Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy drupe or stone fruit. Commercial cherries are usually obtained from a limited number of species, including especially cultivars of the wild cherry, Prunus avium. The name cherry is also used in referance to the cherry tree, and is sometimes applied to almonds and visually similar flowering trees in the genus Prunus...