sour cherry

noun

a cherry, Prunus cerasus, characterized by gray bark and the spreading habit of its branches.
the red, tart fruit of this tree, used in making pies and preserves.

sour cherry

a Eurasian rosaceous tree, Prunus cerasus, with white flowers: cultivated for its tart red fruits
the fruit of this tree Compare sweet cherry See also morello amarelle

First recorded in 1880–85

Trees of the sour Cherry should be planted 18 by 18 ft. apart, in well prepared under-drained soil.

Montmorency is the most popular Sour Cherry grown in America.

The Sour Cherry, then, is now to be found truly wild in many parts of several continents.

Despite the derivation of the name Amarelle, they have less bitterness than the other group of varieties of the Sour Cherry.

The Sour Cherry is at home in a great variety of climates, the vagaries of weather affecting it but little.

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