What is Cherry?
{{Taxobox | name = Cherry; | image = Cherries summerland.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Cherries in an orchard in [[Summerland, British Columbia]] | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Rosales]] | familia = [[Rosaceae]] | subfamilia = [[Amygdaloideae]] | genus = ''[[Prunus]]'' }} A '''cherry''' is a [[fruit]] that grows on a [[tree]] or a [[Shrub|bush]]. It belongs to the [[genus]] ''[[Prunus]]''. It is red in color, with a [[seed]] in the middle. It [[taste]]s slightly sour, and is often used to flavour [[cake]]s and [[ice cream]], or is baked in a [[pie]] or cobbler. Cherries are also a good source of [[b vitamin complex|Vitamin B]]. In Japan, Yamagata is top producer of cherries. ==Commercial production== Top Cherry Producing Nations - 2009 (in thousand metric tons) '''Turkey''' 417.7 '''USA''' 390.7 '''Iran''' 225.0 ==References== {{reflist}} * {{cite web |url=http://www.asoex.cl/AsoexWeb/ |title=Asociacion de Exportadores de Chile A.G. |accessdate=2012-12-18 |archive-date=2008-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080816023447/http://www.asoex.cl/AsoexWeb/ |url-status=dead }} {{wikispecies|Prunus}} {{Fruits}} [[Category:Prunus]] {{Multistub|biology|food}}