Last year alone the IRS had 99,123 refund checks totaling $153 million-an average of over $1500 per taxpayer-returned by the post office as undeliverable, due to unreported changes of name and/or address.
It originates from the old English word 'chirie' and it is either occupational and and as such describes a grower or seller of cherries, or it may have been a medieval nickname of endearment for somebody with rosy cheeks or even red hair.
Then there's disease, to which sweet cherries are highly susceptible - even more so than sour cherries. All these factors help drive the cost of sweet cherries a little higher, even in season. An estimated 2,500 cherry growers in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Montana produce the most sweet cherries in the US. Iran, Turkey, Italy, and Spain also do well in this crop.