Season: July

Description: The range of the wild cherry extends through most of Europe, and the fruit was consumed throughout this area since prehistoric times. The cherry was brought to Rome from northeastern Anatolia in 72 BC. The ancient Greeks knew the city of Giresun in present-day Turkey as Cerasus. The English word 'cherry', French 'cerise', and Spanish 'cereza' all come from the Classical Greek through the Latin 'cerasum' - reflecting the ancient roman name Cerasus, from which the cherry was first exported to Europe.