WILD RED CHERRY; BIRD CHERRY; PIN CHERRY (Prunus Pennsylvanica, Linn.). SO to 40 feet. Slender, narrow, round-headed tree with regular, horizontal branches. Bark smooth, shining, red-brown, broken into curling, horizontal plates, containing long slits, the lenticels prominent bn twigs. Wood pale, close-grained, soft. Leaves slender, taper pointed, finely serrate, 3 to 4 inches long, thin, lustrous, bright green above, paler beneath, turning yellow. Flowers white,
in scant, lateral clusters, in May, all parts distinct. Fruit pea-size, clear red, shining, juicy, sour, on stems 1 inch long. Dist.: Rocky woods, Newfoundland to Georgia; west to Rocky Mountains.