What is the difference between cherry and cherry?

Many in the gardens and cottages grow cherries and cherries. The fruits of these trees have great taste, they can be used both fresh, and for the preparation of various preparations for the winter.But it also happens that it is rather difficult for an inexperienced gardener to distinguish one tree from another.

Despite external similarity, cherries and cherries have differences.

Cherry is a tree, while a cherry can be both a tree and a shrub, depending on the variety.

In cherry bark brown, with a gray tint, crown, as a rule, has the shape of a ball.

Cherry has a bark of a reddish-brown color, sometimes with a silvery shade. Crohn shape closer to the oval.

The cherry leaves are dark green, the tip of the leaf is pointed, small cloves are visible along the edge. It has a strong smell.

Cherry leaf is large, with a pointed tip, like in cherry, but it is lighter and has no smell.

The root system of the cherry can be placed both horizontally and stretched in the vertical direction.

Sweet cherry roots are always located horizontally. Fruits of cherry and sweet cherry also differ in appearance.

Cherry berries are larger than cherry berries; they have a diverse shape - round, oval, in the shape of a heart. Berry colors range from light yellow, almost white, to maroon. The flesh of the sweet cherry is firm and elastic.

Cherry gives fruit smaller in size, usually round. Colors from red to maroon. The flesh is more friable than that of cherry.

In addition to the appearance, the berries differ from each other and in taste.

Sweet cherry is a very sweet berry, more dense than cherry. Due to the fact that there are many sugars in the sweet cherry, it is either consumed fresh or frozen. They are practically not used for preservation, as the blanks are sugary-sweet and not stored for a long time.

Cherry, depending on the variety can be sour or sour-sweet. Berry is very juicy, soft.

The benefits of cherries and cherries for our body is very great. These berries help to increase immunity, help the heart to work and strengthen the walls of blood vessels, reduce the risk of blood clots. Positively affect the functioning of the nervous system.

These stone fruits contain substances such as anthocyanins - they relieve inflammation, help to treat and prevent many diseases.

The calorie berries of these trees are the same. One hundred grams contains, according to data from several sources, from fifty to fifty three kilocalories.

Both cherry and sweet cherry contain vitamins that are beneficial for our body and various micro and macronutrients. Only the quantitative composition of these substances varies.

• Vitamin C - useful as a prevention of colds, the content in the berries is the same. One hundred grams of fruit contains about 15 mg of vitamin.
• Vitamin PP - contributes to the normal process of digestion, helps to normalize the metabolism, and also regulates the level of cholesterol in the blood. Berry content 0.5 mg per hundred grams.
• Vitamin E - improves skin and hair condition. In berries of 0.3 mg per hundred grams.

As you can see, the content of vitamins C, PP and E is the same, but in terms of the content of group B vitamins and vitamin A, cherry is in the first place. In their sweet cherry they are much less or not at all.

As for micro and macro elements, cherry is also a leader here. If potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and sodium are present in both berries in about the same amount, then such elements as zinc, fluorine, iodine and boron are only in cherry. At the same time, cherry contains iron, which is practically absent in cherry berries.

In cherries, not only fruit, but also leaves are beneficial for the body. They contain phytoncides - biologically active substances that inhibit the growth of pathogenic bacteria.

Despite the undoubted benefit of the berries, there are also contraindications for eating both cherries and cherries.

Cherry contains significantly less sugar than cherries, so it can be safely used by people who are prone to excessive fullness. Without fear, it can be eaten by people with diabetes, while they should use the sweet cherry with caution.

Cherry is undesirable for those who have an increased acidity of the stomach, an ulcer or gastritis in the period of exacerbation.

You should not eat too many berries in one sitting, otherwise digestive upset will be provided to you. And of course, you should not eat these berries in the food of those who have an allergic reaction to them.

As you can see, each berry is useful in its own way, but the cherry is richer in vitamin and mineral composition. Both the one and the other berries will benefit if you use it in moderation and take into account contraindications to the use, if they exist.

Let us consider in more detail where these wonderful plants grow.

Cherry is a fairly unpretentious plant, frost-resistant, relatively drought tolerant. As a rule, it is grown in central Russia. But at the same time, the cherry feels fine in the southern regions. And if you choose cold-resistant varieties, then with proper care can bear fruit in the northern regions of the country.

Cherries, like cherries, calmly endure dry periods, but at the same time they are a very thermophilic plant. Spring frosts can destroy flowers and ovaries. Therefore, sweet cherries are grown mainly in the southern regions. But recently, varieties were bred that more easily tolerate lower temperatures - they can be grown in the middle lane.

So, you decided to plant a cherry or a sweet cherry. Since the seedlings of these trees are similar to each other, in order not to get confused, we must pay attention to the differences.

As mentioned above - the first thing you should pay attention to is the crown. Cherry is the owner of a rounded crown, cherry - oval or in the shape of a cone. The next distinguishing feature is the foliage, except for the shape and structure, the leaves are also distinguished by the fact that cherry grows down on the cherry - right.

During the flowering period, the difference is visible, as they say, with the naked eye. Cherry inflorescences grow in clusters, in cherry - in several pieces.

The size of the seedling also matters. Buy better seedlings of the same age. They take root more easily in a new place. The height of a one-year-old cherry sapling is not more than a meter, the cherry tree at this age grows to about one and a half meters.

Whatever you choose for planting on your plot, with proper care, both cherry and sweet cherry will delight you with their fragrant, wholesome and tasty fruits.

You will learn more about what makes a cherry different from a sweet cherry in the following video.