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Old 04/25/13, 05:31 PM
 
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Who gets the cherrys
Who get thes cherrys from all those beautiful cherry trees in Washington DC?
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Old 04/25/13, 05:39 PM
 
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Pretty sure the birds get it. Apparently the type of cherry tree is more attractive than useful and has small not very fleshy fruit.
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I'm not positive but I think they're ornamental only and don't bear fruit. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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They are those blooming, japanese cherry trees, pretty, but not for food.
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Old 04/25/13, 05:50 PM
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The cherry trees in DC are ornamental and do not produce fruit. It is illegal to pick a blossom,twig, or branch off of the trees and you will get ticketed and charged with destruction of a resource within a national park. You also are not allowed to climb in the trees.
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I'm not positive but I think they're ornamental only and don't bear fruit. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
They are Yoshino Cherries. Yes they are ornamental but they can bear fruit. Maybe not every year and not in quantity but they are edible- mostly pit, little flesh and not as sweet as most humans like- so what is produced is eaten by birds and other critters.

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Old 04/25/13, 06:05 PM
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They are Yoshino Cherries. Yes they are ornamental but they can bear fruit. Maybe not every year and not in quantity but they are edible- mostly pit, little flesh and not as sweet as most humans like- so what is produced is eaten by birds and other critters.

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They may produce small tiny fruit (i've never seen any) but even if they did I wouldn't call them edible. The pollution (exhaust fumes, rubber from tires, ect) leave a dust on everything, and its a dust that doesn't wash off without scrubbing. Would hate to see what my lungs look like....lol
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They may produce small tiny fruit (i've never seen any) but even if they did I wouldn't call them edible. The pollution (exhaust fumes, rubber from tires, ect) leave a dust on everything, and its a dust that doesn't wash off without scrubbing. Would hate to see what my lungs look like....lol
lol- I was referring to the cherry in general not specifically the DC ones. But you are right, anything that close to a roadway would not be edible in my book!
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Old 04/25/13, 07:35 PM
 
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The cherry trees in DC are ornamental and do not produce fruit. It is illegal to pick a blossom,twig, or branch off of the trees and you will get ticketed and charged with destruction of a resource within a national park. You also are not allowed to climb in the trees.
What do you get charged with for smelling one?
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I know this is very off topic but since we're talking about the DC cherry trees, I was remembering going there as a kid to see the flowering trees and my mother being nervous that the "Moonies" would abduct us kids and brainwash us into a cult. Do you all remember when that was the big fear for kids? I do remember the Moonies handing out flowers on the steps of monuments. I wonder what happened to them.
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Some of them are alive and well, and rescuing cows in WV:
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Old 04/26/13, 06:48 AM
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What do you get charged with for smelling one?
On last check it was only against the law to smell in California.Law against smelling
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