Sweet & Sour Cherries

Sweet Cherries

Washington State produces more than 50% of all the sweet cherries in the United States. Their cherries are shipped all around the world. The top three foreign markets are Canada, Taiwan, and Japan.

The Rainier cherry, which is yellow with a red blush, was made from a cross between two dark red cherries, the Van and Bing.

The Bing cherry, by which all cherries are measured against, was first developed in 1874 in Milwaukie, Oregon. It is now the most popular sweet cherry!

The total U.S. production of sweet cherries is about 370 million pounds; about 175 million pounds of that is processed and are packed as frozen or canned sweet cherries or as maraschino or glacé cherries.

Cherries will not ripen after harvesting.

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