Plant ID

We have a tree where I work that I am trying to ID. It has bark & leaves like a cherry tree and in the fall it bears fruit that has the size & shape of cherries. The flesh is peach colored and has a mild peach flavor and a pit like a cherry. The only thing that is different is that it has a dull leathery light red skin with what almost looks like pox marks. Can anyone help me figure out what this is??

 

maybe arbutus unedo..

 

Not Arbutus in PA!

 

I haven't seen it bloom yet. I guess I'll have to wait until spring.

 

One easy difference between Arbutus fruit and cherries is that an Arbutus fruit contains numerous small seeds, a cherry contains a single large, hard-shelled stone. Can you check what yours has?

 

Maybe Prunus americana.

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It has a pit like a cherry

 

Light Red pithy, leathery skin that almost looks like it has bullseyes.

 

What about the seeds? Does it have a single stone like a cherry, or several smaller seeds?