Cherry tree question

[LUNAR]

hi, I was given a fruit tree from freecycle last year. They informed me that it was an edible apple tree.

It has fruited this year and it is a cherry tree.

What I would like to know, are all cherry trees edible?
I didn't dare eat them this year, but would be nice to know for next year

thanks
claire

[LUNAR]

[keef]

I would have tried one - they maybe fine in which case this years have gone to waste...

Not all are edible, but eating a non-edible one wont kill you - it will just taste horrible. If you eat load of non-edilble ones you'd probably give yourself a sore stomach - but then you'd have to be nuts or have no taste buds to eat loads in the first place...

[manicscousers]

could be cooking cherries, as keef says, taste one  :)

[Jeannine]

I could be wrong but I think the decorative ones are much smaller than regular cherries.

[Robert_Brenchley]

If they get to eating size, try one and see. If it's sour, cook them. They certainly won't poison you.

[valmarg]

I've found that ornamental ie flowering cherry trees don't tend to set fruit.

If the fruits are sour, they will probably be Morello.  If sweet, enjoy ;D.

We have a Stella cherry tree.  When we beat the blackbirds to the fruits they are delicious.

valmarg

[ipt8]

Just a thought, are you sure it not one of those small ornamental apples. I would just taste one and let my senses decide if it tasted good or not.

[GrannieAnnie]

One difference- cherry tree bark has rings that go around the trunk and apple doesn't.

[saddad]

and Welcome to the site Lunar, we have a couiple of new cherries on dwarf stock... and got a bowl of cherries from one this week!  :)

[GrannieAnnie]

By the way, cherries like a limey type soil I'm told and produce meatier cherries with the higher ?is it calcium? content of the soil. Someone will correct me I'm sure.