Prunus avium
Family: Rosaceae
Description
& storage
Cherry: small soft round fruit, red or black when
ripe, containing a stone.
Cherries always have to
be picked ripe. They do not ripe well after they have been picked. You can keep
cherries for one to three days.
Tree / shrub
The cherry tree grows upto 9
m.
Short histotory
Cherries are native in
Europe.
Use
Cherries taste best consumed "warm" from the
tree. Often jelly is made because they can't be stored. Cherries can be frozen
but you better remove the stones first.
Types and
family
There are
red, black and yellow cherries.
Other peculiar
characteristics