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The '''cherry''' is the fruit of many plants of the genus ]. It is a fleshy ] that contains a single stony ]. The cherry fruits of commerce are usually obtained from a limited number of species, including especially ] of the ], ''Prunus avium''.
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The name 'cherry', often as the compound term 'cherry tree', may also be applied to many other members of the genus Prunus, or to all members of the genus as a collective term. The fruits of many of these are not cherries, and have other common names, including ], ], ], and others. The name 'cherry' is also frequently used in reference to ].
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== Botany ==
True cherry fruits are borne by members of the subgenus ''Cerasus'' which is distinguished by having the ]s in small ]s of several together (not singly, nor in ]s), and by having a smooth fruit with only a weak groove or none along one side. The subgenus is native to the temperate regions of the ], with two species in ], three in ], and the remainder in ].

The majority of eating cherries are derived from either ], the '''wild cherry''' (sometimes called the sweet cherry), or from ], the '''sour cherry'''.

=== Species ===
This list contains many ] species that bear the common name cherry; however they are mostly of little or no value for their fruit.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}} For a complete list of these, see ]. Some common names listed here have historically been used for more than one species, e.g. "Rock cherry" is used as an alternative common name for both ''P. prostrata'' and ''P. mahaleb''.

* '']'' C. Mohr - Alabama cherry
* '']'' (Siebold & Zucc.) Franch. & Sav. - Clove cherry
* '']'' (L.) L. - Wild cherry, Sweet cherry, Mazzard or Gean
* '']'' Maxim. - Taiwan cherry, Formosan cherry or Bell-flowered cherry
* '']'' Bois. - Greyleaf cherry
* '']'' Aiton - Carolina laurel cherry or Laurel cherry
* '']'' D. Don. - Wild Himalayan cherry
* '']'' L. - Sour cherry
* '']'' Koehne - Purpleleaf sand cherry
* '']'' (Wall. ex Royle) Steud. - Himalayan bird cherry
* '']'' Small - Cuthbert cherry
* '']'' Koehne - Cyclamen cherry or Chinese flowering cherry
* '']'' Sealy - Dawyck cherry
* '']'' C.K. Schneid. - Tailed-leaf cherry
* '']'' (Douglas ex Hook.) Walp. - Oregon cherry or Bitter cherry
* '']'' Beck - {{lang-de|mittlere Weichsel}} (Semi-sour cherry)
* '']'' Pall. - European dwarf cherry, Dwarf cherry, Mongolian cherry or Steppe cherry
* '']'' (Poit. & Turpin) Rehder - Duke cherry
* '']'' Maxim. - Japanese bird cherry or Gray's bird cherry
* '']'' Bunge - Chinese plum-cherry or Humble bush cherry
* '']'' (Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.) Walp. - Hollyleaf cherry, Evergreen cherry, Holly-leaved cherry or Islay
* '']'' Thunb. - Fuji cherry
* '']'' Siebold ex Koidz. - Japanese mountain cherry or Japanese hill cherry
* '']'' Thunb. - Korean cherry
* '']'' L. - Cherry laurel
* '']'' (Eastw.) Sarg. - Catalina Island cherry
* '']'' Rupr. - Manchurian cherry or Amur chokecherry
* '']'' L. - Saint Lucie cherry, Rock cherry, Perfumed cherry or Mahaleb cherry
* '']'' Rupr. - Miyama cherry or Korean cherry

* '']'' (Siebold & Zucc.) Ume, Japanese apricot, Chinese plum
* '']'' (L.) Urb. - West Indian cherry
* '']'' (Ser.) Steud. - Nepal bird cherry
* '']'' Matsum. - Takane cherry, Peak cherry or Japanese Alpine cherry
* '']'' Sw. - Western cherry laurel
* '']'' L. - Bird cherry or European bird cherry
* '']'' L.f. - Pin cherry, Fire cherry, or Wild red cherry
* '']'' Griseb. - Antilles cherry
* '']'' Labill. - Mountain cherry, Rock cherry, Spreading cherry or Prostrate cherry
* '']'' Lindl. - Chinese sour cherry or False cherry
* '']'' L. - Sand cherry
* '']'' Wall ex Hook.f. - Himalayan cherry
* '']'' Kunth. - Capulin, Singapore cherry or Tropic cherry
* '']'' Rehder - Sargent's cherry or Ezo Mountain cherry
* '']'' Ehrh. - Black cherry
* '']'' Franch. - Paperbark cherry, Birch bark cherry or Tibetan cherry
* '']'' Lindl. - Japanese cherry, Hill cherry, Oriental cherry or East Asian cherry
* '']'' (Koidz.) Ingram - Oshima cherry
* '']'' Schmidt- Hokkaido bird cherry
* '']'' Maxim.
* '']'' Miq. - Higan cherry or Spring cherry
* '']'' Nakai - Takeshima flowering cherry
* '']'' Thunb. - Nanking cherry, Manchu cherry, Downy cherry, Shanghai cherry, Ando cherry, Mountain cherry, Chinese dwarf cherry, Chinese bush cherry or Hansen's bush cherry
* '']'' (Koidz.) Koehne - Korean mountain cherry
* '']'' L. - Chokecherry
* '']'' Matsum. - Yoshino cherry or Tokyo cherry

==History==
=== Etymology and antiquity ===
The native range of the ] extends through most of Europe, and the fruit has been consumed through its range since prehistoric times. A cultivated cherry is recorded as having been brought to ] from northeastern ], also known as the ] region, in 72 BC.<ref>{{CathEncy|wstitle=Pontus}}</ref>

A form of cherry was introduced into England at ], near ] in ] by order of ], who had tasted them in ].<ref>The curious ] ] (1626–1697) noted in his memoranda: "Cherries were first brought into Kent tempore H. viii, who being in Flanders, and likeing ''(sic)'' the Cherries, ordered his Gardener, brought them hence, and propagated them in England." {{ cite book |author=Oliver Lawson Dick, ed. |title=''Aubrey's Brief Lives. Edited from the Original Manuscripts'' |year=1949 |page=xxxv}}</ref><ref>"All the cherry gardens and orchards of Kent are said to have been stocked with the ] from a plantation of 105 acres in ], made with foreign cherries, ]s, and ]s, done by the ] of Henry VIII." ()</ref><ref>The with the crest of a "cherry tree fructed proper" were only granted in 1949, however.</ref>

The English word ''cherry'', French ''cerise'', Spanish ''cereza'' all come from the Classical Greek (κέρασος) through the Latin ''cerasum'', thus the ancient Roman place name ''Cerasus'', from which the cherry was first exported to Europe.<ref>''A History of the Vegetable Kingdom'', Page 334.</ref>

== Nutritional value ==
Cherries contain ]s, the red pigment in berries. Cherry anthocyanins have been shown to reduce pain and ] in rats.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Tall JM, Seeram NP, Zhao C, Nair MG, Meyer RA, Raja SN |title=Tart cherry anthocyanins suppress inflammation-induced pain behavior in rat |journal=Behav. Brain Res. |volume=153 |issue=1 |pages=181�"8 |year=2004 |pmid=15219719 |doi=10.1016/j.bbr.2003.11.011 |month=Aug |first1=JM |first2=NP |first3=C |first4=MG |first5=RA |first6=SN |issn=0166-4328}}</ref> Anthocyanins are also potent ]s under active research for a variety of potential health benefits. According to a study funded by the Cherry Marketing Institute presented at the Experimental Biology 2008 meeting in San Diego, rats that received whole tart cherry powder mixed into a high-fat diet did not gain as much weight or build up as much body fat, and their blood showed much lower levels of inflammation indicators that have been linked to heart disease and diabetes. In addition, they had significantly lower blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides than the other rats.<ref>. Newswise, Retrieved on July 7, 2008.</ref>

== Wildlife value ==
Cherry trees also provide food for the ]s of several ]. See ].

== Cultivation ==
The cultivated forms are of the species ] (''P. avium'') to which most cherry ]s belong, and the ] (''P. wanpiti''), which is used mainly for cooking. Both species originate in ] and western ]; they do not cross-pollinate. Some other species, although having edible fruit, are not grown extensively for consumption, except in northern regions where the two main species will not grow. Irrigation, spraying, labor and their propensity to damage from rain and hail make cherries relatively expensive. Nonetheless, there is high demand for the fruit.

=== Growing season ===
Cherries have a very short growing season and can grow in most temperate latitudes. The peak season for cherries is in the summer. In Australia they are usually at their peak around ] time, in southern Europe in June, in North America in June, in south British Columbia (Canada) in July-mid August and in the UK in mid July. In many parts of North America they are among the first tree fruits to ripen.

{{nutritionalvalue | name=Cherries (sweet, edible parts) | kJ=263 | protein=1.1 g | fat=0.2 g | carbs=16 g | sugars=13 g | fibre=2 g | iron_mg=0.4 | vitC_mg=7 | source_usda=1 | right=1}}

== Ornamental trees ==
See ] and ].

== Commercial production ==
Annual world production (as of 2007) of cultivated cherry fruit is about two million ]s. Around 40% of world production originates in Europe and around 13% in the United States.

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
! colspan=2|Top Cherry Producing Nations - 2007<br />(in thousand metric tons)
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| {{TUR}} || align="right" | 398.1
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| {{USA}} || align="right" | 310.7
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| {{IRN}} || align="right" | 225.0
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| {{ITA}} || align="right" | 145.1
|-
| {{RUS}} || align="right" | 100.0
|-
| {{SYR}} || align="right" | 75.0
|-
| {{ESP}} || align="right" | 72.6
|-
| {{UKR}} || align="right" | 68.2
|-
| {{ROM}} || align="right" | 65.2
|-
| {{GRE}}|| align="right" | 62.8
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|'''World Total''' || align="right" | '''2,083.1'''
|-
|colspan=2| ''Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations''<ref name="fao">{{cite web |title = FAOSTAT: ProdSTAT: Crops |publisher = ] |year = 2007 |url = http://faostat.fao.org/site/567/DesktopDefault.aspx?PageID=567 |accessdate = 07-02-2009}}</ref>
|}

=== Europe ===
Major commercial cherry orchards in Europe extend from the ] east to ], and to a smaller extent may also be grown in the ] and southern ].

=== United States ===
In the ], most sweet cherries are grown in ], ], ], and Northern ].<ref name="NASS"> National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA, Retrieved on August 19, 2008.</ref> Important sweet cherry cultivars include "]", "Brooks", "Tulare", "King" and "]". In addition, the Lambert variety is grown on the eastern side of ] in northwestern ]<ref>Sweet Cherries Of Flathead Lake, Retrieved on August 28, 2009</ref>. Both ] and ] provide light-colored "Royal Ann" ('Napoleon'; alternately "Queen Anne") cherries for the ] process. Most sour (also called tart) cherries are grown in ], followed by ], ], and ]<ref name="NASS"/>. Additionally, native and non-native cherries grow well in ] (] and ]). Sour cherries include Nanking and ]. ] claims to be the "Cherry Capital of the World", hosting a ] and making the world's largest cherry pie. The specific region of Northern Michigan that is known the world over for tart cherry production is referred to as the "Traverse Bay" region. Traverse Bay Farms is one Northern Michigan co-op supported organization in this region that helps to market Michigan-grown cherry products across the globe.

=== Australia ===
In ], the ] town of ] is famous as the "Cherry Capital of Australia" and hosts the internationally famous National Cherry Festival. Popular varieties include the "Montmorency", "Morello", "North Star", "Early Richmond", "Titans", and "Lamberts".
Cherries come in a variety of different colors, like red as well as yellow.

== Gallery ==

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==See also==
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== Notes ==
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==External links==
{{Commons|Cherry}}
{{Wiktionary|cherry}}
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