Take our quiz to learn the answer. The world's largest annual cherry celebration offers all kinds of fun for families. By Michele MacDonald, HGTV Ideas magazine Cherry trees, members of the rose family, bloom in springtime profusion throughout much of the country, with more than 1,000 varieties represented. Indigenous cherries dot the landscape from coast to coast.
Commercial orchards produce top yields in the states of Michigan, Washington, Oregon and California.
And ornamentals in our country's capital annually draw nearly 600,000 tourists, who come to see clouds of white or pink blossoms adorning trees considered to be national treasures. Test your knowledge of cherries below. The springtime observance that began in 1924 as the Blessing of the Blossoms is now the world's largest cherry celebration. The pin cherry, with the choke cherry only a week or two behind. As pioneers arrived to prairie areas, they turned to wild fruit for making jellies and syrups.