

Silver leaf is a fungal infection that attacks the leaves and wood of cherry trees. Read on to find out how to identify, treat, and prevent cherry tree diseases. Whether you are growing sweet cherries to eat right off the tree or cultivating sour cherry trees for preserves and other culinary ventures, there are a few cherry tree diseases to look out for.įortunately, if caught early enough, many cherry tree diseases can be treated, and further damage can be avoided. Forstliche Versuchs- und Forschungsanstalt Baden-Württemberg, Abteilung Landespflege, Arbeitsbereich Wildökologie, Postfach 708, D-79007 Freiburg, Germany.Cherry trees are lovely, low-maintenance fruit trees that you can easily grow and harvest in a home garden.

Der Kirschen-Mittelwald: ökonomische und ökologische Alternative für den Niederwald.Hazel grouse have been recorded on one of the test sites 3 years after plantation. Early results indicate that cherry trees grow rapidly in the early years, with increment influenced by site quality and competition from coppice shoots. The cherry coppice with standards is being tested on two sites (in Germany), established in 1989.

Compared with establishment and tending of a spruce plantation on a coppice site, costs are 39% less for conversion (and management) to coppice with standards. Data are tabulated for total costs and yield of coppice with cherry standards compared with those of spruce monocultures costs are expressed as family income per hour (102 DM). Ecological as well as economic concerns are taken into account. This paper explores various alternative management options for coppice with standards, particularly with cherry as a standard tree. However, the simple coppice system is not suitable for current silviculture, as it is expensive in time and energy. The coppice habitat provides a distinctive landscape element, and is particularly suitable for the hazel grouse ( Bonasa bonasia). In Baden-Württemberg, only 0.4% of forest is hazel coppice, as much traditional coppice has been converted to high forest (of conifers, broadleaves or mixed forest).
