Cherry
a fruit-tree of the prune or plum tribe, very ornamental and therefore therefore much cultivated in shrubcountries of the Northern Hemisphere, beries. It is a native of most temperate and in Great Britain is quite common in the wild state, besides being cultivated for its fruit. The cultivated varieties belong to two species, Cerăsus avium vulgāris, the genus Cerasus being considered a sub-genus of Prunus.
They are numerous , as the red or garden cherry, the red heart, the white heart, the black cherry, etc. The fruit of the , is often as well flavored, if not quite so large, as that of the cultivated varieties. It is said that this fruit was brought from Cerasus, in by Lucullus, about 70 B. C., and introduced into England by the Romans. The cherry is used in making the liqueurs ing the liqueurs Kirschwasser and Marathe cherry-tree is hard and tough, and is very serviceable makers. An ornamental but not edible species is the bird-cherry. The American wild cherry is a fine large tree, the timber of which is much used by cabinet-makers and others, though the fruit is rather astringent.
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