Engraving Words: Sweet Cherry! Article 2 for Tree Series!

Sweet Cherry!

(Prunus Avium)

Notes from:

Vancouver Tree Book,

Pg 170!

Tree Article Series number 2 for Strathcona Conversations Zine!

Prunus is a large and varied genus with hundreds of species that include plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds, as well as ornamental flowering cherries and cherry laurels. Some are native to Canada while others such as sweet cherry are introduced, usually for fruit, but some cultivars are ornamentals. Sweet cherries (also called mazzard cherries) tend to struggle in our climate; they prefer HOT summers and COLD WINTERS, which explains why the commercial growers are in the Okanagan. Sour or pie cherries make a better bet for a crop here. (Vancity) One of the most popular sweet varieties is BING, developed in an Oregon orchard and said to be named after AH, BING! A foreman who worked 35 yrs for the grower, then returned to China for a visit in 1889 and was not allowed back due to anti-immigration laws.

Its Flower/Fruit!

This tree produces white flowers 2-3 cm wide in early spring, before or with emerging leaves; fruit on a single stalk ripens in early summer!

To visit these beauties and enjoy its fruit and blooming nature during your current summer adventures, you can go to 2535 Venables St.W of Kamloops St. There you will find a large street tree! And of course if you don't want to go far from home or our lovely Strathcona/DTES community several of the Plena Cultivar, an Ornamental, are in front of the Pacific Railway Station on main St. and Terminal Ave in Thornton Park!

Writing by,

Jennifer Cooley!

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Here`s a Poem to be reflective of slowing down and enjoying the beauty of nature and free things, as to go with the point of this series of articles about trees is all about! :-)

August 1st, 2022! My 4th article printed in the Carnegie Newsletter!

~ Home is where the heart is~

Home is where the heart is

Mine is everywhere,

I like to live free in the discovery

Of everything life has to give,

No rude awakenings

Just strangers pave my way.

There’s a great big fine reward

In learning all things new

It doesn’t get much better than this

It’s always like a new loves first kiss,

Fresh and distinct

Always different and unique

Something sweet

That’s always there;

Each new corner you walk somewhere

Someone new for you to meet

To crack a joke and make them smile

Or take a seat and talk about life for awhile,

A constant reminder that God is good

Just mis-understood

Cause of the things that ‘we’ do

You have to like who you are

To understand where you’re at

When you’re looking out over

That spectacular Ocean view,

Or noticing that dog walker

Smiling back at you;

The love of life is in what we do,

The choices we make that get us through,

Happiness is in the discovery

That we don’t need to work so hard

That our hearts ache,

Or our hair turns gray

Or that you never get a vacation

Because you haven’t enough pay;

Less is more

When you learn to uncover the richness

That’s there

In sharing good times and life

With people who care.

It’s amazing what ones kindness does

To help make life more pleasant

In all that we do,

I like living free

It’s the only way to be

To love so strong

Fear nothing going wrong,

I can’t imagine doing things any other way.

Sometimes it’s all that we can do

To get from place to place

To discover those things new,

And the joys finding them brings

The more we discover who we are;

From this great big wide open world

Built on hope, prayer and a dream

In our understanding the balance of things,

Home is where the heart is

And mine is Everywhere!!

Written by,

Jennifer Cooley!