Some relatives from the north tell me that it makes excellent jam and that some trees have fruit that is paletable enough to eat out of hand.
Your right the fruit can be good if I can know what I have been eating
I mean I know they are a cherry so If I am scrolling with a lot of different types I try not to put to much thought into it.
Around here I have my Neighbors , one in the alley looks different that birds grew ,
and one new small one close by the city just planted which fruits later .
I should get a paper with a grid on it, and keep track
I forget which is which, and what I liked of what tree just by being a casual snack
Maybe something that looks like this
Cherry ----
Plum
apple
month date time year
location
flavor
texture (juicy, mealy, solid, firm)
Flavor after storage
(I have made a grid like that for long bicycle touring makes finding stuff faster
and if I move anything quickly I can just abbreviate in the grid (ie. front pocket FP -- side pocket SP.)
especially if have to leave quickly because the cops are creeping! )
That is short lived I seen it growing about 5 feet to maybe 7 but mostly small (maybe not even 7 feet)
but I suppose from images on above link it gets bigger (I swore a native IL. book I have said different as well as what I've seen)
(see next post for more about it growing)
Interesting I knew a lady that lived in the woods named Barb in Elgin IL. (by Dundee bridge boarder )
had a tent to shower in it looked like a phone booth
heating in Winter with propane
(tent had a kitchen floor raised on pallets with insulation like carpet,
so the ground would not cause cooling in the tents )
Had cats to warn her of visitors
Also had a natural spring
She watched the forest grow through stages of death of large tree's, and rebirth
this is where I saw the smaller cherries
I am sure we have Prunus pensylvanica
That grows 5 6 feet, and dies in that stage around here at least
This is what I remember now.
Sadly they tore the bridge down to remake, and diverted the natural spring She moved away.