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I would add Cherry of Rio Grand as well as the Barbados and Surinam. But as others have said, these are common name cherries and in no relation at all to Prunus species. Out of them Barbados is my favorite and very tasty and very prolific with multiple blooms a year.
Just walked out into my backyard and picked and ate a ripe Black Star Suriname Cherry... DELICIOUS!Tastes nothing like a temperate cherry... has a sort of grape-ish flavor. Really juicy too.Kevin jones
More of a hint of Turpentine after-taste... not unlike Pine Nuts or Citrus fruit.I have a few really nice tasting individuals... Black Star (Black), Crimson Tide (Red) and a Zill Dark seedling that for now I call Zillion (Black) and a Lolita Seedling (Black).The Crimson Tide is especially good... tastes like a Satsuma mandarine! And these CTs graft easily too!Kevin Jones