Cherry
The delicious fruit of the cherry tree may be eaten fresh or prepared in pies, other desserts, sauces, preserves, brandies, and liqueurs. A member of the rose famil
y, the tree has pink and white blossoms that look very much like those of the wild rose.
Several wild species of cherries are native to America, but the fruit-bearing kinds were developed in Asia and had spread into Europe in prehistoric times. The fruits belong to two main groups—sweet and sour. The Duke cherry is a hybrid of these two.
Sweet cherries grow best in a mild climate, with no extreme cold, extreme heat, or summer rainfall at the time of ripening. Popular varieties include the Black Tartarian, Bing, Lambert, Napoleon, and Royal Anne. Sour cherries thrive in moderate, rather cool climates. Among the many varieties are the Richmond, Montmorency, Morello, and Chase. Most of the crop is canned or frozen.
Genuine maraschino cherries are made from the marasca, a bitter wild cherry. Most of the maraschinos sold are imitations made from Royal Anne cherries. The fruits are soaked in vats of sulfur dioxide for six weeks. Then they are pitted, cooked with sugar, and dyed a bright red.
Wild black cherry trees are common in the eastern half of the United States and Canada. They grow along roadsides, fence rows, margins of thickets, and in open woods. Birds and other animals eat the small dark fruit and help to spread the fruit by dropping the stones, or seeds, to the ground. Black cherry trees have rough, scaly black bark and smoother, reddish brown branches. The heartwood is a rich reddish color with silky luster, prized by cabinetmakers.
Pin, or fire, cherry occurs with aspen trees on burned-over areas of Canada and the northeastern United States. Chokecherry is a shrub or small tree found throughout much of North America.
Like peaches, apricots, nectarines, plums, and almonds, cherries belong to the genus Prunus of the rose family. The scientific name of the sweet cherry is P. avium; sour cherry, P. cerasus; wild black cherry, P. serotina; pin, or fire, cherry, P. pennsylvanica; and chokecherry, P. virginiana.
The delicious fruit of the cherry tree may be eaten fresh or prepared in pies, other desserts, sauces, preserves, brandies, and liqueurs. A member of the rose famil
y, the tree has pink and white blossoms that look very much like those of the wild rose.Several wild species of cherries are native to America, but the fruit-bearing kinds were developed in Asia and had spread into Europe in prehistoric times. The fruits belong to two main groups—sweet and sour. The Duke cherry is a hybrid of these two.
Sweet cherries grow best in a mild climate, with no extreme cold, extreme heat, or summer rainfall at the time of ripening. Popular varieties include the Black Tartarian, Bing, Lambert, Napoleon, and Royal Anne. Sour cherries thrive in moderate, rather cool climates. Among the many varieties are the Richmond, Montmorency, Morello, and Chase. Most of the crop is canned or frozen.
Genuine maraschino cherries are made from the marasca, a bitter wild cherry. Most of the maraschinos sold are imitations made from Royal Anne cherries. The fruits are soaked in vats of sulfur dioxide for six weeks. Then they are pitted, cooked with sugar, and dyed a bright red.
Wild black cherry trees are common in the eastern half of the United States and Canada. They grow along roadsides, fence rows, margins of thickets, and in open woods. Birds and other animals eat the small dark fruit and help to spread the fruit by dropping the stones, or seeds, to the ground. Black cherry trees have rough, scaly black bark and smoother, reddish brown branches. The heartwood is a rich reddish color with silky luster, prized by cabinetmakers.
Pin, or fire, cherry occurs with aspen trees on burned-over areas of Canada and the northeastern United States. Chokecherry is a shrub or small tree found throughout much of North America.
Like peaches, apricots, nectarines, plums, and almonds, cherries belong to the genus Prunus of the rose family. The scientific name of the sweet cherry is P. avium; sour cherry, P. cerasus; wild black cherry, P. serotina; pin, or fire, cherry, P. pennsylvanica; and chokecherry, P. virginiana.
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