Lapins cherry grown on the Russian rootstock Krymsk 5. Cherry growers in The Dalles, Oregon, are rapidly shifting to dwarfing rootstocks, partly because of concerns about labor shortages in the future, Lynn Long, Oregon State University Extension educator, reported at the annual Cherry Institute meeting in Yakima, Washington, in January. Long said that a Washington nursery reported that 80 percent of the dwarfing cherry rootstocks it grew were sold in Oregon. Gisela 6 has been the most poplar, but growers in The Dalles are beginning to plant more G.12 and are interested in some Russian rootstocks, especially Krymsk 5 or […]