This Cherry was found in Longford Park in a small cluster of Cherries and Silver Birch. They are a large deciduous tree with a good taping bole and a high domed crown.
The branches are widely spreading that terminate to smooth reddish twigs.
The leaves are small and ovate. They grow to 15cm long and have a long pointed apex and forward-pointing irregular teeth margin. The upper surface is smooth and dull , whereas the underside is downy on the veins. The petiole grows up to 2-5cm long with two glands near the leaf junction. It has white flowers in long stalked clusters of 2-6 that open just before the leafs in April-May. It bears cherry fruit that ripen in early Summer, which are dark purple or red on long stalks with a smooth, round stone in the middle.
The bark is reddish brown and shiny with circular lines running horizontally and it peels into tough papery strips and occasionally becoming fissured.
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