lost cherrys

my cherry tree is growing well but for one thing the fruit seems to ripen then dry up then fall off can you help

 

Can you give us a little more information - the kind of soil, and how long has it been planted - whats growing nearby. Is it getting enough water?

 

the soil is full of clay tree has been planted 5 years the only things growing close to it are the pear tree and the apple tree but these are at least 10 feet away

 

Eat them before they dry up and fall off. Nothing worse in life than wrinkled fruit.

 

I couldn't aggree more!

 

I have a self pollenating cherry tree and the fruits are wonderful. Trouble is I don't get a chance to eat many as the whole bird population around here descend on the tree like squadrons of stukas and strip the thing bare.

 

5 years - mmm it could well be that it is too dry. One of the trees I planted at about that time is struggling on clay - the established ones planted before that are doing OK - the new ones are not doing so well. For me its water - we've had some very dry summers for young trees. If its still at the early stages of producing fruit - I'd give it a good soak about once a week and a feed once a fortnight - and see what happens.

If its the same - then you have a more fundamental problem - perhaps a virus.

 

Presume the pear tree and the apple are doing OK?
Do you know what variety the cherry is? (might be important).

 

the pear and apple are doing great sorry i cannot remember what type of cherry it is but love to taste some but this is not possable as the birds also love cherrys, they also love my red currents but not my black currents or my rasberrys

 

Birds always eat my raspberries Not really enough to be a problem though.
As to the cherry.... its a bit of a mystery to me.
Fran sounds about right, it could well just be a problem with establishment, a lot of top and not much root perhaps. :(