Talk:Black Cherry

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The difference in fruit color is hardly reliable, as there a chokecherry cultivars with black, red, or yellow fruits. Elakazal 00:24, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Whiskey Cherry??? Wild Black Cherry has been commonly called Rum Cherry by many as it was used to make rum. I have never heard it called Whiskey Cherry ever until this Wikipeda article. I have read many articles on from universities and other creditable sources which refer to it as Rum Cherry and again never Whiskey Cherry. The University of Minnesota's extension service has posts from master gardeners with great insight on this interesting tree. After researching the pros and cons of this tree I planted 6 to replace the buckthorn I removed from my back yard. They are doing great - now I just need a recipe for rum and I will be all set.

Sample article with Rum Cherry reference but no Whiskey: http://www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/silvics_manual/volume_2/prunus/serotina.htm

[edit] thickness of wild cherry bark

does the thickness affect the active constituent of the drug wild cherry bark

this is not my opinion, it was recovered from the main page:

The image shown is not the bark of a black cherry tree. Yes, from looking at other sites I'd have to agree--so it needs to be corrected (Cherry bark is smoother, yes?). (THe photo of leaves/blossoms looks okay.) Hey, it's wild cherry, and goes by other names--this is the cough drop you ate as a kid. I came here to find info because I can't trust the grocery to sell me the right stuff. Surely all those boring garden shows have oodles of experts that could help; alas, they aren't computer geeks. I wanted to know why black cherry is different from regular cherry trees, etc.70.241.3.192 13:53, 28 October 2006 (UTC) Al1encas1no 23:55, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

(This is my first post on a talk page at wikipedia, so tell me if i'm doing this right) I'm not a professional, but I can do tree identification pretty well after studing ecology for a couple of years. I'm alost certain that that is a correct image of a mature Black Cherry's bark.The bark looks much thinner on younger trees though, and that was probobly what you saw on the other sites. And for the other question, "Wild Cherry" is the asian species, it's the one we use for cough drops and food. Black Cherry is pretty much inediable.