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Botanically, cherries (like peaches) are drupe fruits. Hortieulturally, the two main types of cherries are sweet (Prunus avium) and pie, tart or sour (P. cerasus). There are also two main groups of both sweet and sour cherries, as well as a separate Duke group (P. avium × P. cerasus, and vice versa). The terms red, pitted red, red pitted, tart and pie cherry are preferred for P. cerasus because the term sour tends to be somewhat of a handicap to the industry.

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