European consumers buying cherries can choose many different varieties produced throughout the world. In the past, Germany, Italy, Spain, and France have dominated the European market. However, in the last decade, cherries from Turkey have captured an increasingly large market share ranging from 25,000 to 35,000 tons annually. The vast majority of this fruit was a single variety called 0900 Ziraat, sometimes sold in Europe under the name Napoleon. American cherry growers and industry professionals who sampled 0900 Ziraat on their travels to Europe brought back favorable reports on the quality of the fruit. To determine if this cherry had […]