Woodsfield Farm

Since the cherry season is over, I thought I might as well share a fun fact about them with you.

• The same chemicals that give tart cherries their color may relieve pain better than aspirin and ibuprofen in humans.
• Eating about 20 tart cherries a day could reduce inflammatory pain and headache pain.
• There are about 7,000 cherries on an average tart cherry tree (the number varies depending on the age of the tree, weather and growing conditions). It takes about 250 cherries to make a cherry pie, so each tree could produce enough cherries for 28 pies!
• Today, in Michigan, there are almost 4 million cherry trees which annually produce 150 to 200 pounds of tart cherries.

SOURCE: Michigan Cherry Growers Association