2 Container | Ranges from | 1.19 to 1.76 dry gallons / 5.24 to 7.75 dry liters in volume |
| #3 Container | Ranges from | 2.32 to 2.76 dry gallons / 10.22 to 12.16 dry liters in volume |
| Plants 3 - 5 Years Old | ||
|---|---|---|
| Size | Volume | |
| #5 Container | Ranges from | 2.92 to 4.62 dry gallons / 12.86 to 20.35 dry liters in volume |
| #6 Container | Ranges from | 5.25 to 6.01 dry gallons / 23.12 to 26.42 dry liters in volume |
| #7 Container | Ranges from | 5.98 to 6.08 dry gallons / 26.34 to 26.78 dry liters in volume |
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| From | To | S&H | |
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| 0 | - | 19.99 | 19.99 |
| 20 | - | 49.99 | 21.99 |
| 50 | - | 69.99 | 24.99 |
| 70 | - | 99.99 | 29.99 |
| 100 | - | 129.99 | 34.99 |
| 130 | - | 149.99 | 41.99 |
| 150 | - | 150+ | Approx 27% |
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PLANT HIGHLIGHTS
Growing Zones 4-9
| Brand | Nature Hills' Choice |
|---|---|
| Botanical Name | Prunus cerasus 'Balaton' |
| Type | Deciduous |
| Size | Semi Dwarf |
| Mature Height | 12 - 15 feet |
| Mature Spread | 10 - 15 feet |
| Sun Exposure | Full Sun |
| Soil | Well-Drained |
| Moisture | Moderate |
| Growth Rate | Medium |
| Flower Color | White |
| Harvest Time | Late Season |
| Pollinator Friendly | Yes |
| Fruiting Time | 3 - 5 Years |
| Pruning Time | When Dormant |
| Fragrant | Yes |