Cherry: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Article title updated for style. Oct 31, 2026
Add new Web site: Virginia Cooperative Extension - Growing Cherries in Virginia. Sep 26, 2026
Add new Web site: Healthline - 7 Impressive Health Benefits of Cherries. May 07, 2026
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Plant Science - Improvement of antioxidant capacity, aroma quality, and antifungal ability of cherry by phenyllactic acid treatment during low temperature storage. Sep 25, 2025
Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - The Cherry on Top: 8 Health Benefits of Cherries. Jun 25, 2025
Add new Web site: University of Reading - CentAUR - Fruit development in sweet cherry (PDF). May 10, 2025
Article revised. Mar 17, 2025
Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - Sweet and Tart Cherry Varieties: Descriptions and Cultural Recommendations. Feb 01, 2025
Added interactive. Jan 29, 2025
Add new Web site: Verywell Fit - Cherry nutrition facts and health benefits. Jul 04, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Illinois Extension - Cherries. Apr 25, 2024
Article revised and updated. Mar 15, 2024
Add new Web site: Iowa State University Extension and Outreach - Yard and Garden - Growing Cherries in the Home Garden. Feb 02, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Cherry Antioxidants: From Farm to Table. Aug 21, 2023
Add new Web site: Pennsylvania State University - PlantVillage - Cherry. Dec 10, 2022
Add new Web site: Pennsylvania State University - PlantVillage - Cherry. Dec 10, 2022
Add new Web site: National Park Service - History of the Cherry Trees. Sep 23, 2022
Noted the taxonomic family and revised the description of their flowering. Jul 14, 2022
Removed media. Sep 22, 2021
Add new Web site: UC Davis - Fruit and Nut Research and Information Center - Cherry. Oct 24, 2016
Add new Web site: WebMD - Health Benefits of Cherries. Oct 24, 2016
Mentioned ornamental species. Mar 05, 2015
Media added. May 06, 2014
Add new Web site: Royal Horticultural Society - How to grow cherries. Dec 12, 2013
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Cherries. Feb 11, 2013
Media added. Jul 10, 2012
Add new Web site: Centers for Disease Control - Vegetable of the Month: Cherry. Apr 30, 2012
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - Cherry. Jan 29, 2009
Media added. Apr 19, 2007
Added new Web site: None. Jul 24, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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