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| Cherry | Description | Top of Page |
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Cherries are small slightly heart shaped fruit. It has a smooth waxy thin skin. Color of the skin and flesh can vary from dark red to yellow depending on the variety. The flesh is very juicy. Each fruit has a hard seed at center. |
| Cherry | Nutritional Value | Top of Page |
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Cherries are very good source of vitamin A and vitamin C . Cherries are rich source of antioxidants. |
| Cherry | Health Benefits | Top of Page |
| Antioxidant in cherries helps to prevent cancer and heart diseases. |
| Cherry | Varieties | Top of Page |
| Bing and Lambert are popular large dark red sweet cherries. Tartarian, Chapman, Black Republican are other popular sweet cherries. Early Richmond, Montmorency and Morellos are tart cherries. |
| Cherry | Botanical Facts | Top of Page |
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Cherry trees grow to about 40 feet.But in cultivation they are maintained at 12 to 15 feet by pruning. Cherry flowers apperar in early spring as a clusters with white petals. |
| Cherry | Select and Store | Top of Page |
| Look for bright, shiny and fairly firm fresh cherries.Over mature fruits are soft and dull in appearance. Store them in the refrigerator. Fresh cherries will keep well for up to one week |
| Cherry | Uses | Top of Page |
| Fresh sweet cherries are usually eaten out of hand. Cherries are used for making jams, for pie filling and as ice cream toping. |
| Cherry | Nutrition chart | Top of Page |
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King Orchards
The Cherry Marketing Institute
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