Article Nº 0895 Plant Vol. I · p. 514
Cherry tree (Prunus Avium var. Juliana)
Original title: Cerejeira. (Prunus Avium var. Juliana)
The cherry tree grown in upland Madeira; black cherries were banned in 1788 because they were used to colour wine.
A European tree of the family Rosaceae, subfamily Prunoideae, cultivated at Serra de Água, Curral, Ponta do Pargo, etc. Madeiran cherries are subglobose, red or black, and pleasant in flavour; they ripen in June and July. Cherry stalks are widely used in infusion as a diuretic. The cultivation of the black cherry tree was prohibited in 1788 by the governor Dom Diogo Pereira Forjaz Coutinho, on the grounds that the fruit of this tree was being used to colour wines.
People mentioned
- D. Diogo Pereira Forjaz Coutinho d. 1798
Places mentioned