Cherry ID

[AHPP]

Probably pissardii because the book says that's a common British Isles variant. There's a nigra and probably some others but if you hear hooves, it's probably horses.

 

And yes, doesn't it look perfectly horrible to work on. Client wants it more shapely and it's getting towards the house, casting shadow and stuff on driveway. The stuff I read made me think it would take an amenity style drop crotch prune (as opposed to any weirder, fruit-specific strategy) without going off its tits with end regrowth and the guy isn't demanding strong butchery. I can see me spending a whole day dicing with death on sketchy ladder setups to do it nicely though. No tie in point, whole inside of the tree like the chokey from Matilda. I also wasn't desperately polite to his neighbour, whose driveway I'll need to be in for some of it. That was a shrewd move. I'd like to picker or crane dangle for it but too much faff (steep driveways and blocking pavement and/or driveways seems excessive). 

 

Freelance climbers in the North East with big tripod/A-frame ladders, leather welding sleeves and a desire to have cherry branches up your arse, get in touch please.

Edited 10 hours ago by AHPP

[sime42]

A long reach pole pruner would be your friend on that I think. 

 

Expect to be called back every couple of years. 

[AHPP]

Yeah. I like the look of the Milwaukee one but Stihl do an angled head which the most artful gypsy sticker I know swears by.

Edited yesterday at 21:57 by AHPP

[Rich Rule]

22 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Prunus cerasifera ‘pissardii’

Quite right Rich.

I used to work in them a lot in the UK and London streets.

 

I used the C word a lot but not the cerasifera version of it.

[Rich Rule]

22 hours ago, Mark J said:

 

"Pissardii" is a fastigiate variety of cherry plum. 

It is almost certainly a Prunus cerasifera.



 

Not according to the Id book screen shot our ‘Anarchist Lawyer come wood cutter’ posted.
 

Largely planted as street trees the Pissardii variant.

 
 

[Rich Rule]

I have pruned and reduced plenty of them looking back.

 

Thin the canopy by taking all of the sucker growth / water shoots.  The straight upright ones.

 

The drop crotch the remainder of the tree where necessary.  There is usually, already an inner crown that you can bring in some of the leaders to match.

 

Those trees are all over South East London.  Gardens and as street trees.  Usually pushing the brickwork out as well as they have grown fatter than the space can accommodate .

[AHPP]

Cheers, Rich. Our approaches coincide. Not remotely looking forward to it but good opportunity to do a nice job on a very visible tree.

 

Hugs and kisses. Dissolve the state.

[Dan Maynard]

2 hours ago, Rich Rule said:

Thin the canopy by taking all of the sucker growth / water shoots.  The straight upright ones.

I usually skip this bit, maybe just take out the most vigorous ones. My theory the thing's going to sprout back like mad anyway, so let it keep as many terminal buds as possible.

 

Saves a load of work too, obviously you're doing it for tree health reasons rather than being lazy.

[Mark J]

3 hours ago, Rich Rule said:

Not according to the Id book screen shot our ‘Anarchist Lawyer come wood cutter’ posted.
 

Largely planted as street trees the Pissardii variant.

 
 

MIck is right:  Prunus cerasifera ‘pissardii’.

[green heart]

Come on Alex, 

You could have pruned that cherry and be finished, in the time it's taken us all to identify it -stop with the prevaricating routine !

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-oh, and even quicker too, now you've got yourself a makita pruning saw..

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