Prunus virginiana
Prunus virginiana, commonly called bitter-berry,chokecherry,Virginia bird cherry and western chokecherry (also black chokecherry for P. virginiana var. demissa), is a species of bird cherry (Prunus subgenus Padus) native to North America; the natural historic range of P. virginiana includes most of Canada (including Northwest Territory but excluding Yukon, Nunavut, and Labrador), most of the United States (including Alaska but excluding some states in the Southeast) and northern Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Baja California, Durango, Zacatecas, Coahuila and Nuevo León).
Growth
Chokecherry is a suckering shrub or small tree growing to 4.9 m (16 ft) tall. The leaves are oval, 3.2–10.2 cm (1.3–4.0 in) long, with a coarsely serrated margin. The flowers are produced in racemes of 38.1–76.2 cm (15.0–30.0 in) late spring (well after leaf emergence). The fruits are about 1 cm (0.39 in) diameter, range in color from bright red to black, with a very astringent taste, being both somewhat sour and somewhat bitter. The very ripe "berries" (actually drupes) are dark in color and less astringent and more sweet than when red and unripe.
Podcasts:
Chokecherry
ALBUMS
- Rodenticide: The Best of Dark Roots Music Vol.3 released: 2010
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by Contours
Shake Sherry
by: ContoursShake, Sherry, shake
(Shake, Sherry, woo)
Shake, Sherry, shake
(Shake, Sherry, woo)
Shake, Sherry, shake
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Mercy, mercy, you don't even see
I'm in love with [unverified]
But no one loves you as much as me
So dance with me before you go
And shake
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Come on
Sherry, won't you shake?
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Shake, Sherry, shake
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Well, now dance to the east
(Hey, hey, dance to the east)
Well, now dance to the west
(Hey, hey, dance to the west)
Well, now dance to the one
(Hey, hey, dance to the one)
That you love the best
(You love the best)
Is it me?
(No)
Is it me?
(No)
Is it me?
(No)
Is it me?
(No)
(No)
Shake, Sherry, shake
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Shake, Sherry, shake
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Come on, Sherry, shake
Shake, Sherry, shake
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Shake, Sherry
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Shake, Sherry
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Shake, Sherry, shake
Now listen, dance to the east
(Hey, hey, dance to the east)
Well, now dance to the west
(Hey, hey, dance to the west)
Well, now dance to the one
(Hey, hey, dance to the one)
That you love the best
(You love the best)
Is it me?
(No)
Is it me?
(No)
Is it me?
(No)
Is it me?
(No)
(No)
(No)
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Shake, Sherry
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Shake, Sherry
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Shake, Sherry
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Shake, Sherry
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Shake, Sherry
(Shake, Sherry, shake)
Shake, Sherry