Description
Features glossy fruit with dark red skin and very sweet and juicy aromatic flesh. Also celebrated for its ornamental value due to its delicate yellow flowers and beautiful autumn colour.(Cornellian Cherry) Sturdy shrubby tree with masses of tiny yellow flowers along bare stems in Winter followed by red jellybean shaped fruits from which a beautiful jelly is made.Wonderful served with white meat dishes.We grow several selections with Superior Fruiting Characteristics. Cornus mas elegant red star and jolico. Also have closely related Cornus officionalis.The Cornelian Cherry fruit seeped in spirit , makes a wonderful aperitif.