{"id":1306,"date":"2023-02-25T04:14:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T03:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.branchthetree.com\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2023-02-25T04:14:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T03:14:36","slug":"how-to-identify-a-cherry-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.branchthetree.com\/how-to-identify-a-cherry-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"How to identify a cherry tree?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In late winter or early spring, look for small, shiny, red or dark purple buds on the tips of the branches. These are the flower buds and they will bloom into beautiful white or pink flowers in early spring. The flowers will be followed by small, greenish-yellow fruits. As the fruits mature, they will turn red.<\/p>\n

There are a few ways to identify a cherry tree. One way is to look for the small, round fruits that the tree produces. Another way is to look for the deeply lobed leaves that the tree has. Finally, you can look for the small, white flowers that the tree produces in the spring.<\/p>\n

How can I tell what kind of cherry tree I have? <\/h2>\n

Agricultural cherry trees are those that are grown for their fruit. They can be either sweet or sour cherry trees, but they all have small, white flowers with 5 petals that bloom before the leaves grow completely in the early spring. Sweet cherry trees have more leaves than sour cherry trees, and their leaves have more than 8 pairs of veins for each leaf.<\/p>\n

Lenticels are small, raised, cork-like pore areas found on the bark of many trees. They allow gas exchange between the tree and the atmosphere. Lenticels are especially visible on young tree bark, but can also be seen on older bark that has weathered and cracked.<\/p>\n

What does a wild cherry tree look like <\/h3>\n