Some say they are God's candies with enzymes, vitamins and minerals and that Cherries make a brain-numbing juice fit for angels.

The darker the cherries the higher in nutrition. Ongoing research shows tart cherries relieve the pain of arthritis & gout and help fight cancer and disease. Cherries are bursting with antioxidants.

The earliest known mention of cherries is in Theophrastus (372-272 B.C.)
'History of Plants', in which he indicated that cherries had been cultivated for hundreds of years in Greece.

Its thought that Roman General Lucullus introduced cherries to Europe around 74 B.C., but some research suggests that cherries were known in Italy at a much earlier date. Lucullus is said to have committed suicide when he realised he was running out of cherries.

Cherries are drupes, or stone fruits, related to plums and more distantly to peaches and nectarines.

They have been enjoyed since the Stone Age -- pits were found in several Stone Age caves in Europe. The Romans carried cherries throughout Europe and England along the routes of conquest.

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