History Of The Cherry Tree
There are only few cases in the ancient historical record about cherries. This absence in the record may be led to the fragile nature and perishability of the fruit, unlike the Apple Fruit. There are strong suggestions that the cherry from the territories of Asia Minor around the Black Sea and Caspian Sea. Other suggestions that the cherry trees were used in cultures derived from Greek and Roman historians of the literature, and it seems that the cherry wood of the cherry tree is important in many professional applications for ex.
Among the seeds Fruit that were sent in 1628 to Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, the colony of Massachusetts Bay were cherry, peach, plum, hazel, apple, quince, and pomegranate and "according to testimony, they have emerged and flourished.
William Bartram found cherry, Prunus padus, growing near Augusta, Georgia in 1773 as reported in his book, Travels, while taking an inventory of plants growing in south After the Spaniards abandoned and ceded the land to the English.
Luther Burbank, two centuries later, found the bird cherry should be incorporated in the parentage of future hybrid cherry, cherry because it was hardy coldest known with its heavy rotation characteristics and its immunity to most insects and diseases of cherry trees already in the pipeline business, it was the hardest cherry tree yet.
In 1847, Henderson Lewelling brought to Oregon in a covered wagon "cherry, apple, pear, plum and quince.
Luther Burbank, in his extensive book, Fruit of improvement in 1922, combined characteristics of sand cherry tree, Prunus besseyi with American plum, Prunus Chickasaw and Japanese plum, Prunus triflora, that matured in California in mid-August. Burbank described the fruit of deep purple, transparent flesh, rich sweet flavor, juicy and firm with a strong resemblance to the shape of parents of American plum, Prunus Chickasaw. This cherry-plum hybrid is able to withstand the weather cold and harsh, even for the Dakotas.
Professor NE Hansen of the Experiment Station of South Dakota and improved sand cherry, Prunus besseyi, which was marketed under the name "Improved Dwarf Rocky Mountain Cherry, with fruit growing as large as cherry Richmond. Luther Burbank argued in his book 1922 Fruit Improvement page 149, that the sand cherry tree was more really a plum.
The cherries are often sold with the stem still attached to the fruit. When canned or preserved, the stems are usually removed from the cherry. Breeders such as Luther Burbank concentrated on improving several characteristics that are important in the marketing of fruit size, color, flavor, and sweetness. Burbank produced a single cultivar, so rich in sugar and hung on the tree, instead of the rapid decomposition after ripening on the tree, as experienced with most cultivars cherries.
Cold hardiness has been considered very important in the hybridization cherry tree and Burbank used cherry, Prunus pennsylvanica, which has withstood temperatures of negative 60 degrees Fahrenheit near Hudson Bay as a parent of the hybrid cherry, because it was considered the most cold hardy of all cherries. Considering the many diseases and insect problems than sour Experienced Burbank suggested that breeders focus on breeding for immunity genes in cherries around "spraying and gassing. Burbank is admired for its strong environmental position of modern day environmentalists.
The common wild black cherry, Prunus serotina, is found growing in most of eastern North America. Cherries are grown in small abundance and reliably produced in crops, even in the coldest regions of the United States. Efforts are made to hybridize the desirable genes of the cherry clones of existing cultivars commercial cherry. The problem with this cherry tree is native to all parts of the tree and fruit contain the cyanogenic deadly toxin, which caused death and illness of children poisoned by cyanide in the fruit, even if the birds do not seem to be affected by eating fruit.
The cherry orchard grow in situations of 10 to 15 feet in height to manage the harvest of fruits correctly, even if he can grow to 30 feet if not pruned. Cherry trees are very cold hardy to negative 20 degrees Fahrenheit, and require about one thousand hours or more to chill a set abundant fruit. Pollination is not a big problem with cherry production. The selection of rootstocks for cherry is "Mazzard, Prunus mahaleb, or" Gisela "or Geissen recent rootstocks German.
The main commercial cherry fruit grown the United States are sour cherries, Prunus cerasus L., comprising 99% of all production. These cherries are important in baking cherry pies and cherry pies, and only in packages of frozen fruit or canned.
The sour cherry is the most famous "Maraschino" cherry is used in pies cherry, cakes, juices, jams, jellies, mixed drinks, ice, and a host of other ways. This cherry is bright red in color and often observed on the grocery shelves in clear glass jars and bottles.
Cultivars of sweet cherries, Prunus avium L., are increasingly in demand and sold in U.S. markets. Bing cherries are well known as a point of fresh fruit. This cherry is dark purple-red and is firm and has excellent sailing qualities. Other important sweet cherries are "Ranier Napoleon 'and', 'a statement from the USDA which is red with bright shades of yellow in the background. Lambert cherry is good to use in canning as is Stella. Cherry Black Tartary is a sweet cherry commonly available from catalogs and Internet correspondence.
Cherries are high ranking levels of antioxidants that offer great health benefits such as treating gout. Many Internet sites promote consumption of fresh cherries as a panacea and quick recovery from the attacks of gout. Some websites offer concentrated cherry extracts and powders of dried cherries as a cure. Cherries benefits for health of others in their high content of vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, niacin, and minerals calcium, phosphorus, iron and potassium.
The Japanese flowering cherry trees are more suitable tree in bloom and more and more popular today in the United States. The colorful flowers Yoshino cherry, Prunux x yodoensis, Kwanzan cherry and is seen early in the season, and the buds open into clusters of abundant, long-lasting flowers that dominate the landscape of our nation's Capitol, Washington, DC Japanese flowering cherry Prunus serrulata 'Kwanzan' were planted in Washington DC as a gift from the Japanese people to American citizens, largely through the efforts of the wife of President Taft, the first lady. Thousands of these cherry trees from Japan were planted, and many tourists flock to the Capitol, in the spring, the experience Extravaganza flowering. Cherry blossom festivals, celebrations and meetings are held each year in different cities, when the cherry trees are in bloom in the crown "Cherry Queens" and to provide competitions beauty.
The most popular Japanese flowering cherry Prunus serrulata 'Kwanzan'; Akebono Cherry, Prunus x yedoensis 'Akebono'; Weeping Japenese Cherry, Prunus subhirtella var. pendula; takesimense cherry, Prunus takesimense; Usuzeumi Cherry, Prunus f. spachiana ascendens, Autumn Flowering Cherry, Prunus subhirtella var. autumnalis; Sargent Cherry Prunus sargentii; Fugenzo Cherry, Prunus serrulata 'Fugenzo Okame and Cherry, Prunus' Okame.
About the Author
Patrick A. Malcolm, owner of TyTy Nursery, has an M.S. degree in Biochemistry and has cultivated fruit trees for over three decades.
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