sand cherry †

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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either of two low-growing shrubs, Prunus pumila or P. p. besseyi; also, the fruit of either of these shrubs.

Quotations

1793

The wild plumb, and Grape, the pair, choak and sand cherries, Summer berry and the Raspberry are also natives of this [Assiniboine] country.

1795

[I] gathered cardinal flowers, a beautiful purple flower, sand cherries and some raspberries.

1827

Prunus . . . found sparingly on gravelly places and lime stone rocks on Red River, called by the voyageurs Sand-Cherry.

1917

One species,the sand cherry, Prunus pumila L., is a low, often prostrate shrub.

1958

Sand Cherry (Prunus besseyi) [is] a well-known, low-growing, shrubby fruit found wild in the Prairie Provinces.