What are the types of cherries?

Three types of cherries are mainly grown for their fruit: sweet cherries, sour cherries, and, grown to a much smaller extent, the dukes, which are crosses of sweet and sour cherries.

• Sweet cherry trees are large and rather upright, attaining heights up to 11 meters (36 feet). The fruit is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit) that is generally heart-shaped to nearly globular, about 2 cm (1 inch) in diameter, and varies in color from yellow through red to nearly black. The acid content of the sweet cherry is low.
• Sour cherry trees are smaller, rarely over 5 meters (16 feet) in height. The fruit is round to oblate in shape, is generally dark red in color, and has so much acid that it is not appealing for eating fresh. The higher acid content of the sour cherry produces its characteristic tart flavor.
• The duke cherries are intermediate in both tree and fruit characteristics.

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