I'm doing several Chocolate Cherry crosses this year (both as male and female). I am emasculating before the flower even opens. I double pollinate (1 day and 2 days later) I'm having very good luck this year with fruit set. One reason I like the cherry as female is that the fruits ripen quicker and there is never a shortage of other fruit for eating!
To emasculate I have been using stainless steel fine point tweezers to push/pull the cone apart. I collect pollen with an electric toothbrush onto a small square of black cardstock.
I'm also growing Dinky and Muddy F6s. Fruit appears to be significantly larger than Black Cherry.
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