Plant breeder Luther Burbank devoted a lot of work to hybridizing this species with the Japanese plum (Prunus salicina) and developed a number of cultivars from the hybrid.
Prunus | Prunus avium | Prunus cerasus | Prunus subg. Padus | Prunus serotina | Prunus salicina | Prunus pensylvanica | Prunus mume | Prunus virginiana | Prunus tenella | ''Prunus'' subg. ''Padus'' | Prunus padus | Prunus mexicana | Prunus maritima | Prunus laurocerasus | Prunus japonica | Prunus fruticosa | Prunus emarginata | Prunus caroliniana | Prunus americana | Pin cherry (''Prunus pensylvanica'') | Manchurian Cherry (''Prunus maackii'') |