Killers Coming for My Cherry Tree

[GrapeNut]

I agree. From the bark, multiple trunks, the flowers, and overall habit, it looks like a cherry plum/Prunus cerasifera, not a cherry.

[BobVance]

@recursion

To JeremiahT’s (and maybe BobVance’s) post: is root stock of the same fruit type but a different variety?

Rootstocks are generally either the same type of fruit (ie cherry) or a related type (certain plum, plum hybrid, etc). In some situations, fruit is grown “on the same roots”. This is when it was propagated as a cutting (stick a stick in the dirt and see if it grows roots- often a very low success rate). I think some bush cherry are grown this way, but most trees use a rootstock from a different cherry (or some other kind of stone-fruit like plums).

[recursion]

Hello. I’m just checking in to say I’m still here. I’ll give a proper reply soon.

[northwoodswis4]

You could leave the tree. Put a bump-out in the wall. If the buyers don’t want the tree, they can remove it.