Introduction
Black cherry (Prunus serotina) is a native plant to Eastern North America. Typically, it is a small plant that sometimes grow up to 80 feet tall. It is also known as wild cherry, wild black cherry, mountain black cherry, rum cherry, and American cherry. The black cherry fruit is a reddish-black round drupe in appearance and has a bitter-sweet taste. The fruit of the black cherry tree has many culinary uses including making jams, jellies, pies, soda, ice cream, and wine.