Dwarf Cherry

Dwarf Cherry as a name has been used for at least three species of small cherry trees:

  • Prunus cerasus
  • Prunus fruticosa
  • Prunus pumila

An unrelated Australian tree with cherry-like fruit:

  • Exocarpus strictus

Cultivars of the sour cherry Prunus cerasus that are grafted onto dwarfing rootstocks.

Famous quotes containing the words dwarf and/or cherry:

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    old dwarf heart shakes her head.
    Like an imbecile she was born old.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “Lay down, lay down the bigly bier,
    Lat me the dead look on;
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    She lay an’ smil’d on him.

    O ae sheave o’ your bread, true-love,
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