WILD CHERRIES. 
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or red, sweet or bitter, with scanty juice which stains the fingers. 
This is believed to be the original wild stock from which our 
modern Black Hearts and Bigarreau Cherries have been 
evolved by the cultivator. 
The Dwarf or Wild Cherry {Primus cerasus) is more bush- 
like than tree-like, for it sends up a great number of suckers 
A, fruit ; B, flower. 
around the main stem. The branches are slender and drooping. 
The leaves, which are of similar shape to those of P. avium, 
are smooth and deep blue-green in tint, with round-toothed 
edges. The flowers are not so widely open as in the previous 
species, but retain more of the cup-shape, whilst the notched 
petals are firmer in consistence and oval in shape. The drupe 
