What are the latest places of origin for cherries?

Cherries (cherries) is the transliteration of the English word cherry; in Guangdong and Hong Kong, China it is transliterated as “cherries”, but it does not refer to the small, red, thin-skinned Chinese cherry, rather to the large, thick-skinned imported cherry produced in American countries such as the United States, Canada and Chile.

The world's cherry-producing areas are mainly distributed in the United States, Canada, Chile, Australia, Europe and other places; China's cherry-producing areas are mainly in Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Henan, Gansu, Shaanxi and others.

The origin of the cherry can be traced back to Asia Minor in the Stone Age; they were distributed across the entire prehistoric European continent and were brought by ship across the sea to the Americas by early immigrants in 1692. Today's production of Northwest US cherries began in 1847, with the main varieties being Bing, Lambert and Rainier, accounting for more than 90% of Northwest US cherry production.

Cherries are especially high in iron, ranking first among all fruits, and have the effects of regulating the middle and boosting qi, strengthening the spleen and harmonising the stomach, dispelling wind-dampness, and “giving a person a good complexion and a fine disposition”; they are beneficial for poor appetite, indigestion, rheumatic body pain and the like. Regular consumption of cherries can supplement the body's need for iron and promote the regeneration of haemoglobin, which can both prevent and treat iron-deficiency anaemia and strengthen the constitution, benefiting the brain and intelligence.