Fair game

If you can reach them you can eat them. This tree is on my route to work, and it hangs particularly low over the sidewalk. When the cherries are ripe I can reach up as I walk under it and get both hands full. And so can everyone else that walks downtown via this quiet side street. So, between me, the others and the squirrels, these branches are stripped bare in a couple of days. Much to look forward to, though! They're nearly ripe and must be #9's. They're quite massive and likely juicy. I shall have to be careful not to dribble cherry juice down the front of me on my way to work.