{"id":521,"date":"2024-04-18T11:16:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T15:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/?page_id=521"},"modified":"2024-08-27T21:44:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T01:44:28","slug":"cherry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/resources\/plantid\/fruits-and-nuts\/cherry\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plant Identification Learning Module:<br>Fruits &amp; Nuts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cherry [<em>Prunus avium<\/em>&nbsp;(sweet),<em>&nbsp;P. cerasus<\/em>&nbsp;(sour)]<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Cherries are small, round, yellow, red or nearly black in color, and borne on long stems. The skin is smooth, shiny and thin. The\u00a0<em>pit<\/em>\u00a0is small, round, and smooth, somewhat like a plum seed. Trees have reddish brown bark with\u00a0<em>lenticels<\/em>\u00a0(horizontal marks). Leaves are\u00a0<em>alternate<\/em>, oval and pointed, with doubly\u00a0<em>serrate margins<\/em>\u00a0and small glands on the\u00a0<em>petiole<\/em>. The flower is a white\u00a0<em>raceme<\/em>, on long\u00a0<em>pedicels<\/em>, produced in clusters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/cherry_tree.jpg\" alt=\"Cherry tree\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/cherry_foliage.jpg\" alt=\"Leaf of cherry tree\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/cherry_bark.jpg\" alt=\"Cherry tree trunk\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/cherry_fruit2.jpg\" alt=\"Cherries\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Purdue<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/cherry_flowers.jpg\" alt=\"Cherry flowers\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>(cc) 2008, B\u00f6hringer Friedrich. This photo is licensed under&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/cherry_pits.jpg\" alt=\"Pits of cherry fruits\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>(cc) 2008, Jaymie Koroluk. 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