choke-cherry

From the age of five until I was sixteen I went to school on the same grounds,—down a lane, into a widened yard, with a big choke-cherry tree and two buildings, wood and brick.

DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004

The second day from the Judith, we stopped for luncheon near a small stream where there were a great many choke-cherry bushes, and "Buckskin Joe" * -- that was his name -- brought large bunches of the cherries to me.

Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 Frances Marie Antoinette Mack Roe

The conspicuous berry-bearing bushes and trees along the shore were the red osier, with its whitish fruit, hobble-bush, mountain-ash, tree-cranberry, choke-cherry, now ripe, alternate cornel, and naked viburnum.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 Various

There was a road that went down to some June-berry and choke-cherry patches, in the small timber that stood beyond the gardens; it was a mere path used by villagers afoot, by women with their dogs, and sometimes by horsemen.

Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden 1917

A fresh scrotum was taken, and a rim or hoop of choke-cherry wood was bound around its mouth; choke-cherry limbs are flexible and easily bent.

Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden 1917

Down in the ravine, where they had been sheltered from fire, were red willows, choke-cherry bushes, and a few little poplars and birches; a winding pond marked the course of the stream, which was running in considerable volume.

The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West Robert J. C. Stead 1919

Idikita'c would tie up her fence tight, but the villagers going down to the choke-cherry patch, would go right through her garden, following the road that had been there; sometimes they even went through with horses.

Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden 1917

With birds, as with some other bipeds, the shortest way to the heart is through the stomach, and a choke-cherry tree in full blaze of fruit is always a natural aviary.

The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year William Beebe 1919

The bow of the plains Indian was from thirty-six to forty-four inches long, and made from the wood of the choke-cherry tree.

Indian Why Stories 1915

From the age of five until I was sixteen I went to a school on the same grounds, -- down a lane, into a widened yard, with a big choke-cherry tree and two buildings, wood and brick.

Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil 1915