hi, I was given a fruit tree from freecycle last year. They informed me that it was an edible apple tree.
It has fruited this year and it is a cherry tree.
What I would like to know, are all cherry trees edible?
I didn't dare eat them this year, but would be nice to know for next year
thanks
claire
I would have tried one - they maybe fine in which case this years have gone to waste...
Not all are edible, but eating a non-edible one wont kill you - it will just taste horrible. If you eat load of non-edilble ones you'd probably give yourself a sore stomach - but then you'd have to be nuts or have no taste buds to eat loads in the first place...
could be cooking cherries, as keef says, taste one :)
I could be wrong but I think the decorative ones are much smaller than regular cherries.
If they get to eating size, try one and see. If it's sour, cook them. They certainly won't poison you.
I've found that ornamental ie flowering cherry trees don't tend to set fruit.
If the fruits are sour, they will probably be Morello. If sweet, enjoy ;D.
We have a Stella cherry tree. When we beat the blackbirds to the fruits they are delicious.
valmarg
Just a thought, are you sure it not one of those small ornamental apples. I would just taste one and let my senses decide if it tasted good or not.
One difference- cherry tree bark has rings that go around the trunk and apple doesn't.
and Welcome to the site Lunar, we have a couiple of new cherries on dwarf stock... and got a bowl of cherries from one this week! :)
By the way, cherries like a limey type soil I'm told and produce meatier cherries with the higher ?is it calcium? content of the soil. Someone will correct me I'm sure.