A chance remark about Lenin's sealed train brought the rejoinder that this was a myth akin to George Washington's cherry tree.

He is driven to desert when he sees a cherry tree in blossom, which reminds him of home too much and inspires him to leave.

Another tale claims that as a young child, Washington chopped down his father's cherry tree.

The cherry tree, on the right, was planted in his memory ( see A Shropshire Lad, II ).

The next year, the baron encounters a stag with a cherry tree growing from its head ; presumably this is the animal he had shot at the previous year.

Similarly, the branch of a cherry tree is generally referred to as a " cherry branch ", while other such formations ( i. e., " acacia branch " or " orange branch ") carry no such alliance.

The 100, 000th Steinway piano was given as a gift to the White House in 1903 and is made of cherry tree with gold leaf.

The name ' cherry ' also refers to the cherry tree, and is sometimes applied to almonds and visually similar flowering trees in the genus Prunus, as in " ornamental cherry ", " cherry blossom ", etc.

Like most temperate-latitude trees, cherry seeds require exposure to cold in order to germinate ( a mechanism the tree evolved to prevent germination during the autumn which would then result in the seedling being killed by winter temperatures ).

Birches, both Siberian silver birch ( Betula platyphylla ) and Erman's birch ( B. ermanii ), poplar, elm, Bird cherry ( Prunus padus ), Japanese yew ( Taxus cuspidata ) and several willows are mixed with the conifers ; while farther south the maple, rowan and oak, as also the Japanese Panax ricinifolium, the Amur cork tree ( Phellodendron amurense ), the Spindle ( Euonymus macropterus ) and the vine ( Vitis thunbergii ) make their appearance.

* Chokecherry, a suckering shrub or small tree, a species of bird cherry

The tree is smaller than the wild cherry ( growing to a height of 4 – 10 m ), has twiggy branches, and its crimson-to-near-black cherries are borne upon shorter stalks.

A blooming sour cherry tree.

The story ends with Andros burying the head of Orpheus under a cherry tree.

Weems is known for having invented the apocryphal " cherry tree " anecdote about George Washington and " Marion's life received similar embellishment ", as Amy Crawford wrote in Smithsonian Magazine in 2007.

He then lifts Ryo from the ground and threatens to kill him with a final blow, which prompts Iwao to reveal its location underneath the cherry blossom tree.

Plant life includes a large variety of eucalypt trees including Snow Gums, subtropical and temperate rainforest trees like Antarctic Beech, tree ferns, a large variety of mosses and ferns and a wide range of edible plants such as the native raspberry, the native cherry and the Lilli Pilli.

Cherry Tree was named for a large cherry tree that stood at the confluence of Cush Cushion Creek and the West Branch of the Susquehanna River.

The boundary, called the " purchase line ", extended from the cherry tree westward to the current site of Kittanning, Pennsylvania on the Allegheny River.

However, John Newton's heroics are said to be a product of Parson Weems, who also fictionalized the story of George Washington and the cherry tree.

Seeds of many chaparral plants actually require 30 years or more worth of accumulated leaf litter before they will successfully germinate ( e. g. scrub oak: Quercus berberidifolia, toyon: Heteromeles arbutifolia, and holly-leafed cherry: Prunus ilicifolia ).

The following will serve as a guide in arranging: First, vanilla cream, then raspberry or cherry or currant water ; coffee or chocolate in the middle ; the strawberry cream, with lemon or orange or pineapple water to finish.

If as little as 0. 5 % of the red blood cells are hemolyzed, the released hemoglobin will cause the blood serum | serum or blood plasma | plasma to appear pale red or cherry red in color.

In June, the prince told Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci that when " they Khmer Rouge have sucked me dry, they will spit me out like a cherry stone.

In contrast, most hardwood trees such as cherry, maple, oak, and ash must be cut into 1 ” thick boards immediately after felling or large cracks will develop in the trunk which can render the wood worthless ( Ling, 2003 ).

The cherry barb will grow to 2 inches ( 5 centimeters ) in length.

Adult cherry barbs will spawn 200 to 300 eggs and scatter them on plants and on the substrate.

After 5 weeks, the hatchlings will be about 1 cm long and easily identifiable as cherry barbs.

Oak, ash, beech, sycamore, alder, birch, chestnut and cherry woods from renewable sources in mid-Wales will be used together in proportions that reflect their relative availability from the forest.

They will eat canned corn, cherry tomatoes, and, despite their primarily vegetarian habits, will also sometimes eat other vegetarians.

However, this will incur the destruction of their famous cherry orchard which is nationally known for its size.

They all go to bed with a renewed hope that the estate will be saved and the cherry orchard preserved.

Left alone with Ranevskaya, Trofimov insists that she finally face the truth that the house and the cherry orchard will be sold at auction.

Ranevskaya, distraught, clings to Anya, who tries to calm her and reassure her that the future will be better now that the cherry orchard has been sold.

When completed, the landscaped grounds will feature many winding strolling pathways, a cherry tree garden, a Japanese ceremonial tea garden, a woodland play garden and nature garden.

They prefer aspen and poplar, but will also take birch, maple, willow, alder, black cherry, red oak, beech, ash, hornbeam and occasionally pine and spruce.

The Zooks counterattack with an " Eight-Nozzled Elephant-Toted Boom Blitz ", a machine that shoots " high-explosive sour cherry stone pits, and will put your dumb Kick-A-Poo Kid on the fritz!

The five exits continue as paths meandering through a planted belt of hawthorn, cherry and apple whose, when in flower, mass of white blossom will give the appearance of turbulent water around a waterwheel.

Dyes will color very fine grained wood, like cherry or maple, which pigments will not.

Kasten stated that the cherry blossoms will provide a look that Americans associate with the nation's capital.

In Seinaiji, there stands an ancient sakura ( cherry blossom ) tree that people take bus trips to see when it is in bloom.

Carp, rainbow trout, cherry salmon, iwana ( char ), ugui ( big-scaled redfin ) and ayu all inhabit Tama River in sufficient numbers for limited commercial fishing to take place in upstream areas.

The winner was awarded a " real " pie ( i. e. a cherry or apple pie ) to take home.

The most common trees and plants found in Japanese gardens are the azalea ( tsutsuji ), the camellia ( tsubaki ), the oak ( kashiwa ), the Japanese apricot ( ume ), cherry ( sakura ), maple ( momiji ), the willow ( yanagi ), the ginkgo ( ichō ), the Japanese cypress ( hinoki ), the Japanese cedar ( sugi ), pine ( matsu ), and bamboo ( take ).

While other contestants were required to be paparazzi who had to take photos of any celebrities that appear in the cherry picker which was raised above the house compound wall.

Over time, larger plants like sumac, sand cherry, cottonwood, and juniper take hold and replace the grasses and smaller plants.

: Each year a large cherry blossom festival ( April ) and Azalea festival ( May ) take place here.

The park is bustling with crowds who arrive to take in the lively environment on weekends and holidays, especially during the cherry blossom season when the entire park is overrun with visitors for hanami.

Some woods such as pine or cherry do not take stain evenly, resulting in " blotching ".