His left arm stretches into the leaves and pulls out a bright red cherry that he drops into a small plastic container looped ...

Whether you are searching for an ornamental cherry or a fruiting cherry, this guide will help you find the right tree for your yard.

Now let’s talk about the fruit. The pink and yellow blossoms yield lots of glossy red fruit that are between ½ to 1 inch in diameter. The fruits contain 2-3 three seeds similar to a seeded grape.

Some of the best-performing fruit trees in Brooklyn are apple, pear, fig and cherry. Guerrilla Grafters and Trees NY work to dispel the myth that fruit trees can’t thrive in urban environments.

Fruiting cherry trees (as opposed to the ornamental varieties) are loosely divided into two types. The first, known as sweet cherry (Prunus avium), produces fruit sweet enough to eat straight from ...

Ornamental cherry trees rarely produce fruit but their bold flowers provide nourishment to early season pollinators. These deciduous trees are hardy in Zones 5 to 9 and grow best in full sun .