Cherry, transliterated from the English word cherry, refers to a large thick-skinned cherry produced in the United States, Canada, Chile and other American countries, and the variety belongs to European cherry.

The origin of cherries is the United States, Canada and other places, so cherries are strictly imported fruits. In China, cherries are mainly produced. Cherry is much smaller than cherry, but it tastes similar to cherry, so cherry is also called cherry.

After cherry was introduced into China, the main planting areas were distributed in Shaanxi, Zhejiang and Jiangsu. Because it is much bigger than cherry and tastes sweet and sour, it is deeply loved by people.

From a botanical point of view:

There are four cherry families in the world:

One is a sweet cherry from Europe.

The second kind is China cherry.

The third is sour cherry; The fourth one is hairy cherry.

At present, the fresh cherries are mostly European sweet cherries and China cherries.

The big cherries cultivated in Shandong, Dalian, Shaanxi and other places in China are all European sweet cherries, such as Meizao Big Cherry, Deng Hong Big Cherry and Huangmi Big Cherry. , mostly imported from European and American countries.

In Zhejiang, Chongqing, Guizhou and other regions, due to climatic reasons, it is not suitable to grow European sweet cherries, but more China cherries are planted. The famous cherry varieties in China are Agate Red, Zhuji Short-stemmed Cherry and Eagle-billed Cherry.