CMI provides the media with background information, production statistics, nutrition data, photographs, line art and other information about tart cherries. Tart cherries, which are sometimes called sour or pie cherries, are best known as the key ingredient in desserts.
Cherries also are delicious in main courses, salads, side dishes and beverages.
If you want to learn more about cherries, check out the following information. Washington, Oregon and Pennsylvania also have commercial crops of tart cherries. T he amount of tart cherries produced each year varies, depending on a number of factors, including the age of the trees and weather conditions. T he major variety of tart cherry grown in the United States is the Montmorency. It has been cultivated in the United States for more than a century because the fruit is excellent for pies, preserves, jellies, juice and other products.