I've just begun taking up foraging in the past year, and have successfully tried a small amount of wild edibles so far, including black cherries.
I live in Southeastern PA, and the black cherries I've collected ripen in late summer. However, I was just out today gathering some crabapples, and noticed racemes of fruit from a neighboring tree that looked just like black cherries. I opened one up and verified there was a single seed inside. However, the leaves were all completely gone from the tree, so I was unable to check them for identification and the telltale red "fuzz" that sometimes is on the underside along the midrib. It was quite a small tree, perhaps a shrub.
I suspect this is some very late-ripening relative of black cherry - I've done some Googling and checking on other sites but can't come up with a definite answer. Any thoughts? Thanks!
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