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28 | Sourced | march 2022 — june 2022
Cherry Season is right around the corner! Domestic crop arrives the last week of April and goes through August.
Offshore cherries are available November through January. These super fruits are a summer must have for desserts, salads, sundaes, and much more.
Cherry Varieties Bing
Brooks
Most popular variety. Multi-purpose fruit good for snacking and cooking. Sweet, tart, tangy.
Large and firm, early season. Dark red, almost black skin with bright red flesh. Balanced, sweet-tart flavor.
Rainier
Santina
Skeena
Tulare
Larger fruit with yellow flesh and red/ orange/pink skin. Low acidity, high brix. Floral and fruity.
Medium sized and dark red in color. Sweet, firm, and crunchy.
Late season, large, sweet, and firm. Dark red, and kinda shaped like a kidney.
Early season variety with a good flavor combination of both sweet and tart.
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Coral Champagne Large, to extra-large in size. Similar in taste to the Bing, very sweet.
Lapins Plump fruit that softens as it matures. Mild, sweet, and fruity.
Cherries are drupes, or stone fruits, and are related to plums, peaches, and nectarines. The English colonists brought cherries to North America in the 1600’s. There are more than 1000 varieties of cherries. In the 15th and 16th centuries, cherries were used for medicinal purposes. The oldest cherry tree is located in Jindai Sakura, Japan and is estimated at being between 1800 and 2000 years old. To bring out the flavor in cherry dishes, add pure almond extract. Cherries are best paired with sage, chives, verbena, ricotta cheese, and sweet cream. Try with beef and pork with black pepper.
