Cherry Delights Wild Black Cherry Prunus serotina - Rosaceae

摘要

As I stepped into the morning sunshine on that spring April morning, a familiar scent greeted me. I scanned the wild black cherry at the edge of the yard for confirmation. It was a wild black cherry, one of several that I had let grow from seeds thathad been dropped by birds. At first all 1 saw were the clusters of tiny flower buds. But I kept looking, confident that the scent I had detected came from this tree. Finally, on the back side, which was also the side facing the sun, found it, a cluster of small white flowers at the end of a stem that had just opened. The first cherry blossoms of the season. I took a deep breath, inhaling its essence as 1 did so. It would be at least three months before the fruits would ripen, but for now 1 could enjoy the delightful fragrance of the flowers.