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Cherry tree in bloom in Yachounomori Garden, Tatebayashi, Gunma, Japan, April 2009 The cherry blossom, or sakura, is the flower of trees in Prunus subgenus Cerasus. Sakura usually refers to flowers of ornamental cherry trees, such as cultivars of Prunus serrulata, not trees grown for their fruit [1]: 14–18 [2] (although these also have blossoms).
Cherry Blossom Street Party - Bands and performers of rock, blues, country, and other genres play live music at night. Cherry Blossom Pageant - A royal court of one queen and four princesses are chosen every year. Air Show - Held every year at the Macon Downtown Airport, it features aerobatic performances by military airplanes.
In the present day, ornamental cherry blossom trees are distributed and cultivated worldwide. [1] While flowering cherry trees were historically present in Europe, North America, and China, [2] the practice of cultivating ornamental cherry trees was centered in Japan, [3] and many of the cultivars planted worldwide, such as that of Prunus × yedoensis, [4] [5] have been developed from Japanese ...
Bing is a cultivar of the wild or sweet cherry (Prunus avium) that originated in the Pacific Northwest, in Milwaukie, Oregon, United States. The Bing remains a major cultivar in Oregon, [1] Washington, California, [1] Wisconsin [1] and British Columbia. It is the most produced variety of sweet cherry in the United States. [2]
The annual Cherry Blossom and Japanese Cultural Festival was established in 1976 following the gift of 1,000 cherry trees to Seattle on behalf of Japan by then prime minister Takeo Miki. [8] [9] The festival was originally held at the park before moving to Seattle Center. [10] [11] Eleven new cherry trees were planted at Seattle Center in ...
The Yoshino cherry is typically observed since, from the late Edo period, it has been planted across the archipelago. [7] Sample trees also include the Higan cherry in the south and Prunus sargentii (Sargent's cherry) in the north. [7] In 2006 it was reported that the cherry blossoms might overtake the plum blossoms before reaching HokkaidÅ. [8]
Hi Ho! Cherry-O is a children's put and take board game currently published by Hasbro [1] in which two to four players spin a spinner in an attempt to collect cherries. The original edition, designed by Hermann Wernhard and first published in 1960 by Whitman Publishers, had players compete to collect 10 cherries.