what kind of tree is this?

Greg K · Jul 3, 2015

We moved here 5 years ago and although we saw blossoms I don't think we ever noticed any fruit on this tree. This year its loaded but I don't know what kind it is. Any help? Thanks in advance.
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Bob Harvey · Jul 3, 2015

Cherry ?

Greg K · Jul 3, 2015

True Son · Jul 3, 2015

Bing Cherry... Very good!

Greg K · Jul 3, 2015

They are pretty tart, but I know nothing about cherry trees

sd pete · Jul 3, 2015

Cherry. They make a darn good pie

CKain(MI) · Jul 3, 2015

Yep, A Cherry with 'Tart' fruit. You can get lots of good fruit, as the birds do not care for the cherry, like they do a Sweet 'Black' Cherry.
I have a fresh piece of cherry pie in front of me, right now !

jeffcat · Jul 3, 2015

Hold on just finished canning some last week. If you can eat them with a tinny bit of twinge or they are really sweet then they are Bing Cherrys. Most likely someone spit a pit out maybe ten or fifteen years ago. They do not bread true so You can get sweet or a little tart. NOW it looks like bings but there are sour cherry out there too. These are what they use in pies cause they have such a SNAP of flavor. Need a good dose of sugar to use them. I canned both and I also made Brandied cherrys. NOBODY complanes when they get a jar of those. The jar on the left is Bings with a sugar syrup. The right are Reneier Cherrys with Brandy. The sour cherrys are stored away already. The brandy ones are little gifts for folk who Like the old ways of doing things. he he sip nibble nibble sip nibble sip nibble....yummy.

davpal · Jul 3, 2015

Oh I think the birds like them just fine! I actually just got done finishing a whole bag of those tart cherries. I have a tree at a farm I don't live at and was down there mowing the lawn and they were ready. I went home and got the ladder and picke about 3/4 of them and left the rest. This was the first year there were a lot of them and also the first time I beat the birds to them. They were all gone a couple of days later. They actually age pretty good and will set out in a bowl on the counter for over a week and they just get sweeter as time goes on. I ate them all..

2x4 · Jul 4, 2015

birds & squirrels get all my cherries before they ever turn ripe. They turn from green to pink & then they're gone.

D beatty · Jul 4, 2015

Way back when I was a kid my mother would bake cherry pies using half Montmorency cherries and half black sweet cherries.Kid of miss the old days.

Leroy · Jul 4, 2015

Birds just LOVE the sour cherries.

Dune Country · Jul 4, 2015

Kids got me a scarecrow motion activated sprinkler for Christmas, put it up by my apple trees to keep the elk out.
sees motion and comes on for 2 seconds, it is keeping the apples safe so far, the labador has also figured it out :lol:

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