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| We have some trees growing on our property that have little black berries all over them, all in various stages of ripening.
I have a feeling I know what family they belong to, but would like some opinions as to what it is? The main tree : http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt314/hacket68/The Garden/GEDC070 4.jpg The berries/leaves : http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt314/hacket68/The Garden/GEDC070 5.jpg Thanks for any help! |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 29, 12 at 14:16
| kinda hard on those pix .... prunus serrotina .. wild black cherry.. among its many names.. i call it the furniture cherry ... the fruits are very bitter.. and apparantly the birds eat them.. and spread them EVERYWHERE.. i kill them by the thousands every spring... younger bark is very ID'able ... ken |
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- Posted by gardener365 IL 5/6 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 29, 12 at 17:26
| Yes, Prunus serotina. Dax |
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- Posted by wisconsitom 4/5 WI (My Page) on Sun, Jul 29, 12 at 20:22
| When well-grown, under close spacing in forest setting, among the very highest quality hardwoods. +oM |
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| I thought it was wild black cherry from my research...thank you for confirming it! We have a ton of these trees and they are all at least 50 feet tall. |
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- Posted by wisconsitom 4/5 WI (My Page) on Sun, Jul 29, 12 at 23:07
| If it should happen to be that some of these are more "forest-grown" than the one in the pic, that is, having straight, branch-free trunks, you've got some valuable timber. I don't know if this still holds, but long ago, I learned that (at that time) there was only one county in one state-Pennsylvania-where black cherry was both common enough and of sufficiently high quality to enable it to be harvested as a high-quality furniture-grade species. I've got a smattering of them up on my land, but they're nothing to write home about. +oM |
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| Actually, all the ones in the back are very tall, straight and have very few branches. They are in bunches and surrounded by dogwood and other brush. I wonder if I'd be able to have someone come out and give me a quote....On the other hand I'm not sure I'd enjoy cutting them down. They are very beautiful. :) hmm... |
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| *** ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sun, Jul 29, 12 at 14:16 the fruits are very bitter. Ken, on my small black cherry the fruits are surprisingly sweet (but still w/the strong flavor) when allowed to ripen to softness. The birds usually get 'em before that, tho. Many yrs it has no cherries, like this yr. |
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- Posted by wisconsitom 4/5 WI (My Page) on Mon, Jul 30, 12 at 17:29
| Cmonkey, despite my previous words, by no means am I telling you you need to harvest them! Sound like some nice trees. +oM |
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