Black Cherry

:This page is about the tree. For the album by British band Goldfrapp, see Black Cherry (album).

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Album - Goldfrapp - Black Cherry (album)

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The Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) is a species of cherry, native to eastern North America from southern Quebec and Ontario south to Texas and central Florida. It is a species in the subgenus Padus with flowers in racemes, and is a deciduous tree growing to 15-30 m tall.

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Cherry - North America - Quebec - Ontario - Texas - Florida - Padus - Flower - Raceme - Deciduous - Tree

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The leaves are simple, 6-14 cm long, with a serrated margin. The fruit are 1 cm in diameter, somewhat astringent and bitter to eat fresh, but suitable for making jam and cherry pies; they are also readily eaten by birds, which do not taste astringency as unpleasant.

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Leaves - Fruit - Astringent - Jam - Cherry pies - Bird

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It is closely related to the Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana), from which it differs in the larger leaves and the cherries, which when ripe are black (hence the name), not red.

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This is perhaps the premier cabinetry timber of the US, traded as "cherry".

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