414 OUR WOODLAND TREES. 
species consist in the less adherent quality of its 
fleshy portion ; for whilst in the Cherry of the 
Black-fruited Tree the skin adheres to the flesh, 
and cannot be separated, and the flesh also 
adheres to the stone, in Cerasus vulgaris the case 
is the reverse, for the skin will peel from the flesh, 
and the flesh can be easily separated from the 
stone. Although the Red-fruited Cherry Tree is 
smaller in size than Cerasus sylvestris,—seldom 
exceeding forty feet in height, though sometimes 
rising higher—it is a more rapid grower, and 
when grown for its timber, will reach its maxi- 
mum size in about fifty years. The wood is 
largely used for many of the purposes to which 
mahogany is applied, and is little inferior in point 
of beauty to at least some of the less valuable 
kinds of mahogany. 
In its autumnal colouring there is great beauty 
in the leaves of Cerasus vulgaris, with their tints 
of red and yellow, brightened by the crimsoned 
hues of the glossy fruit. 
