Little Cherry

Your sweet cherry produces small, poorly colored fruit lacking flavor; trees eventually decline. Little cherry virus-2 (LChV-2) spreads via apple and grape mealybugs and grafting. Plant only virus-tested stock, monitor for symptoms (check fruit flavor on suspect limbs), and remove infected trees immediately to prevent mealybug-mediated spread.

Establish new orchards only with nursery stock tested and found to be free of all known viruses. Virus-tested 'Kwanzan' and 'Shirofugen' trees have been released to nurseries for propagation.