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Prunus serotina, commonly called black cherry, [3] wild black cherry, rum cherry, [4] or mountain black cherry, [5] is a deciduous tree or shrub [4] in the rose family Rosaceae. Despite its common names, it is not very closely related to commonly cultivated cherries. It is found in the Americas.
One of the parents of the Bing cherry, the Black Republican was first grown in the U.S. state of Oregon about 1860 by the horticulturist Seth Lewelling, who gave it its name as a reflection of his Abolitionist beliefs. [1] The fruit of the Black Republican is small, firm, and deep purple in color, with an intense taste well-suited to preserving.
Prunus alabamensis, the Alabama cherry [3] or Alabama black cherry, [4] is an uncommon to rare species of tree in the rose family endemic to parts of the Southeastern United States. [5] It is closely related to and found wholly within the range of Prunus serotina , [ 6 ] the black cherry, a more common and widespread species of Prunus also ...
Prunus avium, sweet cherry P. cerasus, sour cherry Germersdorfer variety cherry tree in blossom. Prunus subg.Cerasus contains species that are typically called cherries. They are known as true cherries [1] and distinguished by having a single winter bud per axil, by having the flowers in small corymbs or umbels of several together (occasionally solitary, e.g. P. serrula; some species with ...
Bing is a cultivar of the wild or sweet cherry (Prunus avium) that originated in the Pacific Northwest, in Milwaukie, Oregon, United States. The Bing remains a major cultivar in Oregon, [1] Washington, California, [1] Wisconsin [1] and British Columbia. It is the most produced variety of sweet cherry in the United States. [2]
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In the present day, ornamental cherry blossom trees are distributed and cultivated worldwide. [1] While flowering cherry trees were historically present in Europe, North America, and China, [2] the practice of cultivating ornamental cherry trees was centered in Japan, [3] and many of the cultivars planted worldwide, such as that of Prunus × yedoensis, [4] [5] have been developed from Japanese ...