This post describes my personal experience with grafting compatibility of various sour cherries, Dukes, and one sweet cherry cultivar with Adara plum. The only cherry that wasn't compatible in my personal experience, based on just two grafts is Schattenmorelle. Tamaris sour cherry grafted onto Adara, but never grew well; I suspect due to the unsuitable climate for this cherry selection.
The following cultivars were successfully grown on Adara rootstocks and/or interstems:
- Balaton - Duke cherry
- Bell Magnifique - Duke cherry
- Bianco Rosato di Piedmonte - sweet cherry
- Chornokirka - sour cherry
- Csengodi Csocros - Duke cherry
- Danube - Duke cherry
- Duke - Duke cherry
- Erdi - sour cherry
- Favorit - Duke cherry
- Jubileum - Duke cherry
- Kantor Janosi - sour? cherry
- Oblachinskaya - sour cherry
- Pandy 38 - Duke cherry
- Sumadinka - sour cherry
- UZ1 - sour cherry
Below are the photos of the trees on Adara rootstocks or interstems taken on March 24, 2026.
Balaton and Favorit
Belle Magnifique and Pandy 38 on Adara
Bianco Rosato di Piedmonte, Erdi, Oblachinskaya, and Sumadinka on Adara
Chornokirka on Adara
Csengodi Csocros on Adara Interstem on Lovell Rootstock
Danube and Kantor Janosi on Adara
Duke on Adara
Jubileum on Adara
Sumadinka on Adara
Sumadinka on Adara interstem on Lovell rootstock
UZ1 on Adara interstem on Lovell rootstock
More info about the above cherries is available in this playlist:
