sweet cherry
noun
: a white-flowered Eurasian cherry (Prunus avium) widely grown for its large sweet-flavored fruits
also
: its fruit
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Use either dark, sweet cherries or Rainier cherries.
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Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2023
In a good year, growers hope to see $2.50 to $3.00 per pound for Pacific Northwest sweet cherries, as The Oregonian/OregonLive reported last month.
—oregonlive, 9 Aug. 2023
The most common variety of sweet cherries are Bing, and they are best eaten raw.
—Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 29 July 2023
This nonnative pest can feed on a wide variety of plant species and resides on bark, and sometimes also on the skin of fruits like apple, pear, sweet cherry, peach, and prune-type plums.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2023
Cooper said the Rainier variety can be a little tricky to grow well, which is why the majority of her acreage is devoted to dark red sweet cherries.
—oregonlive, 8 July 2023
The hardest part may be deciding which one of these 34 sweet cherry recipes to make first.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 10 July 2023
Cherries The high-antioxidant properties in tart and sweet cherries are due to their high content of vitamin C, per a study published in 2018 in the journal Nutrients.
—Cynthia Sass, Mph, Rd, Health, 27 June 2023
There's no shortage of local ingredients for chefs to choose from — about 300 different crops are grown in Washington, and the state is the top producer of apples, hops, blueberries, pears, spearmint oil, and sweet cherries.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 22 Apr. 2023
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Rita Nader Heikenfeld, The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2023
In a good year, growers hope to see $2.50 to $3.00 per pound for Pacific Northwest sweet cherries, as The Oregonian/OregonLive reported last month.
—oregonlive, 9 Aug. 2023
The most common variety of sweet cherries are Bing, and they are best eaten raw.
—Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 29 July 2023
This nonnative pest can feed on a wide variety of plant species and resides on bark, and sometimes also on the skin of fruits like apple, pear, sweet cherry, peach, and prune-type plums.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2023
Cooper said the Rainier variety can be a little tricky to grow well, which is why the majority of her acreage is devoted to dark red sweet cherries.
—oregonlive, 8 July 2023
The hardest part may be deciding which one of these 34 sweet cherry recipes to make first.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 10 July 2023
Cherries The high-antioxidant properties in tart and sweet cherries are due to their high content of vitamin C, per a study published in 2018 in the journal Nutrients.
—Cynthia Sass, Mph, Rd, Health, 27 June 2023
There's no shortage of local ingredients for chefs to choose from — about 300 different crops are grown in Washington, and the state is the top producer of apples, hops, blueberries, pears, spearmint oil, and sweet cherries.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 22 Apr. 2023
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circa 1901, in the meaning defined above
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