@basika 27 April 2022

Hello everyone. I visited the fruit trees a bit, there will still be cherries, I was afraid that the frost destroyed them, but it didn't. A little about cherries; The cherry was known to people since the Bronze Age. The ancestral home of cherries is Turkey. Three thousand years ago, in the Far East, they were grown right next to homes. The Greeks and Egyptians are also responsible for the cultivation of cherries, and it was brought to Rome around 74. pr. Kr. The Roman military leader and celebrated gourmand Lucius Lucullus brought the first cherry to Rome, and then the Roman legions spread it across the Old Continent. The monks tried to get the cherry, as a tree that likes warm areas, to get used to colder areas, so it is about 800 years old. later, already in the regulations of Charlemagne, the cultivation of several varieties of cherries was recommended. The name cherry comes from the Greek word keros (basis for the Latin word cerasea), which means horn. It is assumed that this refers to the hardness of the wood cherries. According to the Latin word, names of the same meaning were created in Romance, Germanic (German: Kirsche) and Slavic (Croatian: cherry) languages. Cherry is a wild tree. Numerous cultivars of cherry have developed from the wild form. Wild cherries are widespread today in all deciduous forests of Central Europe. A cherry tree can grow up to 20 m. Cherry ranks third among fruits in terms of numerous health benefits. Cherries relieve pain. Anthocyanins found in cherries block inflammatory enzymes and reduce pain. Sour cherries work quickly against a bad mood. Cherry stalks have been used in folk medicine for medicinal teas. Cherry tree resin and cherry pits are also medicinal. Reddish cherry wood is valued and loved in furniture for its quality. Cherries should not be eaten before meals because their alkaline reaction makes digestion difficult. Anecdote: The popularity of the cherry is evidenced by the fact that Napoleon Bonaparte also used it as an alibi. Namely, the emperor was found in exile on the Elbe in a hug with an islander, and as an excuse for the then scandalous fact that they were alone, he said that they were picking cherries. It would not be strange if in 1814, there was not a single cherry tree on the Elbe.